契爺

Chinese

		contract	grandpa; etc.; old gentleman
trad. (契爺)		契	爺
simp. (契爷)		契	爷

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kai³ je⁴
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): kê⁴ ya²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kai³ je⁴
    • Yale: kai yèh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kai³ je⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kei³ yé⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐi̯³³ jɛː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: kê⁴ ya²
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰe⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ia¹¹/

Noun

契爺

1. (Cantonese, Hakka) adoptive father
2. (Cantonese) sugar daddy

Synonyms

• (godfather): 乾爸／干爸 (gānbà), 乾爹／干爹 (gāndiē); (Northern Min) 老爹; (Eastern Min) 義郎爸／义郎爸; (Hokkien, Teochew) 契爸