# 索子
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): suǒzi
    (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄛˇ ˙ㄗ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sok$^3$ zi$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): soh$^6$ zi
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): so$^6$ zr
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: suǒzi
*** Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛˇ ˙ㄗ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: suǒzi̊h
*** Wade–Giles: so$^3$-tzŭ$^5$
*** Yale: swǒ-dz
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suoo.tzy
*** Palladius: соцзы (soczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /su̯ɔ²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sok$^3$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: sok jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sok$^8$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sog$^3$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɔːk̚³ t͡siː³⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: soh$^6$ zi
*** Sinological IPA : /sɔʔ⁵ t͡sz̩²/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: so$^6$ zr
*** Sinological IPA : /so²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

### Noun

索子
* (mahjong) bamboo tile
* (dialectal) string; cord; rope (Classifier: 條／条)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 條子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 條子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 條子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 條兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 條子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 條子, 條 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 條子, 索子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 索子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 條子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 條子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 條子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 條子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 條子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 條子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 條子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 條子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 條 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 條, 索 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 條子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 條 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 條子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 條子, 索子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 條子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 條子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 條子, 索子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 條子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 條子, 索子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 索子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 條子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 條子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 條子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 條 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 條子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 條子, 索子 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 索子 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 索子, 條子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 索子 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 條, 索 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 條子, 棍子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 棍子 |
| Jin | Linhe | 條子 |
| Jin | Jining | 條子 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 條子, 棍子 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 條子 |
| Jin | Handan | 條, 條子 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 索 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 繩, 索 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 繩索 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 繩子, 繩兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 繩子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 繩子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 繩子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 繩子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 繩子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 繩兒, 繩子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 繩子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 繩子, 繩 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 繩子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 繩子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 繩子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 繩 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 繩子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 繩子, 索子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 繩子, 索子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 繩子, 繩繩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 繩子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 繩子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 繩子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 繩子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 繩, 繩子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 繩, 索 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 繩, 繩仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 繩, 繩仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 繩仔 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 麻繩 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 繩, 索 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 索 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) | 索 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 繩, 索 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 繩仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 繩仔 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 繩, 索繩 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 繩, 索 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 繩, 索 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 繩仔 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 索 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 索 |
| Cantonese | Maoming (Xinpo) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 索 |
| Cantonese | Wuchuan (Wuyang) | 索 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 繩, 索 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 索, 繩 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 索 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 索 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 索 large, 繩 small |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 索 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 索 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 索 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 索 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 索 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 索 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 索 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 索 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 索 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 索, 索仔 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 索 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 索 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 索 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 索 big, 繩 small |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 索 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 索 |
| Cantonese | Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 索 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 索 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 索 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 繩子, 索子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 繩兒, 繩仔, 索 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 繩子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 索仔, 索嫲, 索 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 索, 索嫲 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 索兒 |
| Hakka | Fengshun (Tangkeng) | 索 |
| Hakka | Fengshun (Fengliang) | 索 |
| Hakka | Fengshun (Pantian) | 索 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 繩 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 索仔, 索嫲 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 索 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 索仔 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 索嫲 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 索嫲 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 索嫲, 索哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 索嫲 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 索嫲 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 繩 small, 索 large |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 索 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 索子, 索嫲 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 索仔, 索嫲 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 索 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 繩 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 索 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 索仔 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 索 |
| Hakka | Changting | 索子 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 索子 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 索子 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 索 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 索子 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 索子 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 繩子 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 繩子 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 索子, 繩 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 繩 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 繩 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 繩 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 繩 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 繩哩 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 索仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 索仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 索仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 索 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 索仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 索 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 索嫲, 索 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 索 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 索 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 索 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 索 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 索 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 索 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 索 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 索 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 索 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 索 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 索 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 索 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Tang'an) | 索 |
| Hakka | Mashan (Pianlian) | 索 |
| Hakka | Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 索 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 索嫲 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 索 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 繩子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 繩子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 索 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 索 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 索 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 索 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 索 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 索 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 索 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 索 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 索 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 索 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 索 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 索 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 索 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 索 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 索 |
| Eastern Min | Xiapu | 索 |
| Eastern Min | Zherong | 索 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 索 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 索 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 索 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 索仔, 索 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 索仔, 索 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 索 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 索仔, 索 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 索仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 索仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 索仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 索仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 索仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 索仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 索仔 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 索仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 索仔 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 索 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 索, 索仔 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 索 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 索 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 索 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 索仔 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 索 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 索 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 索 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 索 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 索 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 索 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 索 |
| Southern Min | Phnom Penh (Teochew) | 索 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 索 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 索 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 索 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 索 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 索 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 索 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 索 |
| Puxian Min | Fuding (Aoyao) | 索 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 索 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 繩 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 繩 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 索 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 索子 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 繩, 繩子 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 繩 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 繩 |
| Wu | Danyang | 繩子 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 繩 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 繩 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 繩 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 繩子, 索子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 繩子 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 繩子, 索子 |
| Note | General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |

#### Derived terms

* 草索子

#### Descendants

* → Korean: 삭자(索子) (sakja)
Others:
* → Japanese: 索(ソー)子(ズ) (sōzu)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 索 | 子 |
| ソー Grade: S | ズ Grade: 1 |
| irregular ||

### Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 索子 (suǒzi).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ソーズ [sòózú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [so̞ːzɨ]

### Noun

索(ソー)子(ズ) or 索子(ソウズ) • (sōzu)
* (mahjong) bamboo tile

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN