幌子

Chinese

		advertising sign	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. (幌子)		幌	子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huǎngzi

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˇ ˙ㄗ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fong² zi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huǎngzi
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˇ ˙ㄗ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huǎngzi̊h
  - Wade–Giles: huang³-tzŭ⁵
  - Yale: hwǎng-dz
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hoang.tzy
  - Palladius: хуанцзы (xuanczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fong² zi²
  - Yale: fóng jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fong² dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: fong² ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

幌子

shop sign
1. (specifically, literary) shop sign for a liquor-selling establishment
(figurative) pretense; excuse

Synonyms

(shop sign for a liquor-selling establishment):

招子 (zhāozi)
望子 (wàngzi)
酒幌 (jiǔhuǎng)
酒旗 (jiǔqí)
酒望 (jiǔwàng)
酒望子 (jiǔwàngzi)
酒簾／酒帘 (jiǔlián)
酒簾子／酒帘子 (jiǔliánzi)

(pretense):

事由 (shìyóu)
口實／口实 (kǒushí)
推頭／推头 (¹the-deu) (Wu)
擋箭牌／挡箭牌 (dǎngjiànpái) (figurative)
由頭／由头
盾牌 (dùnpái) (figurative)
藉口／借口 (jièkǒu)
託詞／托词 (tuōcí)
頭由／头由 (tóuyóu) (dialectal)
題目／题目 (tímù) (Classical Chinese)

Derived terms

做幌子
打幌子

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