# 筒子
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tǒngzi
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˇ ˙ㄗ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): tung$^4$ zi$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$don-tsy
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tǒngzi
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˇ ˙ㄗ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tǒngzi̊h
*** Wade–Giles: tʻung$^3$-tzŭ$^5$
*** Yale: tǔng-dz
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: toong.tzy
*** Palladius: тунцзы (tunczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰʊŋ²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tung$^4$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: tùhng jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tung$^4$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tung$^4$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰʊŋ²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$瞳子 童子 筒子
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$don-tsy
*** MiniDict: don$^去$ tsy
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$don-tsr
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /doŋ²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/

### Noun

筒子
* tube; tubular object; pipe
* (mahjong) circle tile; dot tile
* (neologism, slang) Alternative form of 同志 (tóngzhì, “comrade; friend”)

#### Synonyms

* (circle tile):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 筒子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 筒子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 餅子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 餅子, 筒子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 餅 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 餅子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 餅子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 筒子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 餅子, 筒子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 餅子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 餅子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 餅, 筒子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 餅子, 餅, 筒子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 餅子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 餅子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 筒子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 餅, 筒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 餅, 筒子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 餅子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 餅, 筒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 餅子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 餅子, 筒子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 筒子, 餅子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 餅子, 筒子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 筒子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 筒子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 筒子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 餅子, 筒子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 筒子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 筒子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 餅子, 筒子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 餅子, 筒子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 餅 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 筒子 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 筒子 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 筒子, 餅子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 餅子 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 餅, 筒, 果 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 餅子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 餅子 |
| Jin | Linhe | 筒子 |
| Jin | Jining | 筒子 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 筒子 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 餅子, 筒子 |
| Jin | Handan | 餅兒, 餅子, 筒兒 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 筒子, 筒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 筒子 |

#### Derived terms

* 筒子樓／筒子楼

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 筒(トン)子(ズ) (tonzu)

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 筒 | 子 |
| ピン Grade: S | ズ Grade: 1 |
| irregular ||
* Alternative spelling
* 餅子
Borrowed from Mandarin 餅子／饼子 (bǐngzi). The kanji form is an orthographic borrowing from Chinese 筒子 (tǒngzi). The two Chinese words are synonyms.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ピンズ [pìńzú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [pʲĩnd͡zɨ]

#### Noun

筒(ピン)子(ズ) • (pinzu)
* (mahjong) dot tile

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 筒 | 子 |
| トン Grade: S | ズ Grade: 1 |
| irregular ||
Borrowed from Mandarin 筒子 (tǒngzi).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tõ̞nd͡zɨ]

#### Noun

筒(トン)子(ズ) • (tonzu)
* (mahjong, archaic) dot tile

### References

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