太子

Chinese
 
too (much); very; extremely
too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest
 
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.
(太子)		 太 子

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 太 子
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 透 (6) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 泰 (25) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I III
Fanqie 他蓋切 即里切
Baxter thajH tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /tʰɑiH/ /t͡sɨX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /tʰɑiH/ /t͡sɨX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /tʰɑiH/ /t͡sieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /tʰajH/ /t͡sɨX/
Li
Rong		 /tʰɑiH/ /t͡siəX/
Wang
Li		 /tʰɑiH/ /t͡sĭəX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /tʰɑiH/ /t͡siX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 tài zǐ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 taai3 zi2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 太 子
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 tài zǐ
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ thajH › ‹ tsiX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*l̥ˁa[t]-s/ /*tsəʔ/
English great child; gentleman, master

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 太 子
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 1937 17857
Phonetic
component		 大 子
Rime
group		 祭 之
Rime
subdivision		 1 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 泰 子
Old
Chinese		 /*tʰaːds/ /*ʔslɯʔ/

Noun

太子

  1. crown prince

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (太子):

Others:

  • → Classical Mongolian: ᠲᠠᠶᠢᠵᠢ (tayiǰi)
    • → Buryat: тайжа (tajža)
    • → Manchu: ᡨ᠋ᠠᡳ᠌ᠵᡳ (taiji)
    • Mongolian: тайж (tajž)
    • → Written Oirat: ᡐᠠᡕᡅᠴᡅ (tayiji)
      • → Chagatai:
      • Kalmyk: тәәҗ (tääj)
      • → Classical Tibetan: ཐའི་ཇི (tha'i ji)
        • Tibetan: ཐའི་ཇི (tha'i ji)
      • → Tuvan: тайжы (tayjı)

See also

Proper noun

太子

  1. (～鎮) Taizi (a town in Yangxin, Huangshi, Hubei, China)
  2. Prince Edward (an area in Hong Kong)

Japanese
Kanji in this term
太 子
たい
Grade: 2		 し
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

太(たい)子(し) • (taishi) 

  1. a crown prince
  2. (shogi) crown prince (promoted drunk elephant, 醉象/酔象)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
太子

Noun

太子 • (taeja) (hangeul 태자)

  1. Hanja form? of 태자 (“crown prince”).

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
太子

Noun

太子

  1. chữ Hán form of thái tử (“crown prince”).
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