稿子

Chinese

		manuscript; draft; stalk of grain	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. (稿子)		稿	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǎozi

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠˇ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou² zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǎozi
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠˇ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǎozi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: kao³-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: gǎu-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gao.tzy
    • Palladius: гаоцзы (gaoczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gou² zi²
    • Yale: góu jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou² dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou² ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 稿子 稿紙／稿纸

Noun

稿子

1. manuscript (of an unpublished work) (Classifier: 篇)
2. draft; sketch (Classifier: 篇)
3. (figurative) idea; concept; plan (Classifier: 個／个)

Synonyms

• (manuscript):

• 文稿 (wéngǎo)
• 書稿／书稿 (shūgǎo) (literary, literary manuscript)
• 稿 (gǎo) (literary, or in compounds)
• 稿件 (gǎojiàn)

 

• (draft):

• 初稿 (chūgǎo)
• 底子 (dǐzi)
• 文稿 (wéngǎo)
• 稿 (gǎo) (literary, or in compounds)
• 草底 (cǎodǐ) (colloquial)
• 草稿 (cǎogǎo)

 

Derived terms

• 打稿子 (dǎgǎozi)