舅仔

Chinese

		maternal uncle	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
simp. and trad. (舅仔)		舅	仔

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kau⁵ zai²
• Northern Min (KCR): kiū-ciě
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kū-á / kǔ-á

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kau⁵ zai²
    • Yale: káuh jái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kau⁵ dzai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: keo⁵ zei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯¹³ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: kiū-ciě
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiu⁵⁵ t͡siɛ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Hsinchu, Sanxia, Taichung, Tainan, Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kū-á
    • Tâi-lô: kū-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ku'ar
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ku³³ a⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ku²²⁻²¹ a⁵³/
    • IPA (Tainan): /ku³³⁻¹¹ a⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ku³³ a⁵³/
    • IPA (Yilan): /ku³³⁻²¹ a⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kǔ-á
    • Tâi-lô: kǔ-á
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ku²² a⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Lukang): /ku³³⁻²² a⁵⁵/

Noun

舅仔

1. (Cantonese) brother-in-law (wife's younger brother)
2. (Northern Min, Southern Min) brother-in-law (wife's brother, especially her younger brother in Min Nan)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 小舅子 (“brother-in-law (wife's younger brother)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		內弟, 妻弟, 婦弟
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		內弟, 妻弟
Mandarin	Beijing	小舅子
	Taiwan	小舅子
	Harbin	小舅子
	Yantai (Muping)	小舅子
	Jinan	小舅子
	Luoyang	小舅子
	Wanrong	小舅子
	Xi'an	丈人兄弟, 小舅子
	Yinchuan	妻弟
	Lanzhou	小舅子
	Xining	小舅子
	Ürümqi	小舅子
	Wuhan	小舅佬, 舅弟
	Chengdu	小舅子
	Guiyang	小舅, 小舅子
	Liuzhou	小舅子, 舅崽
	Xuzhou	內弟兒, 內弟
	Yangzhou	舅子, 舅爺
	Nanjing	小舅子, 小舅爺
	Hefei	小舅子
	Nantong	舅子
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	小舅子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	舅仔
	Hong Kong	舅仔
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	舅, 阿舅
	Macau	舅仔
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	舅仔
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	舅仔
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	舅仔
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	舅仔
	Foshan	舅仔
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	舅仔
	Foshan (Shunde)	舅仔
	Foshan (Sanshui)	舅仔
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	阿舅
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	舅仔
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	舅仔
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	舅仔
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	舅仔
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	舅仔
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	舅仔
	Taishan	舅仔
	Kaiping (Chikan)	舅仔
	Enping (Niujiang)	舅仔
	Heshan (Yayao)	舅仔
	Dongguan	舅仔
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	舅仔
	Yangjiang	舅仔, 舅爺
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	舅仔
Gan	Nanchang	小舅子
	Lichuan	霞舅崽
	Pingxiang	舅仔
Hakka	Meixian	細阿舅, 舅爺
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	舅仔
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	舅仔
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	舅仔
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	舅子
	Conghua (Lütian)	內弟
	Yudu	舅公子, 舅母子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	妻舅仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	妻舅仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	舅仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	妻舅, 阿舅
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	妻舅仔, 舅仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	阿舅
	Senai (Huiyang)	舅仔
Huizhou	Jixi	內弟
Jin	Taiyuan	小舅子
	Xinzhou	小舅子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	小老媽舅
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	細舅
Southern Min	Xiamen	舅仔
	Quanzhou	舅仔
	Zhangzhou	舅仔
	Taipei	舅仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	舅仔
	Kaohsiung	舅仔
	Yilan	舅仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	舅仔
	Taichung	舅仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	舅仔
	Tainan	舅仔
	Taitung	舅仔
	Hsinchu	舅仔
	Penghu (Magong)	細舅仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	舅仔
	Chaozhou	舅囝, 細舅
	Jieyang	舅囝, 細舅
	Bangkok (Teochew)	細舅
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	妻舅
	Leizhou	外家老弟, 婆舅
	Haikou	外家舅𡠤
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	細舅
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	細舅
Wu	Shanghai	小舅子, 內弟, 阿舅 dated
	Shanghai (Chongming)	小阿舅
	Suzhou	阿舅, 舅老
	Danyang	舅子
	Hangzhou	小舅佬
	Ningbo	舅老, 舅老爺, 阿舅
	Wenzhou	阿舅, 老婆舅
	Jinhua	大舅
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	老婆舅
Xiang	Changsha	小舅子
	Loudi	阿舅子
	Shuangfeng	細舅子

Derived terms

• 舅仔探房