疊子

See also: 叠子

Chinese

		fold up; repeat	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (疊子)		疊	子
simp. (叠子)		叠	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diézi

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄝˊ ˙ㄗ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diézi
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄝˊ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diézi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: tieh²-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: dyé-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dye.tzy
    • Palladius: децзы (deczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛ³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/

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• Middle Chinese: dep tsiX

Rime
Character	疊	子
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	怗 (158)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	徒協切	即里切
Baxter	dep	tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dep̚/	/t͡sɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/dep̚/	/t͡sɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/dɛp̚/	/t͡sieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛp̚/	/t͡sɨX/
Li Rong	/dep̚/	/t͡siəX/
Wang Li	/diep̚/	/t͡sĭəX/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱiep̚/	/t͡siX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dié	zǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dip6	zi2

Noun

疊子

1. (archaic) Alternative form of 碟子 (diézi, “small dish or plate”)

   • …菩提子三斗、青蓮華廿莖、玳瑁疊子八面、天竺革履二緉… [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     …菩提子三斗、青莲华廿茎、玳瑁叠子八面、天竺革履二𮉧… [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: 779 AD, 淡海三船 (Ōmi no Mifune) 《唐大和上東征傳》

     - [Pinyin]

     […] three jars filled with seedlings of the bodhi tree, twenty stalks of the blue lotus flower, eight dishes made from the shell of the hawksbill sea turtle, two pairs of leather shoes from India […]

   • 前件女口及紫袍段銀疊子等，謹遣某官隨狀奉進。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     前件女口及紫袍段银叠子等，谨遣某官随状奉进。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: 785-804 AD, 裴次元, 《全唐文·卷六百一十一·賀冬進物狀》 (Complete Works of the Tang, Chapter 611)

     Qián jiàn nǚ kǒu jí zǐ páo duàn yín diézǐ děng, jǐn qiǎn mǒu guān suí zhuàng fèngjìn. [Pinyin]

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   • …金銀平脫隔餛飩盤、金花獅子瓶、平脫著足疊子、熟線綾接靴… [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     …金银平脱隔馄饨盘、金花狮子瓶、平脱著足叠子、熟线绫接靴… [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: 9th CE, 段成式 (Duan Chengshi) 《酉陽雜俎·卷一·忠志》 (Miscellaneous Morsels from Youyang, Chapter 1)

     ... jīnyín píng tuō gé húntún pán, jīn huā shīzǐ píng, píng tuō zhù zú diézǐ, shú xiàn líng jiē xuē... [Pinyin]

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   • 師拈起金花疊子向帝曰：「喚作什麼？」帝曰：「金花疊子。」師曰：「灼然是一切眾生，日用而不知。」 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     师拈起金花叠子向帝曰：「唤作什么？」帝曰：「金花叠子。」师曰：「灼然是一切众生，日用而不知。」 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: 952 AD, 《祖堂集·卷三·慧忠》 (Anthology of the Patriarchal Hall, Chapter 3)

     Shī niān qǐ jīn huā diézǐ xiàng dì yuē: “Huànzuò shénme?” Dì yuē: “Jīn huā diézǐ.” Shī yuē: “Zhuórán shì yīqiè zhòngshēng, rìyòng ér bùzhī.” [Pinyin]

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Descendants

• → Turkic: (via Middle Chinese)
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Azerbaijani: təpsi
    • Ottoman Turkish: تپسی (tepsi), دپسی (depsi)
      • Turkish: tepsi
      • → Albanian: tepsi
      • → Algerian Arabic: طبسي (“plate”)
      • → Armenian: թեփսի (tʻepʻsi)
      • → Bulgarian: тепси́я (tepsíja)
      • → Egyptian Arabic: طُبسيّة (“plate”)
      • → Georgian: თეფში (tepši), თევში (tevši)
        • → Bats: თეფშ (tepš)
      • → Greek: ταψί (tapsí)
      • → Hijazi Arabic: تبسي (“tray, bowl”)
      • → Hungarian: tepsi, tepszi, tepszia
      • → Ladino: tefsin, tifsin
      • → Macedonian: тепсија (tepsija)
      • → Moroccan Arabic: طبسيل (ṭabsīl, “plate”)
      • → North Levantine Arabic: تبسيّة (“ashtray”)
      • → Serbo-Croatian:

        Cyrillic script: тѐпсија

        Latin script: tèpsija

  • Karakhanid: تَڤْسٖی (tewsi)
• Mogholi: تپشی