石子仔

Chinese

		rock; stone; 10 pecks	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
simp. and trad. (石子仔)		石	子	仔

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chio̍h-chí-á

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chio̍h-chí-á
    • Tâi-lô: tsio̍h-tsí-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cioiqcyar
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡sio(ʔ)⁴³⁻²¹ t͡si⁴²⁻²⁴ a⁴²/

Noun

石子仔

1. (Singapore Hokkien) pebble; rock

Synonyms

• 小石塊／小石块 (xiǎo shíkuài)
• 小石頭／小石头 (xiǎo shítou)
• 石仔 (sek⁶ zai²) (Cantonese, Hokkien)
• 石囝 (Teochew)
• 石子 (shízǐ)
• 石屎 (Hakka)
• 石春 (sek⁶ ceon¹) (Cantonese)
• 石頭仔／石头仔 (Hokkien)
• 石頭仔囝／石头仔囝 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 石頭兒／石头儿 (si² tour^2-1) (Sichuanese)
• 石頭塊塊／石头块块 (Jin)
• 石頭子／石头子 (shítouzǐ) (colloquial)
• 石頭骨／石头骨 (shr⁶ dou gu) (Xiang)
• 礓 (jiāng) (literary or dialectal)
• 細石／细石 (Hakka)