# 雙子
## Chinese
### Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 双(ふた)子(ご) (futago)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shuāngzǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄤ ㄗˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng$^1$ zi$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shuāngzǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄤ ㄗˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shuangzǐh
*** Wade–Giles: shuang$^1$-tzŭ$^3$
*** Yale: shwāng-dž
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuangtzyy
*** Palladius: шуанцзы (šuanczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: soeng$^1$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: sēung jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: soeng$^1$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sêng$^1$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /sœːŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$箱子 雙子／双子

### Noun

雙子
* (chiefly dialectal) twins
       Jìngyīn Shuāngzǐ [Pinyin]
       Kagamine Rin/Len

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 雙胞胎, 雙生子, 孿生子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 雙棒兒, 雙生兒, 雙兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 雙胞胎 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 雙雙兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 雙棒兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 雙棒兒, 雙勃朗兒, 雙子, 雙兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 雙兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 雙胞胎 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 雙胞胎 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 雙子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 雙棒兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 雙子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 雙生兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 雙生兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 雙巴, 雙胞胎 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 雙兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 雙胞胎, 雙生兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 雙生兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 雙生 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 雙生兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 雙生兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 雙雙子兒, 雙雙子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 雙兒雙兒, 雙生 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 雙雙兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 雙生 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 雙棒棒, 雙棒子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 雙雙 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 雙雙 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 雙雙 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 雙雙兒, 雙兒, 雙, 雙胞胎 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 雙生, 雙 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 雙雙, 雙胞, 雙巴 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 雙胞胎 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 雙胞胎 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 雙胞胎 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 雙胞胎, 雙孖崽 ♂, 雙孖女 ♀ |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 雙胞胎 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 雙胞子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 雙胞兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 雙胞子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 雙生兒 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 孖仔 ♂, 孖女 ♀ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 孖仔 ♂, 孖女 ♀, 雙胞胎, 孖胎 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 孖仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 孖仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 孖仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 孖仔 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 孖胎 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 孖仔 ♂, 孖女 ♀ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 孖仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 孖仔 ♂, 孖女 ♀ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 孖仔 ♂, 孖女 ♀ |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 孖仔 ♂, 孖女 ♀ |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 孖仔 ♂, 孖女 ♀ |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 孖仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 孖胎 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 孖胎 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 孖胎 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 孖胎 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 孖仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 孖仔 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 孖仔 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 孖生 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 孖生, 孖仔 ♂, 孖女 ♀ |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 孖生, 孖仔 ♂, 孖女 ♀ |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 孖生, 孖仔 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 孖得 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 孖仔 ♂, 孖女 ♀ |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 孖胎 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 孖胎, 孖仔, 雙仔 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 孖胎 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 雙孖仔 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 孖仔 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 雙龍仔 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) | 雙孖仔, 雙孖胎 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 孖仔 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 孖仔 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 孖胎, 孖仔 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 孖仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 孖仔 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 雙孖仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 雙孖仔 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 孖仔 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 孖胎 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 孖胎 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 雙孖仔, 孖仔 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 孖胎 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 孖仔 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 雙孖 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 雙孖仔 ♂, 雙孖妹 ♀ |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 阿拉 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 雙孖, 雙孖仔 ♂, 雙孖女 ♀ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 雙孖仔 ♂, 雙孖女 ♀, 雙孖胎, 雙胞胎 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 雙孖仔 ♂, 孖仔 ♂, 孖女 ♀ |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 雙生 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 雙胞胎 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 雙胞胎 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 孖仔 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 孖仔 ♂, 孖女 ♀ |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 孖仔 ♂, 孖女 ♀ |
| Gan | Nanchang | 雙生子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 雙生 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 雙雙仔, 雙雙子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 雙胞卵, 雙胞胎 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 雙生子 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 雙生子胎 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 孖仔 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 拉仔 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 孖胎 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 孖胎 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 孖仔 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 雙花子 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 雙孖仔 ♂, 雙孖女 ♀ |
| Hakka | Changting | 雙胞落 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 雙生牯子 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 雙生 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 雙胞落 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 雙生 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 雙胞胎 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 雙胞落子, 雙胞子 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 雙生 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 雙胞子, 雙胞胎 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 雙胞卵 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 雙生 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 雙生仔 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 雙生仔 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 雙生 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 雙胞卵, 雙生仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 雙胞卵, 雙生 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 雙胞卵, 雙生仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 雙降, 雙胞卵 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 孖仔 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 雙胞胎 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 孖仔 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 雙生, 雙胞 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 雙降 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 雙生生 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 雙生生 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 雙生子 |
| Jin | Linhe | 雙生兒 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 雙生生 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 雙生兒 |
| Jin | Handan | 雙生子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 雙生仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 雙生囝, 雙生 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 雙生囝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 雙生仔囝, 雙生仔, 雙生的, 雙生囝, 雙生 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 雙生的 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 雙生 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 雙生仔囝, 雙生仔, 夾雙仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 雙生仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 雙生仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 雙生仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 雙生 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 雙生仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 雙生仔囝 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 雙生仔 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 雙生仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 雙生的 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 雙生仔 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 雙生仔 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 雙生的, 雙生仔, 雙生 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 雙生仔, 雙生囝 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 雙生囝 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 雙胞胎 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 雙生囝 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 雙生囝, 雙胞胎 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 雙生囝, 雙生兒 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 雙生囝 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 雙生囝 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 雙生 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 雙生囝 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 雙生囝 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 雙生囝 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 雙生囝 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 雙胞胎 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 孖囝 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 孖胎 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 雙孖崽 ♂, 雙孖女 ♀, 雙胞胎 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 雙胞胎 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 雙雙 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 雙胞胎 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 雙幫頭 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 雙胞胎, 雙生子, 雙雙子 |
| Wu | Danyang | 雙胞, 雙胞胎 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 雙生兒, 雙生子, 雙胞胎 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 雙胞胎 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 雙生娒, 雙生, 雙胞胎 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 雙生兒 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 雙胞胎, 雙生子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 雙生 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 雙生子, 雙胎 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 雙胞胎 |
| Note | ♂ - male; ♀ - female | ♂ - male; ♀ - female |

### Proper noun

雙子
* (astronomy, astrology) Gemini

#### Synonyms

* 雙子宮／双子宫 (Shuāngzǐgōng)
* 雙子座／双子座 (Shuāngzǐzuò)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 雙 | 子 |
| ふた Hyōgai | こ > ご Grade: 1 |

### Noun

雙(ふた)子(ご) • (futago)
* Kyūjitai form of 双子: twins