公子

Chinese

		just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (公子)		公	子
simp. #(公子)		公	子

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōngzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ zi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kûng-chṳ́
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong-chír / kong-chú
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹kon-tsy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōngzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gongzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-tzŭ³
    • Yale: gūng-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongtzyy
    • Palladius: гунцзы (gunczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gung¹ zi²
    • Yale: gūng jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûng-chṳ́
    • Hakka Romanization System: gung^ˊ zii^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gung¹ zi³
    • Sinological IPA: /kuŋ²⁴ t͡sɨ³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-chír
    • Tâi-lô: kong-tsír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-chú
    • Tâi-lô: kong-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kongzuo
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹kon-tsy
    • MiniDict: kon^平 tsy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹kon-tsr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /koŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/

Noun

公子

1. (historical) scion; son or daughter of a feudal prince, vassal king or duke (especially of the kings of Zhou dynasty)
2. (honorific) your son
3. (figurative) son of privilege; son of an official; son of nobility
4. A title used to address young men in historical dramas

Derived terms

• 公子哥 (gōngzǐgē)
• 公子家
• 公子王孫／公子王孙
• 四公子
• 大家公子
• 女公子
• 安公子
• 憑虛公子／凭虚公子
• 無腸公子／无肠公子
• 王孫公子／王孙公子
• 花花公子 (huāhuā gōngzǐ, “playboy”)
• 高陽公子／高阳公子

 

See also

• 公孫／公孙 (gōngsūn)

Proper noun

公子

1. a surname

Pronunciation 2

• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): gong¹ zi

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• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: gong¹ zi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /kʊŋ³³ t͡si³/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /kən³³ t͡ɕi³/

Noun

公子

1. (Xiang) male (of animals)

Coordinate terms

• (Xiang) 婆子

References

• “Entry #53960”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
公	子
こう Grade: 2	し Grade: 1
kan'on

Etymology

Literary Chinese 公子 (gōngzǐ, literally “duke's son”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こーし [kóꜜòshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːɕi]

Noun

公(こう)子(し) • (kōshi) 

1. (historical) the son of a duke in China or Vietnam; compare 王子 (son of a king) and 皇子 (son of an emperor)

   Antonym: 公女