YP仔

Chinese

				diminutive suffix
simp. and trad. (YP仔)		Y	P	仔

Etymology

From initialism of English young prisoner + 仔 (zai2, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waai¹ pi¹ zai²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waai¹ pi¹ zai²
    • Yale: wāai pī jái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waai¹ pi¹ dzai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wai¹ pi¹ zei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːi̯⁵⁵ pʰiː⁵⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/

Noun

YP仔

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) young offender