格仔

Chinese

		frame; rule	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
simp. and trad. (格仔)		格	仔

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaak³ zai²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kak-é
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): keh-á / keeh-á

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaak³ zai²
    • Yale: gaak jái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaak⁸ dzai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gag³ zei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːk̚³ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kak-é
    • Hakka Romanization System: gag` e`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gag⁵ e³
    • Sinological IPA (Northern, incl. Miaoli): /kak̚² e³¹⁻¹¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Southern, incl. Meinong): /kak̚² e³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keh-á
    • Tâi-lô: keh-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: keh'ar
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ke(ʔ)³²⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ke(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ a⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ke(ʔ)⁵ a⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ke(ʔ)³²⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keeh-á
    • Tâi-lô: keeh-á
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɛ(ʔ)³²⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

Noun

格仔

1. (Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Min) checker pattern; lattice

   格仔裙 [Cantonese]  ―  gaak³ zai² kwan⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  checkered dress

2. (Cantonese, photography) pixelization; blurring

   打格仔 [Cantonese]  ―  daa² gaak³ zai² [Jyutping]  ―  to pixelate

   • Paragraph 8, 香港特別行政區訴林合宣 ([2022] HKCFI 1156)

     該些DVD內含有男女性交和口交片段的電影，雖然電影有打格仔，由於格仔少，所以影片能顯示模糊的男女主角性器官影像。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     该些DVD内含有男女性交和口交片段的电影，虽然电影有打格仔，由于格仔少，所以影片能显示模糊的男女主角性器官影像。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     goi¹ se¹ DVD noi⁶ ham⁴ jau⁵ naam⁴ neoi⁵ sing³ gaau¹ wo⁴ hau² gaau¹ pin³ dyun⁶ dik¹ din⁶ jing², seoi¹ jin⁴ din⁶ jing² jau⁵ daa² gaak³ zai², jau⁴ jyu¹ gaak³ zai² siu², so² ji⁵ jing² pin^3-2 nang⁴ hin² si⁶ mou⁴ wu⁴ dik¹ naam⁴ neoi⁵ zyu² gok³ sing³ hei³ gun¹ jing² zoeng⁶. [Jyutping]

     These DVDs contain movies involving sexual intercourse and oral sex. Although parts of the movies are blurred, as the blurring is insufficient, the videos can depict blurry images of the main character's sex organs.

3. (Taiwanese Hokkien) shelf (of a cabinet, bookshelf, etc.)

Synonyms

• (checker pattern): 格子 (gézi)
• (pixelization): 馬賽克／马赛克 (mǎsàikè)

Derived terms

• 打格仔
• 格仔子
• 格仔舖／格仔铺
• 格仔門／格仔门
• 格仔餅／格仔饼
• 爬格仔