龜孫子

Chinese

		tortoise; turtle	grandson; grandchild
trad. (龜孫子)		龜	孫子
simp. (龟孙子)		龟	孙子
Literally: “grandson of a turtle”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guīsūnzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟ ㄙㄨㄣ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai¹ syun¹ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guīsūnzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟ ㄙㄨㄣ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gueisunzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: kuei¹-sun¹-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: gwēi-swūn-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gueisuen.tzy
    • Palladius: гуйсуньцзы (gujsunʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ su̯ən⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai¹ syun¹ zi²
    • Yale: gwāi syūn jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai¹ syn¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei¹ xun¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ syːn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

龜孫子

1. (highly derogatory, offensive, term of abuse) bastard

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 雞孫／鸡孙, 龜仔囝／龟仔囝