# 杏子
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): xìngzi
       (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˋ ˙ㄗ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): hen$^4$ zi$^3$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): хынзы (hɨnzɨ, III-I)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hang$^6$ zi$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): xin$^5$ zi
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$ghan-tsy
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): xin$^4$ zr
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xìngzi
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˋ ˙ㄗ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sìngzi̊h
*** Wade–Giles: hsing$^4$-tzŭ$^5$
*** Yale: syìng-dz
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinq.tzy
*** Palladius: синцзы (sinczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕiŋ⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$性子 杏子
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: hen$^4$ zi$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xenz
*** Sinological IPA : /xən²¹³ t͡sz̩⁵³/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: хынзы (hɨnzɨ, III-I)
*** Sinological IPA : /xəŋ⁴⁴ t͡sz̩²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hang$^6$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: hahng jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hang$^6$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: heng$^6$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɐŋ²² t͡siː³⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: xin$^5$ zi
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕin¹¹ t͡sz̩¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$ghan-tsy
*** MiniDict: ghan$^去$ tsy
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhan-tsr
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦã²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: xin$^4$ zr
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕin⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

### Noun

杏子
* apricot

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 杏 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 杏 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 杏 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 杏兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 杏兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 杏兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 杏兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 杏兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 杏兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 杏兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 杏 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 杏子, 杏兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 杏 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 杏 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 杏 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 杏 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 杏 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 杏兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 杏子, 杏 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 杏子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 杏子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 杏子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 杏子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 杏子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 杏子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 杏子, 杏兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 杏子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 杏子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 杏子果 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 杏子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 杏子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 杏子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 杏 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 杏 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 杏 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 杏 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 杏 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 杏 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 杏 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 杏 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 杏 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 杏 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 杏 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 杏 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 杏 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 杏 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 杏 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 杏 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 杏 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 杏 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 杏 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 杏 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 杏 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 杏 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 杏 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 杏 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 杏 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 杏 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 杏 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 杏 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 杏 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 杏 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 杏 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 杏 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 杏 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 杏 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 杏仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 杏 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 杏 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 杏 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 杏 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 杏 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 杏 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 杏 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 杏 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 杏 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 杏 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 杏 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 杏 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 杏子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 杏子 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 杏子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 杏仔 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 杏 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 杏 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 杏 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 杏 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 杏 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 杏子 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 杏 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 杏兒 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 杏兒 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 杏兒 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 杏兒 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 杏兒 |
| Jin | Handan | 杏兒 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 杏 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 杏 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 杏 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 杏 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 杏 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 杏 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 杏子 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 杏 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 杏 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 杏子 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 杏子 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 杏子 |
| Wu | Danyang | 杏子 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 杏子 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 杏子 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 杏梅, 杏兒 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 杏子 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 杏子 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 杏 |

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 杏子(あんず) (anzu)

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 杏 | 子 |
| あん Jinmeiyō | す > ず Grade: 1 |
| tōon ||
* Alternative spelling
* 杏
From a dialect of Chinese 杏子 (xìngzi), compare Cantonese 杏子 (hang$^6$ zi$^2$).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) あんず [àńzú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ã̠nd͡zɨ]

#### Noun

杏(あん)子(ず) or 杏子(アンズ) • (anzu)
* an apricot, especially the Armenian plum, Prunus armeniaca
    Synonym: 唐桃 (karamomo)
    Hypernym: 薔薇 (bara)

##### Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as アンズ.

##### Derived terms

* 杏(あん)子(ず)餡(あん) (anzuan)
* 杏(あん)子(ず)色(いろ) (anzuiro)
* 杏(アン)子(ズ)梅(ウメ) (anzu ume)
* 杏(アン)子(ズ)茸(タケ) (anzu take)
* 花(はな)杏(あんず) (hanānzu)

##### Descendants

* → Translingual: ansu

##### See also

* アプリコット (apurikotto)

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 杏 | 子 |
| もも Jinmeiyō | こ Grade: 1 |
| irregular | kun'yomi |
Kanji in this term :
| 杏 | 子 |
| きょう Jinmeiyō | こ Grade: 1 |
| jūbakoyomi ||
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Proper noun

杏(きょう)子(こ) • (Kyōko)
* a female given name

#### Proper noun

杏(もも)子(こ) • (Momoko)
* a female given name