杏子あんず

Chinese

		apricot	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (杏子あんず)		杏あんず	子こ
simp. #(杏子あんず)		杏あんず	子こ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): xìngzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˋ ˙ㄗ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): hen⁴ zi³

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): хынзы (hɨnzɨ, III-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hang⁶ zi²
• Gan (Wiktionary): xin⁵ zi
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ghan-tsy
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): xin⁴ zr

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìngzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˋ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìngzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: hsing⁴-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: syìng-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinq.tzy
    • Palladius: синцзы (sinczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: hen⁴ zi³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xenz
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xən²¹³ t͡sz̩⁵³/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: хынзы (hɨnzɨ, III-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xəŋ⁴⁴ t͡sz̩²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hang⁶ zi²
    • Yale: hahng jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hang⁶ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: heng⁶ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ²² t͡siː³⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: xin⁵ zi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin¹¹ t͡sz̩¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ghan-tsy
    • MiniDict: ghan^去さ tsy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhan-tsr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦã²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: xin⁴ zr
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

Noun

杏子あんず

1. apricot

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 杏あんず (“apricot”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		杏あんず
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		杏あんず
Taxonomic name		杏あんず
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	杏あんず兒じ
	Langfang	杏あんず兒じ
	Harbin	杏あんず兒じ
Jilu Mandarin	Tangshan	杏あんず兒じ
	Cangzhou	杏あんず兒じ
	Baoding	杏あんず兒じ
	Shijiazhuang	杏あんず兒じ
	Jinan	杏あんず
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	杏子あんず, 杏あんず兒じ
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	杏あんず
	Daming	杏あんず
	Wanrong	杏あんず
	Zhengzhou	杏あんず
	Xi'an	杏あんず
	Xining	杏あんず兒じ
	Xuzhou	杏子あんず, 杏あんず
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	杏子あんず
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	杏子あんず
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	杏子あんず
	Bayanhot	杏子あんず
	Lanzhou	杏子あんず
	Ürümqi	杏子あんず
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	杏子あんず, 杏あんず兒じ
	Wuhan	杏子あんず
	Guiyang	杏子あんず
	Liuzhou	杏子あんず果はて
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	杏子あんず
	Yangzhou	杏子あんず
	Hefei	杏子あんず
Cantonese	Guangzhou	杏あんず
	Hong Kong	杏あんず
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	杏あんず
	Macau	杏あんず
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	杏あんず
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	杏あんず
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	杏あんず
	Foshan	杏あんず
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	杏あんず
	Foshan (Shunde)	杏あんず
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	杏あんず
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	杏あんず
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	杏あんず
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	杏あんず
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	杏あんず
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	杏あんず
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	杏あんず
	Taishan	杏あんず
	Kaiping (Chikan)	杏あんず
	Enping (Niujiang)	杏あんず
	Heshan (Yayao)	杏あんず
	Dongguan	杏あんず
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	杏あんず
	Qingyuan	杏あんず
	Fogang	杏あんず
	Yingde (Hanguang)	杏あんず
	Yangshan	杏あんず
	Lianshan (Butian)	杏あんず
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	杏あんず
	Shaoguan	杏あんず
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	杏あんず
	Renhua	杏あんず
	Lechang	杏あんず
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	杏あんず
	Sihui	杏あんず仔こ
	Guangning	杏あんず
	Deqing	杏あんず
	Huaiji	杏あんず
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	杏あんず
	Yunfu	杏あんず
	Xinxing	杏あんず
	Luoding	杏あんず
	Yunan (Pingtai)	杏あんず
	Yangjiang	杏あんず
	Xinyi	杏あんず
	Lianjiang	杏あんず
	Nanning	杏あんず
Gan	Nanchang	杏子あんず
	Lichuan	杏子あんず
	Pingxiang	杏子あんず
Hakka	Meixian	杏あんず仔こ
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	杏あんず
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	杏あんず
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	杏あんず
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	杏あんず
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	杏あんず
	Yudu	杏子あんず
Huizhou	Jixi	杏あんず
Jin	Taiyuan	杏あんず兒じ
	Pingyao	杏あんず兒じ
	Xinzhou	杏あんず兒じ
	Hohhot	杏あんず兒じ
	Zhangjiakou	杏あんず兒じ
	Handan	杏あんず兒じ
Northern Min	Jian'ou	杏あんず
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	杏あんず
Southern Min	Xiamen	杏あんず
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	杏あんず
	Chaozhou	杏あんず
	Leizhou	杏あんず
	Haikou	杏子あんず
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	杏あんず
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	杏あんず
Wu	Shanghai	杏子あんず
	Shanghai (Chongming)	杏子あんず
	Suzhou	杏子あんず
	Danyang	杏子あんず
	Hangzhou	杏子あんず
	Ningbo	杏子あんず
	Wenzhou	杏あんず梅うめ, 杏あんず兒じ
Xiang	Changsha	杏子あんず
	Shuangfeng	杏子あんず
	Quanzhou	杏あんず

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (杏子あんず):

• → Japanese: 杏子あんず(あんず) (anzu)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
杏あんず	子こ
あん Jinmeiyō	す > ず Grade: 1
tōon

Alternative spelling
杏あんず

From a dialect of Chinese 杏子あんず (xìngzi), compare Cantonese 杏子あんず (hang⁶ zi²).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あんず [àńzú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ã̠nd͡zɨ]

Noun

杏あんず(あん)子こ(ず) or 杏子あんず(アンズ) • (anzu) 

1. an apricot, especially the Armenian plum, Prunus armeniaca

   Synonym: 唐から桃もも (karamomo)

   Hypernym: 薔薇ばら (bara)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as アンズ.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 杏あんず(あん)子こ(ず)餡あん(あん) (anzuan)
• 杏あんず(あん)子こ(ず)色いろ(いろ) (anzuiro)
• 杏あんず(アン)子こ(ズ)梅うめ(ウメ) (anzu ume)
• 杏あんず(アン)子こ(ズ)茸たけ(タケ) (anzu take)
• 花はな(はな)杏あんず(あんず) (hanānzu)

Descendants

• → Translingual: ansu

See also

• アプリコット (apurikotto)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
杏あんず	子こ
もも Jinmeiyō	こ Grade: 1
irregular	kun'yomi

Kanji in this term
杏あんず	子こ
きょう Jinmeiyō	こ Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

杏あんず(きょう)子こ(こ) • (Kyōko) 

1. a female given name

杏あんず(もも)子こ(こ) • (Momoko) 

1. a female given name