頸子
Chinese
| neck | child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (頸子) | 頸 | 子 | |
| simp. (颈子) | 颈 | 子 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: jǐngzi
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˇ ˙ㄗ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jǐngzi̊h
- Wade–Giles: ching3-tzŭ5
- Yale: jǐng-dz
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiing.tzy
- Palladius: цзинцзы (czinczy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: jin3 zi3-2
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ginz
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕin⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵³⁻²¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Noun
頸子
- (dialectal, anatomy) neck
- 1928, 周作人 [Zhou Zuoren], “關于兒童的書”, in 談虎集, 北新書局, page 470:
- 鹿豹的頸子爲什麽這樣長，可以講一篇事物起原的童話，也可以講一篇進化論的自然故事；火從那里來，可以講神話上的燧人，也可以講人類學上的火食起原。 [MSC, trad.]
- Lùbào de jǐngzi wèishénme zhèyàng cháng, kěyǐ jiǎng yī piān shìwù qǐyuán de tónghuà, yě kěyǐ jiǎng yī piān jìnhuàlùn de zìrán gùshi; huǒ cóng nǎlǐ lái, kěyǐ jiǎng shénhuà shàng de Suìrén, yě kěyǐ jiǎng rénlèixué shàng de huǒshí qǐyuán. [Pinyin]
- Why is the neck of the giraffe so long? We could tell a fairy tale about the origin of everything, or we could tell a natural story of evolution. Where does fire come from? We could tell of the mythological Suiren, or we could tell of the anthropological origin of cooking with fire.
鹿豹的颈子为什么这样长，可以讲一篇事物起原的童话，也可以讲一篇进化论的自然故事；火从那里来，可以讲神话上的燧人，也可以讲人类学上的火食起原。 [MSC, simp.]
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 脖子 (“neck”) [map]