探子

Chinese

		to explore; to search out; to scout to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight
simp. and trad. (探子)		探	子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tànzi

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˋ ˙ㄗ
Cantonese (Jyutping): taam³ zi²
Min Nan (POJ): thàm-chú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tànzi
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˋ ˙ㄗ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tann.tzy
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰän⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: taam³ zi²
  - Yale: taam jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taam³ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: tam³ ji²
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰäːm³³ t͡siː³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thàm-chú
  - Tâi-lô: thàm-tsú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tarmzuo
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰam¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰam²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡su⁴¹/

Noun

探子

(literary) a scout; a runner; someone (in the military) who is sent out to find information

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