子午

Chinese

		child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight	7th earthly branch; 11 a.m.–1 p.m., noon
simp. and trad. (子午)		子	午

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zǐwǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄨˇ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chú-ngó͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zǐwǔ [Phonetic: zíwǔ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zǐhwǔ
  - Wade–Giles: tzŭ³-wu³
  - Yale: dž-wǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyywuu
  - Palladius: цзыу (czyu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-ngó͘
  - Tâi-lô: tsú-ngóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zwngor
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ŋɔ̃⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡su⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ŋɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ŋɔ̃⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ŋɔ̃⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ŋɔ̃⁴¹/

Noun

子午

(literary) north and south
(literary) midnight and noon; midnight and midday
(～谷) A valley in the current Qinling Mountains, Shaanxi Province.

Derived terms

卯酉子午
子午卯酉
子午線／子午线 (zǐwǔxiàn)
子午蓮／子午莲
本初子午線／本初子午线 (běnchū zǐwǔxiàn)

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