徒子徒孫

Chinese

		apprentice; disciple	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight	apprentice; disciple	grandson
trad. (徒子徒孫)		徒	子	徒	孫
simp. (徒子徒孙)		徒	子	徒	孙

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): túzǐtúsūn

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˊ ㄗˇ ㄊㄨˊ ㄙㄨㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴ zi² tou⁴ syun¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: túzǐtúsūn
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˊ ㄗˇ ㄊㄨˊ ㄙㄨㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: túzǐhtúsun
  - Wade–Giles: tʻu²-tzŭ³-tʻu²-sun¹
  - Yale: tú-dž-tú-swūn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twutzyytwusuen
  - Palladius: туцзытусунь (tuczytusunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰu³⁵ su̯ən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tou⁴ zi² tou⁴ syun¹
  - Yale: tòuh jí tòuh syūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴ dzi² tou⁴ syn¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴ ji² tou⁴ xun¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹ t͡siː³⁵ tʰou̯²¹ syːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

徒子徒孫

disciples and followers
(figurative, derogatory) hangers-on and their spawn

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