麻雀子

Chinese

Etymology 1

sparrow, especially the tree sparrow noun suffix
trad. (麻雀子) 麻雀
simp. #(麻雀子) 麻雀

Pronunciation


  • Mandarin
  • Gan
    • (Nanchang)
      • Wiktionary: ma4 jioh zi
      • Sinological IPA (key): /ma³⁵ t͡ɕiɔʔ² t͡sz̩¹/
  • Xiang
    • (Changsha)
      • Wiktionary: ma2 cio6 zr
      • Sinological IPA (key) (old-style): /ma̠¹³ t͡sʰi̯o²⁴ t͡sz̩³/
      • Sinological IPA (key) (new-style): /ma̠¹³ t͡ɕʰi̯o²⁴ t͡sz̩³/
    • (Loudi)
      • Wiktionary: mo2 ciou4* zr / mo2 ce4* zr
      • Sinological IPA (key): /mɔ¹³ (t͡sʰ-)d͡zi̯ʊ³⁵⁻⁵ t͡sz̩³/, /mɔ¹³ (t͡sʰ-)d͡ze̞³⁵⁻⁵ t͡sz̩³/
    • (Hengyang)
      • Wiktionary: ma2 qio6 zr
      • Sinological IPA (key): /mä¹¹ t͡ɕʰi̯o²² t͡sz̩³/

Noun

麻雀子

  1. (dialectal Mandarin, Gan, dialectal Wu, Waxiang, Xiang) sparrow (any member of the Passer genus)
Synonyms

Etymology 2

mahjong small object
trad. (麻雀子) 麻雀
simp. #(麻雀子) 麻雀

Pronunciation


Noun

麻雀子

  1. (Puxian Min, Hokkien) mahjong tile; mahjong piece
Synonyms

References

  • 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “麻雀”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
  • 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “麻雀子”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 375.