燕子

Chinese

		swallow (bird); surname; place name	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight
trad. (燕子)		燕	子
simp. ^#(燕子)		燕	子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yànzi

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ ˙ㄗ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): jin³ zi²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): yen⁴ du²
Gan (Wiktionary): ien³ zi
Jin (Wiktionary): ie³ zeh
Wu (Wiktionary): i tsr (T2)
Xiang (Wiktionary): ienn⁴ zr

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yànzi
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ ˙ㄗ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yànzi̊h
  - Wade–Giles: yen⁴-tzŭ⁵
  - Yale: yàn-dz
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yann.tzy
  - Palladius: яньцзы (janʹczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jin³ zi²
  - Yale: yin jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jin³ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yin³ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn³³ t͡siː³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: yen⁴ du²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jen²¹ tu⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: ien³ zi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iɛn²¹³⁻²¹ t͡sz̩¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: ie³ zeh
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /ie⁴⁵ t͡səʔ⁴/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: i tsr (T2)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³³ t͡sz̩⁴⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: ienn⁴ zr
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iẽ⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

Middle Chinese: /ʔen^H t͡sɨ^X/

Rime
Character	燕	子
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	先 (85)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	於甸切	即里切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔen^H/	/t͡sɨ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔen^H/	/t͡sɨ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɛn^H/	/t͡sie^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɛn^H/	/t͡sɨ^X/
Li Rong	/ʔen^H/	/t͡siə^X/
Wang Li	/ien^H/	/t͡sĭə^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔien^H/	/t͡si^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yàn	zǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jin³	zi²

Noun

燕子

swallow (bird)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 燕子 (“swallow (bird)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		燕, 玄鳥
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		燕子
Mandarin	Beijing	小燕兒, 燕子
	Taiwan	燕子
	Harbin	燕子
	Yantai (Muping)	燕兒
	Jinan	燕子
	Luoyang	燕子, 小燕兒
	Wanrong	燕兒
	Xi'an	燕子, 小燕子, 燕兒, 小燕兒
	Yinchuan	燕嘰子
	Ürümqi	燕雞子
	Wuhan	燕子
	Chengdu	燕子
	Guiyang	燕子
	Liuzhou	燕子, 燕子鳥
	Xuzhou	小燕兒, 小燕子, 燕子
	Yangzhou	燕子
	Nanjing	燕子, 小燕子
	Hefei	燕子, 小燕子
	Singapore	燕子
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	燕雞子, 燕雞兒, 燕雞雞
Cantonese	Guangzhou	燕子
	Hong Kong	燕子
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	燕子
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	燕子
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	燕仔
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	燕子
	Macau	燕
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	燕子
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	燕子
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	燕子仔
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	燕子
	Foshan	燕子
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	燕
	Foshan (Shunde)	燕
	Foshan (Sanshui)	燕子
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	燕
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	燕
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	燕子
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	燕子
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	燕子
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	燕子
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	燕子
	Taishan	燕子
	Kaiping (Chikan)	燕子
	Enping (Niujiang)	燕子
	Heshan (Yayao)	燕子
	Dongguan	燕仔
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	燕仔
	Yangjiang	燕子, 燕雀
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	燕子
Gan	Nanchang	燕子
	Lichuan	燕兒
	Pingxiang	燕子
Hakka	Meixian	燕仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	燕
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	燕仔
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	燕仔
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	燕仔
	Conghua (Lütian)	燕仔
	Yudu	燕子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	燕仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	燕仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	燕仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	燕
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	燕仔, 燕
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	燕
	Hong Kong	燕仔
	Senai (Huiyang)	燕仔
Huizhou	Jixi	燕
Jin	Taiyuan	燕子, 小燕兒, 燕兒
Jin	Xinzhou	燕兒
Min Bei	Jian'ou	燕仔
Min Dong	Fuzhou	燕, 燕鳥
Min Nan	Xiamen	燕仔
	Quanzhou	燕仔
	Jinjiang	燕仔
	Zhangzhou	燕仔
	Zhao'an	燕仔
	Taipei	燕仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	燕仔
	Kaohsiung	燕仔
	Yilan	燕仔鳥
	Changhua (Lukang)	燕仔
	Taichung	燕仔
	Tainan	燕仔
	Hsinchu	燕仔
	Kinmen	烏燕仔
	Penghu (Magong)	燕仔
	Chaozhou	燕鳥
	Jieyang	燕鳥, 燕
	Bangkok (Teochew)	燕子
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	燕鳥
	Leizhou	燕鳥
	Haikou	燕鳥
Puxian Min	Putian	燕鳥
	Putian (Donghai)	燕鳥
	Putian (Jiangkou)	燕鳥
	Putian (Nanri)	燕鳥
	Xianyou	燕鳥
	Xianyou (Fengting)	燕鳥
	Xianyou (Youyang)	燕鳥
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	燕鳥
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	燕子
Wu	Shanghai	燕子
	Shanghai (Chongming)	燕子
	Suzhou	燕子
	Danyang	燕子
	Hangzhou	燕子
	Ningbo	燕子
	Wenzhou	燕兒
	Jinhua	燕, 子燕
Xiang	Changsha	燕子
	Loudi	燕子
	Shuangfeng	燕子

Derived terms

燕子尾 (yànziwěi)
燕子窠
燕子磯／燕子矶
燕子話／燕子话

燕子辮／燕子辫
燕子領／燕子领
燕子鳥／燕子鸟

Proper noun

燕子

(～鎮, formerly ～鄉) Yanzi (a town and former township in Hefeng, Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China)

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