# 太子
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tàizǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄗˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): taai$^3$ zi$^2$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-chṳ́
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): thài-chú / thài-chír
    (Teochew, Peng'im): tai$^3$ ze$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$tha-tsy
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tàizǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄗˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tàizǐh
*** Wade–Giles: tʻai$^4$-tzŭ$^3$
*** Yale: tài-dž
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taytzyy
*** Palladius: тайцзы (tajczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: taai$^3$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: taai jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: taai$^3$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tai$^3$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰaːi̯³³ t͡siː³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-chṳ́
*** Hakka Romanization System: tai zii$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: tai$^4$ zi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ t͡sɨ³¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thài-chú
*** Tâi-lô: thài-tsú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: taezuo
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡su⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thài-chír
*** Tâi-lô: thài-tsír
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: tai$^3$ ze$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thài tsṳ́
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰai²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sɯ⁵²⁻²¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$tha-tsy
*** MiniDict: tha$^去$ tsy
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$tha-tsr
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰa³³ t͡sz̩⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: thajH tsiX
Rime :
| Character | 太 | 子 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 透 (6) | 精 (13) |
| Final (韻) | 泰 (25) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | III |
| Fanqie | 他蓋切 | 即里切 |
| Baxter | thajH | tsiX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /tʰɑi$^H$/ | /t͡sɨ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /tʰɑi$^H$/ | /t͡sɨ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /tʰɑi$^H$/ | /t͡sie$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /tʰaj$^H$/ | /t͡sɨ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /tʰɑi$^H$/ | /t͡siə$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /tʰɑi$^H$/ | /t͡sĭə$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /tʰɑi$^H$/ | /t͡si$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | tài | zǐ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | taai$^3$ | zi$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥ˤa[t]-s tsəʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*tʰaːds ʔslɯʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 太 | 子 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | tài | zǐ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ thaj$^H$ › | ‹ tsi$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*l̥ˁa[t]-s/ | /*tsəʔ/ |
| English | great | child; gentleman, master |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 太 | 子 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 1937 | 17857 |
| Phonetic component | 大 | 子 |
| Rime group | 祭 | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 泰 | 子 |
| Old Chinese | /*tʰaːds/ | /*ʔslɯʔ/ |

### Noun

太子
* crown prince

#### Synonyms

* 儲君 / 储君 (chǔjūn)
* 王儲 / 王储 (wángchǔ)
* 王太子 (wángtàizǐ)
* 皇儲 / 皇储 (huángchǔ)
* 皇太子 (huángtàizǐ)

#### Derived terms

* 三太子
* 太子城 (Tàizǐchéng)
* 太子太保
* 太子太傅
* 太子太師 / 太子太师
* 太子少保
* 太子少師 / 太子少师
* 太子洗馬 / 太子洗马
* 太子港 (Tàizǐgǎng)
* 太子舍人
* 太子黨 / 太子党 (Tàizǐdǎng)
* 昭明太子
* 燕太子丹
* 狸貓換太子 / 狸猫换太子 (límāo huàn tàizǐ)
* 皇太子 (huángtàizǐ)
* 著龍袍唔似太子 / 著龙袍唔似太子

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 太(たい)子(し) (taishi)
* → Korean: 태자(太子) (taeja)
* → Vietnamese: thái tử (太子)
Others:
* → Classical Mongolian: ᠲᠠᠶᠢᠵᠢ (tayiǰi)
** → Buryat: тайжа (tajža)
** → Manchu: ᡨ᠋ᠠᡳ᠌ᠵᡳ (taiji)
*** → Chinese: 台吉 (táijí)
** Mongolian: тайж (tajž)
** → Written Oirat: ᡐᠠᡕᡅᠴᡅ (tayiji)
*** → Chagatai:
*** Kalmyk: тәәҗ (tääj)
*** → Classical Tibetan: ཐའི་ཇི (tha'i ji)
**** Tibetan: ཐའི་ཇི (tha'i ji)
*** → Tuvan: тайжы (tayjı)

#### See also

* 官二代 (guān'èrdài)

### Proper noun

太子
* (～鎮) Taizi (a town in Yangxin, Huangshi, Hubei, China)
* Prince Edward (an area of Hong Kong region)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 太 | 子 |
| たい Grade: 2 | し Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) たいし [táꜜìshì] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ta̠iɕi]

### Noun

太(たい)子(し) • (taishi)
* a crown prince
* (shogi) crown prince (promoted drunk elephant, 醉象/酔象)

### References

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

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 太 | 子 |

### Noun

太子 • (taeja) (hangeul 태자)
* hanja form of 태자 (“crown prince”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 太 | 子 |

### Noun

太子
* chữ Hán form of thái tử (“crown prince”).