柱子

Chinese

		pillar	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (柱子)		柱	子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): zhùzi

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˋ ˙ㄗ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zu⁴ zi³

(Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): bvūzi

(Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): zhūzii

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җўзы (žwzɨ, III-I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): cyu⁵ zi²
Hakka (Changting, Changting Pinyin): chu¹ zï³
Jin (Wiktionary): zu³ zeh⁴
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Shanghai): ⁶zy-tsy₅
- (Jinhua): ³ciu-tsy₃
Xiang
(Changsha, Wiktionary): jy⁵ zr

(Hengyang, Wiktionary): jy^5* zr

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhùzi
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˋ ˙ㄗ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhùzi̊h
  - Wade–Giles: chu⁴-tzŭ⁵
  - Yale: jù-dz
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juh.tzy
  - Palladius: чжуцзы (čžuczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹ d͡z̥ɹ̩¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    柱子
    箸子
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: zu⁴ zi³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zu z
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su²¹³ t͡sɹ̩⁵³/
- (Xi'an)
  - Guanzhong Pinyin: bvūzi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /p͡fu⁵⁵ t͡sɹ̩/
- (Nanjing)
  - Nanjing Pinyin: zhūzii
  - Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): zhu⁴ zii⁰
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁴⁴ t͡sɹ̩/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: җўзы (žwzɨ, III-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁴⁴ t͡sɹ̩²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cyu⁵ zi²
  - Yale: chyúh jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsy⁵ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: qu⁵ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyː¹³ t͡siː³⁵/
Hakka
- (Changting)
  - Changting Pinyin: chu¹ zï³
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃʰu³³ t͡sɹ̩⁴²/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: zu³ zeh⁴
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡su⁴⁵ t͡səʔ²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zy-tsy₅
  - MiniDict: zy^去 tsy^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zr-tsr₂
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zɹ̩²² t͡sɹ̩⁴⁴/
- (Jinhua)
  - Wugniu: ³ciu-tsy₃
  - Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /t͡ɕy⁵³ t͡sɹ̩⁵³⁵/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: jy⁵ zr
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sɹ̩³/
- (Hengyang)
  - Wiktionary: jy^5* zr
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy²¹³⁻³¹ t͡sɹ̩³/

Noun

柱子

column; pillar; stanchion; post (Classifier: 根 m)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 柱子 (“pillar; column”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		柱子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	柱子
	Taiwan	柱子
	Harbin	柱子
	Singapore	柱
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	柱子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	柱子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	柱子
	Wanrong	柱腳
	Zhengzhou	頂樑柱
	Xi'an	柱子
	Xining	柱子
	Xuzhou	柱子
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	柱子
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	柱子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	柱子
	Lanzhou	柱子
	Ürümqi	柱子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	柱頭, 柱子
	Wuhan	柱頭
	Guiyang	柱子
	Guilin	柱子
	Liuzhou	柱子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	柱子
	Yangzhou	柱子
	Hefei	柱子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	柱
	Hong Kong	柱, 柱頭 construction
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	柱
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	柱
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	柱
	Kaiping (Chikan)	柱
	Dongguan	柱
	Yangjiang	柱
	Nanning	柱
	Wuzhou	柱
	Yulin	柱
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	柱, 磚柱
	Danzhou	棟
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	柱頭
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	柱
Gan	Nanchang	柱頭
	Lichuan	柱頭
	Pingxiang	屋柱
Hakka	Meixian	柱仔, 柱頓
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	柱
	Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng)	柱頓
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	柱哩
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	柱哩, 柱頓
	Wuhua (Changbu)	柱哩
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	柱頭
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	柱
	Liannan	柱
	Jiexi	柱
	Changting	屋柱
	Ninghua	屋柱
	Hong Kong	柱
	Luchuan	柱
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	磚柱
	Sabah (Longchuan)	柱仔, 柱頭
	Singkawang	柱頭
Huizhou	Jixi	柱, 屋柱, 柱腳
Jin	Taiyuan	柱子
	Xinzhou	柱子
	Hohhot	柱子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	柱
	Songxi	柱
	Jianyang	柱
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	柱
	Fuqing	柱
	Gutian	柱
	Ningde	柱
	Zhouning	柱
	Fuding	柱
Southern Min	Xiamen	柱, 柱仔
	Quanzhou	柱, 柱仔
	Jinjiang	抱柱
	Yongchun	柱
	Zhangzhou	柱, 柱仔
	Dongshan	柱
	Taipei	柱
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	柱仔
	Kaohsiung	柱仔
	Yilan	柱仔
	Taichung	柱仔
	Tainan	柱
	Hsinchu	柱仔
	Kinmen	柱
	Penghu (Magong)	柱
	Manila (Hokkien)	柱
	Longyan	柱
	Datian	柱
	Chaozhou	柱
	Shantou	柱
	Bangkok (Teochew)	柱
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	柱
	Leizhou	柱
	Wenchang	柱
	Haikou	柱
Puxian Min	Putian	柱
Central Min	Yong'an	柱
Central Min	Sanming (Shaxian)	柱
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	柱, 稜柱
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	柱蔸, 柱頭
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	柱
Shehua	Fu'an	樹棟
	Fuding	棟
	Luoyuan	棟
	Sanming	棟
	Shunchang	樹棟
	Hua'an	柱
	Guixi (Zhangping)	樹棟
	Cangnan	樑棟
	Jingning (Hexi)	樹棟
	Lishui	樹棟
	Longyou	樹棟
	Chaozhou	柱
	Fengshun	柱
Wu	Shanghai	柱子, 柱, 柱頭 dated
	Shanghai (Chongming)	柱頭
	Suzhou	庭柱
	Wuxi	柱, 柱子
	Danyang	柱棵, 柱子
	Hangzhou	柱子, 柱腳, 房柱, 庭柱
	Ningbo	柱子, 屋柱
	Wenzhou	棟柱, 柱
	Jinhua	柱, 屋柱
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	屋柱
Xiang	Changsha	柱子, 傘柱
	Xiangtan	傘柱
	Loudi	傘柱
	Shuangfeng	柱子, 傘柱
	Hengyang	柱子
	Quanzhou	柱頭

Derived terms

電線柱子 / 电线柱子 (diànxiàn zhùzi)

References

周存 [Zhōu Cún], editor (2023), “柱子”, in 《长汀话词典》 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of the Changting Topolect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 85.