巴子

Chinese

		(suff. for certain nouns); to hope; to wish (suff. for certain nouns); to hope; to wish; Palestinian, Palestine (abbrev.); Pakistan (abbrev.); Pascal (unit of pressure)	child; son; (noun suff.) child; son; (noun suff.); small thing; midnight; 11 p.m.-1 a.m.; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch
simp. and trad. (巴子)		巴	子

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bāzi

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ˙ㄗ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baa¹ zi²
Wu (Wiktionary): pa tsr (T1)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bāzi
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ˙ㄗ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ba.tzy
  - IPA ^(key): /pa̠⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: baa¹ zi²
  - Yale: bā jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baa¹ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ba¹ ji²
  - IPA ^(key): /pɑː⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: pa tsr (T1)
  - IPA ^(key): /pa̱⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/

Noun

巴子

(Wu, derogatory) hick; villager; yokel
lump; gobbet

只見那向陽處有幾個小妖，拿些人肉巴子，一塊塊理著曬哩。 [MSC, trad.]
只见那向阳处有几个小妖，拿些人肉巴子，一块块理着晒哩。 [MSC, simp.]
From: 西遊記 (Journey to the West), chapter 86 (translation adapted from the WJF Jenner translation)
Zhǐjiàn nà xiàngyáng chù yǒu jǐge xiǎoyāo, ná xiē rénròu bāzi, yīkuàikuài lǐ zhe shài li. [Pinyin]
He saw some junior devils setting out gobbets of human flesh to dry in a sunny spot.
(dialectal, vulgar) female genitalia; vulva

他家賣的拖煎阿滿子，乾巴子肉翻包著菜肉匾食餃，窩窩蛤蜊麵，熱燙溫和大辣酥。 [MSC, trad.]
他家卖的拖煎阿满子，干巴子肉翻包着菜肉匾食饺，窝窝蛤蜊面，热烫温和大辣酥。 [MSC, simp.]
From: 金瓶梅 (The Plum in the Golden Vase), chapter 2
Tā jiā mài de tuōjiān'āmǎnzǐ, gān bāzi ròu fān bāo zhe càiròu biǎnshi jiǎo, wōwō géli miàn, rètàngwēn hé dàlàsū. [Pinyin]
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Derived terms

戇巴子／戆巴子
臺巴子／台巴子 (táibāzi)

鄉巴子／乡巴子

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Bāzǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄚㄗˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baa¹ zi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Bāzǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚㄗˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Batzyy
  - IPA ^(key): /pa̠⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: baa¹ zi²
  - Yale: bā jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baa¹ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ba¹ ji²
  - IPA ^(key): /pɑː⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Proper noun

巴子

(historical) Short for 巴子國／巴子国, alternative name for 巴國／巴国 (“state of Ba”).

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