扣子

See also: 釦子

Chinese

		10 percent; button; detain	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (扣子/釦子)		扣/釦	子
simp. (扣子)		扣	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kòuzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˋ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kau³ zi²
• Gan (Wiktionary): kieu³ zi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kòuzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˋ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kòuzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: kʻou⁴-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: kòu-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kow.tzy
    • Palladius: коуцзы (kouczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kau³ zi²
    • Yale: kau jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kau³ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: keo³ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯³³ t͡siː³⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: kieu³ zi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiɛu²¹³⁻²¹ t͡sz̩¹/

Noun

扣子

1. button (knob or small disc serving as a fastener)

   扣扣子  ―  kòu kòuzi  ―  to do up buttons

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 紐扣 (“button”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		扣, 衣扣
Mandarin	Beijing	扣子, 扣兒, 紐兒 Chinese-stye
	Taiwan	扣子
	Harbin	扣兒 Western-style
	Yantai (Muping)	扣兒
	Jinan	扣子, 紐扣兒
	Luoyang	扣兒
	Wanrong	扣子 Western-style
	Xi'an	扣子 disc, 紐子, 紐門兒疙瘩 ball
	Yinchuan	紐子 Western-style, 紐子疙瘩 knot
	Xining	扣子
	Ürümqi	扣子, 紐子 Chinese-style
	Wuhan	扣子
	Chengdu	扣子 Western-style, 紐子
	Guiyang	扣子, 紐子 Chinese-style, 紐扣 Chinese-style
	Liuzhou	扣子
	Yangzhou	紐子
	Nanjing	扣子 Western-style, 紐扣 Western-style, 紐子, 紐兒 old-style ball
Cantonese	Guangzhou	紐
	Hong Kong	紐
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	紐
	Macau	紐
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	紐
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	紐
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	紐
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	紐
	Foshan	紐
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	紐
	Foshan (Shunde)	紐
	Foshan (Sanshui)	紐
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	紐
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	紐
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	紐
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	紐
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	紐
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	紐
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	紐
	Taishan	紐
	Kaiping (Chikan)	紐
	Enping (Niujiang)	紐
	Heshan (Yayao)	紐
	Dongguan	紐
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	紐
Gan	Nanchang	扣子
	Lichuan	扣仔 new-style, 扣子 new-style, 跪兒 old-style
	Pingxiang	扣子
Hakka	Meixian	紐公仔 Chinese-style, 扣仔 Western-style, 紐仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	紐
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	紐
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	紐
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	紐
	Conghua (Lütian)	紐扣
	Yudu	扣子 disc, 紐子 knot
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	紐仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	紐仔, 扣仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	紐仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	紐
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	紐仔, 紐
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	紐子
Huizhou	Jixi	扣子
Jin	Taiyuan	扣扣, 扣疙瘩 Chinese-style
	Xinzhou	扣子 Western-style
Northern Min	Jian'ou	紐仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	扣門 Chinese-stye
Southern Min	Xiamen	紐仔
	Quanzhou	紐仔
	Zhangzhou	紐仔
	Tainan	紐仔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	紐仔
	Manila (Hokkien)	紐仔
	Shantou	紐
	Shantou (Chenghai)	紐
	Jieyang	紐
	Haikou	紐
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	紐
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	扣子
Wu	Shanghai	紐子, 紐頭 Chinese-style
	Shanghai (Chongming)	紐子 Western-style, 紐頭 Chinese-style
	Suzhou	紐子 ball, 紐頭 disc
	Wuxi	紐頭
	Danyang	紐扣, 紐子子
	Hangzhou	紐扣兒 Chinese-style, 扣兒
	Ningbo	紐子 Western-style
	Jinhua	紐子兒
Xiang	Changsha	扣子 Western-style, 扣它子 Chinese-style
	Loudi	扣子

Derived terms

• 扣子洞