# 扇子
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shànzi
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˋ ˙ㄗ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sin$^3$ zi$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): sen$^4$ zi
* Jin (Wiktionary): san$^3$ zeh
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$soe-tsy
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): shenn$^4$ zr
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shànzi
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˋ ˙ㄗ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shànzi̊h
*** Wade–Giles: shan$^4$-tzŭ$^5$
*** Yale: shàn-dz
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shann.tzy
*** Palladius: шаньцзы (šanʹczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂän⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sin$^3$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: sin jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sin$^3$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xin$^3$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /siːn³³ t͡siː³⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: sen$^4$ zi
*** Sinological IPA : /sɛn³⁵ t͡sz̩²/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: san$^3$ zeh
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /sæ̃⁴⁵ t͡səʔ⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$soe-tsy
*** MiniDict: soe$^去$ tsy
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$soe-tsr
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sø³³ t͡sz̩⁴⁴/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: shenn$^4$ zr
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /ʂə̃⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/
*** Sinological IPA (new-style): /sə̃⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

### Noun

扇子
* fan; hand fan (Classifier: 把 m)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 扇 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 扇子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 扇子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 扇子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 扇子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 扇子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 扇子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 扇子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 扇子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 扇子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 扇子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 扇子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 扇子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 扇子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 扇子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 扇子, 扇兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 扇子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 扇子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 扇子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 扇子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 扇子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 扇兒, 扇子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 扇子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 扇子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 扇 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 扇子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 扇 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 扇子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 扇仔 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 扇 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 扇 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 扇 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 扇 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 提扇 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 扇子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 扇仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 扇仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 扇仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 扇 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 扇仔, 扇 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 扇 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 扇 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 扇子 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 扇 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 扇 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 扇子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 扇子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 扇 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 扇, 蒲扇 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 扇, 扇仔 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 扇 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 扇 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 葵扇 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 扇 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 葵扇 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 扇, 葵扇 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 扇, 葵扇 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 葵扇 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 扇, 葵扇 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 扇, 葵扇 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 扇, 葵扇 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 扇, 葵扇 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 扇 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 葵扇 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 葵扇 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 扇 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 扇 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 扇 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 扇 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 扇 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 扇 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 扇 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 扇 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 扇子 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 扇子 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 扇子 |
| Wu | Danyang | 扇子 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 扇子 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 扇子 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 扇 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 扇 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 扇子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 扇子, 扇 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 扇子 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 扇子, 扇 |

#### Descendants

* → Mongolian: шанз (šanz, “fan”)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 扇 | 子 |
| せん Grade: S | す Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi | tōon |

### Etymology

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 扇子.
First attested in Japanese in the Taiheiki of the late 1300s.

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) せんす [sèńsú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [sẽ̞ɰ̃sɨ]

### Noun

扇(せん)子(す) • (sensu)
* [from late 1300s] a hand-held folding fan: a hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth to generate a breeze
    Synonyms: 扇 (ōgi), 団扇 (uchiwa, more often refers to a fixed, non-folding fan)

### References

* ↑ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN