# 種子
## Chinese

* 種子

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhǒngzi, zhǒngzǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥˇ ˙ㄗ, ㄓㄨㄥˇ ㄗˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zung$^2$ zi$^2$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chúng-chṳ́
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chéng-chí
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$tson-tsy
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhǒngzi
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥˇ ˙ㄗ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhǒngzi̊h
*** Wade–Giles: chung$^3$-tzŭ$^5$
*** Yale: jǔng-dz
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: joong.tzy
*** Palladius: чжунцзы (čžunczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhǒngzǐ [Phonetic: zhóngzǐ]
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥˇ ㄗˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhǒngzǐh
*** Wade–Giles: chung$^3$-tzŭ$^3$
*** Yale: jǔng-dž
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: joongtzyy
*** Palladius: чжунцзы (čžunczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$冢子 種子／种子
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zung$^2$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: júng jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzung$^2$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zung$^2$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʊŋ³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chúng-chṳ́
*** Hakka Romanization System: zung$^ˋ$ zii$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zung$^3$ zi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ³¹ t͡sɨ³¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chéng-chí
*** Tâi-lô: tsíng-tsí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zefngcie
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡si⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡si⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡si⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡si⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡si⁴¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$tson-tsy
*** MiniDict: tson$^去$ tsy
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$tson-tsr
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡soŋ³³ t͡sz̩⁴⁴/

### Noun

種子
* (botany) seed (Classifier: 粒 m c; 顆／颗 m)
* (archaic, often derogatory) seed; offspring; descendant; son (Classifier: 個／个 m)
* (～選手, ～球員) (sports) seeded player (Classifier: 個／个 m)
* (computing) seed (in a peer-to-peer network) (Classifier: 顆／颗 m)
    From: 2005, 尤晓东, 《Internet应用基础教程》, 2nd edition, page 81
    Yīncǐ, xiàzǎi de rén yuè duō, tígōng de pínkuān yě yuè duō, zhǒngzi yě huì yuè lái yuè duō, xiàzǎi sùdù jiù yuè kuài. [Pinyin]
    Therefore, with more people downloading, there will be more bandwidth available, there will be more seeds and the download speed will be quicker.
    From: 2005, 于文强 and 李冬, 《电脑上网短训教程与上机指导》, page 93
    Bùguò, shǐyòng BT yě xūyào zhùyì de dìfang, rú shǐyòng BT de kèhùduān ruǎnjiàn xiàzǎi wán yǐhòu, yìngpán shàng jiù duō le yī kē BT zhǒngzi, cǐshí, zuìhǎo bùhǎo guānbì BT ruǎnjiàn, fǒuzé wǎngluò zhōng jiù shào le yī kē BT zhǒngzi, rúguǒ dàjiā dōu nàme zìsī, BT jiāng bùfù cúnzài. [Pinyin]
    However, there is something to note when using BitTorrent. After a BitTorrent client program has finished downloading, the hard drive will have one more BitTorrent seed. At this time, it is best not to close the BitTorrent program, or else the network will have one less BitTorrent seed. If everyone is so selfish, BitTorrent will no longer exist.
    From: 2009, FF, BT之后是电驴——网际快车3.0电驴功能实测, in 《网络与信息》, issue 8
    Lìrú: liǎng ge yuè qián de BT zīyuán, xiànzài duōbàn shì wúxiào de, yě jiùshì tōngcháng shuō de “méi zhǒngzǐ le”. [Pinyin]
    For example, out of all the BitTorrent resources from two months ago, more than half are invalid now, or as we would usually say, "There are no more seeds".
* (～文件, ～檔案, ～檔) (computing) torrent (set of files obtainable through a peer-to-peer network)
    From: 2009, PCuSER研究室, 《Download 網路密技王》, issue 13, page 13
    Xiàzài TorrentFetcher dǎng'àn, zhè shì yī ge zhuōmiànduān de BT zhǒngzǐ sōuxúnqì, shǐyòng BT shí zuì máfán de jiùshì zhǎobùdào hǎo de zhǒngzǐ, ér zhè kuǎn ruǎntǐ kěyǐ bāngzhù wǒmen jiějué wèntí. [Pinyin]
    Download the TorrentFetcher file. This is a desktop torrent search engine for BitTorrent. The most annoying thing when using BitTorrent is not being able to find good torrents, and this program can help us to solve this problem.
    From: 2014, 陈志刚 and 李山河, P2P下载的刑法考量与应对, in 《中国刑事法杂志》, issue 4
    Zài P2P xiàzǎi zhōng, wǎngluò nèiróng tígōngzhě bāokuò liǎng zhǒng qíngkuàng, yī shì yuán wénjiàn de fābùzhě, bāokuò P2P zīyuán fābù wǎngzhàn hé gèrén zhōngduān yònghù liǎng zhǒng, qí xíngwèi biǎoxiàn wèi zhíjiē fābù yuán wénjiàn, shàngchuán zhǒngzǐ gōng tārén xiàzǎi [Pinyin]
    In P2P downloads, Internet content providers include two types, one is the distributor of the source file, including P2P resource distributing websites and personal end users; their behaviour is directly distributing source files and uploading torrents to let others download
    From: 2015, 超媒體編輯組, 《零費用！免費任用網上資源》, page 97
    UTorrent jièmiàn jiǎnyì, kěyǐ kāiqǐ dào gè dà lùntán de BT zhǒngzǐ, qǔchū zhǒngzǐ zhōng de dàng'àn! [Pinyin]
    The interface of uTorrent is really simple. It can open BitTorrent torrents from all major forums and extract the files in the torrents!

#### Synonyms

* (botany): (Northeastern Mandarin) 籽種／籽种 (zǐzhǒng)

#### Derived terms

* 孽障種子／孽障种子
* 沒造化的種子／没造化的种子
* 種子球員／种子球员
* 種子選手／种子选手
* 種子隊／种子队
* 讀書種子／读书种子

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 種 | 子 |
| しゅ Grade: 4 | し Grade: 1 |
| goon ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) しゅし [shúꜜshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [ɕɨ̥ɕi]

### Noun

種(しゅ)子(し) • (shushi)
* (botany) Synonym of 種 (tane, “seed”) (fertilized grain)

### See also

* 種(しゅ)子(し)骨(こつ) (shushikotsu)
* 種(しゅ)子(し)軟(なん)骨(こつ) (shushi nankotsu)
* 種子(たねが)島(しま) (Tanegashima)