# 起子
## Chinese
### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): qǐzi
       (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ˙ㄗ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): qi$^3$ zi$^{3-2}$
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): qi$^3$ zr
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qǐzi
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ˙ㄗ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cǐzi̊h
*** Wade–Giles: chʻi$^3$-tzŭ$^5$
*** Yale: chǐ-dz
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chii.tzy
*** Palladius: цицзы (ciczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: qi$^3$ zi$^{3-2}$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ki z
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵³⁻²¹/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: qi$^3$ zr
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

#### Noun

起子
* bottle opener (device to open bottle)
* (colloquial) screwdriver
* (dialectal) baking soda

##### Synonyms

* (bottle opener): 開瓶器／开瓶器 (kāipíngqì); (Hakka, Hokkien) 酒開仔／酒开仔; (Hokkien) 酒開／酒开, 開仔／开仔
* (screwdriver):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 改錐 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 螺絲起子, 起子, 螺絲刀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 改錐 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 改錐 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 改錐, 螺絲刀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 螺絲刀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 改錐, 螺絲刀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 螺絲刀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 改錐, 起子, 螺絲刀子, 螺絲刀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 改錐, 螺絲刀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 改錐, 螺絲刀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 螺絲刀子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 改錐, 螺絲刀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 改錐, 螺絲刀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 改錐, 螺絲刀, 螺絲擰子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 改錐 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 改錐, 起子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 改錐 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 改錐 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 改錐 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 螺絲刀兒, 起子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 螺絲刀, 起子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 螺絲刀 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 螺絲刀 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 螺絲刀子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 螺絲刀兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 改錐, 螺絲刀兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 螺絲刀, 起子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 螺絲刀兒, 起子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 改錐 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 起子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 改錐 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 起子, 螺絲刀 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 螺絲刀 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 改錐, 螺絲刀 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 起子, 螺絲刀 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 起子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 改錐, 起子, 螺絲刀 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 改錐, 起子, 螺絲刀 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 改錐, 起子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 改錐, 起子, 螺絲刀 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 螺絲刀, 起子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 起子, 螺絲刀 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 螺絲刀, 改錐 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 改錐, 起子, 螺絲刀 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 改錐, 起子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 起子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 起子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 起子, 螺絲刀, 改刀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 起子, 改刀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 起子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 改刀, 改針 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 改錐, 改刀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 起子, 改刀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 起子, 螺絲刀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 起子, 螺絲刀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 起子, 螺絲刀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 起子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 起子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 起子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 起子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 起子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 起子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 起子, 絞煞 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 起子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 起子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 起子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 起子, 螺絲刀, 螺絲批 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 螺絲批 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 起子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 起子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 改錐, 起子, 螺絲刀 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 起子, 螺絲刀 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 起子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 螺絲起子, 起子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 起子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 起子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 起子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 起子, 螺絲刀 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 改錐, 起子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 改錐, 起子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 螺絲批 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 螺絲批, 批 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 螺絲批 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 螺絲批 |
| Cantonese | Ipoh (Guangfu) | 螺絲批 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 螺絲刀 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 起子 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 起子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 螺絲批 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 螺絲批 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 鑽仔, 扁鑽, 多拉把 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 鑽仔, 多拉把 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 扁鑽, 多拉把 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 撙笓, 扁鑽, 多拉把 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 扁鑽, 多拉把 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 十字, 多拉把 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 螺絲刀, 螺絲起 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 螺絲批, 螺絲刀 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 改錐 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 改錐 |
| Jin | Datong | 改錐 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 改錐 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 改錐兒 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 改錐 |
| Jin | Linhe | 改錐 |
| Jin | Jining | 改錐 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 改錐 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 改錐 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 改錐 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 改錐 |
| Jin | Handan | 改錐, 起子, 螺絲刀 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 改錐 |
| Jin | Suide | 改錐, 起子 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 螺絲絞 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 螺絲絞 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 螺絲絞 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 十八仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 螺絲絞 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 螺絲絞, 螺賴把 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 螺絲絞, 螺賴把 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 螺絲桮, 螺賴把 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 螺絲桮仔, 螺賴把 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 螺賴把 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 螺絲絞, 螺賴把 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 螺絲絞, 螺賴把 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 螺絲絞, 螺賴把 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 十扳仔 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 螺絲批 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 螺絲批 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 螺絲批 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 螺絲改, 司古杜 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 螺絲改 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 螺絲批 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 捻鑿, 螺絲批, 旋鑿 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 捻鑿 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 起子, 螺絲刀 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 螺絲刀 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 起子 |
* (baking soda):
* 泡打粉 (pàodǎfěn) (chiefly Cantonese)
* 焙粉 (bèifěn)
* 發粉／发粉 (fāfěn)
* 發酵粉／发酵粉 (fājiàofěn)

##### Derived terms

* 螺絲起子／螺丝起子 (luósī qǐzi)

#### Classifier

起子
* Classifier for people: group; crowd

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qǐzǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄗˇ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qǐzǐ [Phonetic: qízǐ]
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄗˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cǐzǐh
*** Wade–Giles: chʻi$^3$-tzŭ$^3$
*** Yale: chǐ-dž
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiitzyy
*** Palladius: цицзы (ciczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

#### Verb

起子
* (literary) to nurture one's child
* (chess, etc.) to make the first move