骰子

Chinese

		cuboid bone; dice	child; son; (noun suff.) child; son; (noun suff.); small thing; midnight; 11 p.m.-1 a.m.; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch
trad. (骰子/投子)		骰/投	子
simp. (骰子)		骰	子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tóuzi

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ˙ㄗ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹ zi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: tóuzi
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ˙ㄗ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tour.tzy
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
  - Homophones:
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    頭子／头子
    骰子
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: sik¹ zi²
  - Yale: sīk jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: xig¹ ji²
  - IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    釋子／释子
    骰子

Noun

骰子

dice (Classifier: 顆／颗 m)

擲骰子 / 掷骰子 ― zhì tóuzi ― to throw dice

Synonyms

色子 (shǎizi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
骰	子
Hyōgaiji	Grade: 1
Irregular

Etymology

The kanji is jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 骰子.

Noun

骰子 (hiragana さいころ, katakana サイコロ, rōmaji saikoro)

Alternative spelling of 賽子 (“die”) (polyhedron used in games of chance)

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