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The Cantonese word jat zi - 日子 - jat6 zi2
(date in Cantonese)





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Romanization (Jyutping)

jat6 zi2

English translations

date, life, time,
day, livelihood

Chinese characters:

日子
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日子 (jat6 zi2) is composed of these characters: 日, 子
The traditional Chinese characters of jat6 zi2 are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.

Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)

day  |  suffix
日子 ( jat zi / jat6 zi2 ) belongs to the 500 most common composed words in Chinese language (rank 256)
More words that mean date in Cantonese
hou6 ( 号 ), jat6 kei4 ( 日期 ), joek3 wui6 ( 约会 )
More words that mean life in Cantonese
gyun1 ( 身 ), meng6 ( 命 ), saang1 ( 生 ), sang1 ming6 ( 生命 ), sang1 wut6 ( 生活 ), sau6 ( 寿 )

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