# 燕子
## Chinese
### Etymology 1

* 燕子

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yànzi
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ ˙ㄗ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jin$^3$ zi$^2$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): yen$^4$ du$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): ien$^3$ zi
* Jin (Wiktionary): ie$^3$ zeh
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$i-tsy
* Xiang
    (Changsha, Wiktionary): ienn$^4$ zr
    (Hengyang, Wiktionary): ien$^{4*}$ zr
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yànzi
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ ˙ㄗ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yànzi̊h
*** Wade–Giles: yen$^4$-tzŭ$^5$
*** Yale: yàn-dz
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yann.tzy
*** Palladius: яньцзы (janʹczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛn⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jin$^3$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: yin jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jin$^3$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yin$^3$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiːn³³ t͡siː³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: yen$^4$ du$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /jen²¹ tu⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: ien$^3$ zi
*** Sinological IPA : /iɛn²¹³⁻²¹ t͡sz̩¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: ie$^3$ zeh
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /ie⁴⁵ t͡səʔ⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$i-tsy
*** MiniDict: i$^去$ tsy
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$i-tsr
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /i³³ t͡sz̩⁴⁴/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: ienn$^4$ zr
*** Sinological IPA : /i̯ẽ⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/
** (Hengyang)
*** Wiktionary: ien$^{4*}$ zr
*** Sinological IPA : /i̯ɛn³²⁴⁻³¹ t͡sz̩³/
* Middle Chinese: 'enH tsiX
Rime :
| Character | 燕 | 子 |
| Reading # | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) | 精 (13) |
| Final (韻) | 先 (85) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | IV | III |
| Fanqie | 於甸切 | 即里切 |
| Baxter | 'enH | tsiX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔen$^H$/ | /t͡sɨ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔen$^H$/ | /t͡sɨ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔɛn$^H$/ | /t͡sie$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔɛn$^H$/ | /t͡sɨ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔen$^H$/ | /t͡siə$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ien$^H$/ | /t͡sĭə$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʔien$^H$/ | /t͡si$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yàn | zǐ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jin$^3$ | zi$^2$ |

#### Noun

燕子
* swallow (bird)

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 燕, 玄鳥 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 燕子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 小燕兒, 燕子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 燕子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 燕子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 燕子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 燕子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 燕兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 燕子, 小燕兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 燕兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 燕子, 小燕子, 燕兒, 小燕兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 小燕兒, 小燕子, 燕子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 燕雞子, 燕雞兒, 燕雞雞 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 燕嘰子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 燕雞子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 燕子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 燕子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 燕子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 燕子, 燕子鳥 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 燕子, 小燕子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 燕子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 燕子, 小燕子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 燕子 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 燕子 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 燕子 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 燕子 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 燕仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 燕子 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 燕 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 燕子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 燕子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 燕子仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 燕子 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 燕子 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 燕 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 燕 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 燕子 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 燕 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 燕 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 燕子 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 燕子 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 燕子 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 燕子 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 燕子 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 燕子 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 燕子 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 燕子 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 燕子 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 燕仔 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 燕仔 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 燕子, 燕雀 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 燕子 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 燕子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 燕兒 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 燕子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 燕仔 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 燕 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 燕仔 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 燕仔 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 燕仔 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 燕仔 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 燕子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 燕仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 燕仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 燕仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 燕 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 燕仔, 燕 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 燕 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 燕仔 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 燕仔 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 燕 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 燕子, 小燕兒, 燕兒 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 燕兒 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 燕仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 燕, 燕鳥 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 燕仔 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 燕仔 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 燕仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 燕仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 燕仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 燕仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 燕仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 燕仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 燕仔鳥 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 燕仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 燕仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 燕仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 燕仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 烏燕仔 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 燕仔 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 燕鳥 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 燕鳥, 燕 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 燕子 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 燕鳥 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 燕鳥 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 燕鳥 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 燕鳥 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 燕鳥 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 燕鳥 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 燕鳥 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 燕鳥 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 燕鳥 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 燕鳥 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 燕鳥 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 燕子 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 燕子 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 燕子 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 燕子 |
| Wu | Danyang | 燕子 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 燕子 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 燕子 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 燕兒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 燕, 子燕 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 燕子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 燕子 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 燕子 |

##### Derived terms

* 燕子尾 (yànziwěi)
* 燕子磯／燕子矶
* 燕子窠
* 燕子話／燕子话
* 燕子辮／燕子辫
* 燕子領／燕子领
* 燕子鳥／燕子鸟

#### Proper noun

燕子
* (～鎮, formerly ～鄉) Yanzi (a town and former township in Hefeng, Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): jin$^{3-2}$ zi$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): ien$^3$ zi
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ienn$^4$ zr
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jin$^{3-2}$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: yín jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jin$^{3-2}$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yin$^{3-2}$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiːn³³⁻³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: ien$^3$ zi
*** Sinological IPA : /iɛn²¹³⁻²¹ t͡sz̩¹/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: ienn$^4$ zr
*** Sinological IPA : /i̯ẽ⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

#### Noun

燕子
* (dialectal) shuttlecock used in jianzi

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 毽子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 毽子, 毽兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 毽子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 毽子, 毽兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 毽子, 毽兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 毽兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 毽子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 毽子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 毽子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 毽兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 毽子, 毽兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 毽兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 毽子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 毽子, 毽球兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 毽子, 毽兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 翹兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 毽兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 毽子, 毽兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 毽兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 毽兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 毽子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 毽兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 毽子, 毽兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 毽兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 毽兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 毽兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 毽子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 毽兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 毽子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 毽子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 毽子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 雞毛毽子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 毽子, 毽兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 毽兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 毽兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 毽子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 毽兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 毽子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 毽子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 毽子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 毽子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 毛毽兒, 毽子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 毽子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 毽子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 毽子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 毽子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 毽子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 毽子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 毽兒, 雞毛毽兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 毽子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 毽兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 毽子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 毽兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 毽兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 毽兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 毽垛, 毽兜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 毽子, 毽兜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 毽, 毽兜兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 毽子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 毽, 毽子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 毽子, 毽兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 毽子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 毽子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 毽子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 毽子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 毽子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 雞毛毽兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 燕子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 毽子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 燕兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 毽兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 毽子, 毽 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 毽子, 毽兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 毽子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 毽子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 毽子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 毽子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 毽子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 毽子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 毽子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 毽 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 燕 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 燕 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 燕 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 燕 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 燕 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 燕 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 燕 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 燕 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 燕 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 燕 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 燕 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 燕 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 燕子 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 燕 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 燕 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 燕 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 燕子 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 皮燕 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 燕子 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 雞毛燕 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 雞毛燕 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 雞毛燕 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 燕子 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 燕 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 燕 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 燕子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 燕兒 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 燕坨 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 燕仔 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 燕 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 燕仔 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 燕仔 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 燕 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 雞毛燕 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 燕子 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 毽 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 毽 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 毽子 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 毽子, 毽兒 |
| Jin | Datong | 毛兒 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 毛兒 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 毽毽 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 毽子 |
| Jin | Linhe | 毛兒毽子 |
| Jin | Jining | 毽子 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 毽子 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 毽子 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 毽子, 毽兒 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 毽子 |
| Jin | Handan | 毽子 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 毽兒 |
| Jin | Suide | 毽子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 球 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 毽 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 毽 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 毽子 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 毽 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 毽子 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 燕 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 燕子 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 毽子 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 毽子 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 毽子 |
| Wu | Danyang | 毽子 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 毽子 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 燕子 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 毽子 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 毽兒, 球 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 燕子, 毽子 |

##### Derived terms

* 打燕子
* 踢燕子