伢子

Chinese

		(colloquial) child	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (伢子)		伢	子
alternative forms		牙子 “agent; someone not to be trifled with”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yázi

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˊ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaa⁴ zi²
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): nga² zr

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yázi
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˊ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yázi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: ya²-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: yá-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ya.tzy
    • Palladius: яцзы (jaczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaa⁴ zi²
    • Yale: ngàh jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaa⁴ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: nga⁴ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaː²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: nga² zr
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋa̠¹³ t͡sz̩³/

Noun

伢子

1. (Central Plains and Jianghuai Mandarin, Xiang, colloquial) kid; child (especially a boy)
2. (Xiang) young man; youth
3. (Northeastern and Lanyin Mandarin, Jin) agent; middleman
4. (Harbin Mandarin) someone who is not to be trifled with

Synonyms

• (agent):

• 中人 (zhōngrén)
• 中介 (zhōngjiè) (chiefly mainland China)
• 中間人／中间人 (zhōngjiānrén)
• 九八人 (Hokkien, dated)
• 代理人 (dàilǐrén)
• 仲介 (zhòngjiè) (chiefly Taiwan)
• 市儈／市侩 (shìkuài) (archaic)
• 拍空仔 (Singapore Hokkien)
• 掮客 (qiánkè)
• 牙人 (yárén) (archaic)
• 牙儈／牙侩 (yákuài) (archaic)
• 牙子 (yázi) (archaic)
• 牙郎 (yáláng) (archaic)
• 牽仔／牵仔 (Hokkien)
• 當中人／当中人 (⁵taon-tson-gnin) (Wu)
• 經紀／经纪 (jīngjì)
• 經紀人／经纪人 (jīngjìrén)
• 說合人／说合人 (sueh^4-3 hah⁵ reng¹) (Jin)

 

Derived terms

• 徒弟伢子
• 細伢子／细伢子