# 辮子
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): biànzi
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ ˙ㄗ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bin$^1$ zi$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): pien$^5$ zi
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): piān-chú / piǎn-chír
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$bi-tsy
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: biànzi
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ˙ㄗ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: biànzi̊h
*** Wade–Giles: pien$^4$-tzŭ$^5$
*** Yale: byàn-dz
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biann.tzy
*** Palladius: бяньцзы (bjanʹczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /pi̯ɛn⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bin$^1$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: bīn jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bin$^1$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bin$^1$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /piːn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$辮子／辫子 鞭子
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: pien$^5$ zi
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰiɛn¹¹ t͡sz̩¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piān-chú
*** Tâi-lô: piān-tsú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: piexnzuo
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /piɛn²²⁻²¹ t͡su⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piǎn-chír
*** Tâi-lô: piǎn-tsír
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn²² t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$bi-tsy
*** MiniDict: bi$^去$ tsy
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$bi-tsr
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bi²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/

### Noun

辮子
* pigtail; plaits; braids
* queue (a plait of hair worn at the back)
* a mistake or weakness that may be exploited by an opponent; an Achilles heel

#### Synonyms

* 小辮子／小辫子 (xiǎobiànzi)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 辮子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 辮子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 辮子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 辮子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 辮子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 辮子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 辮子, 頭辮子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 帽蓋子, 辮子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 辮子, 辮辮 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 辮子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 辮子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 辮子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 辮子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 辮子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 辮子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 辮子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 辮子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 辮 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 辮 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 辮子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 辮子 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 辮子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 毛辮仔 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 辮子 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 辮子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 辮子 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 辮辮 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 頭鬃尾, 髻仔 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 髻尾, 髻仔尾, 髻仔 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 髻囝尾 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 頭鬃尾, 頭鬃尾仔, 頭鬃仔尾 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 鬃仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 頭鬃尾仔, 頭鬃尾 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 毛尾仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Yongjing) | 囟鬃仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 毛尾仔 |
| Southern Min | Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng) | 頭毛尾仔 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 鬃尾仔 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 辮 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 辮 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 辮子 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 辮子 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 辮子 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 辮子 |
| Wu | Danyang | 辮子 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 辮兒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 辮子 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 辮兒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 辮兒 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 辮韃子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 辮子 |

#### Derived terms

* 小辮子／小辫子 (xiǎobiànzi)
* 打辮子／打辫子
* 抓辮子／抓辫子 (zhuābiànzi)
* 揪辮子／揪辫子
* 曲辮子／曲辫子
* 梳辮子／梳辫子 (shū biànzi)
* 盤辮子／盘辫子 (pán biànzi)
* 翹辮子／翘辫子 (qiào biànzi)
* 蒜辮子／蒜辫子
* 蹺辮子／跷辫子