赤子

Chinese

		red; scarlet; bare red; scarlet; bare; naked	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. (赤子)		赤	子
Literally: “red child”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chìzǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄔˋ ㄗˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cek³ zi²
Min Nan (POJ): chhiak-chír / chhek-chú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: chìzǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄔˋ ㄗˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyhtzyy
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: cek³ zi²
  - Yale: chek jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsek⁸ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: cég³ ji²
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛːk̚³ t͡siː³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    尺子
    赤子
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiak-chír
  - Tâi-lô: tshiak-tsír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhek-chú
  - Tâi-lô: tshik-tsú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhekzuo
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡su⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ t͡su⁵³/

Noun

赤子

newborn baby; neonate
- 若保赤子，惟民其康乂。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
  From: The Book of Documents, circa 4^th – 3^rd century BCE
  Ruò bǎo chìzǐ, wéi mín qí kāngyì. [Pinyin]
  (Deal with them) as if you were protecting your own infants, and the people will be tranquil and orderly.
(figuratively) person cherishing true love for his native land; the people (of a country)

Derived terms

潢池赤子

赤子之心

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