契子

Chinese

		contract	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (契子)		契	子
simp. #(契子)		契	子

Pronunciation

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): khie-chṳ́

  (Meixian, Guangdong): kê⁴ zi³

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khie-chṳ́
    • Hakka Romanization System: kie zii^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kie⁴ zi³
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯e⁵⁵ t͡sɨ³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: kê⁴ zi³
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰe⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sz̩³¹/

Noun

契子

1. (Hakka) godson; (nominally) adopted son

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 乾兒子 (“godson; (nominally) adopted son”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		義子, 誼子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	乾兒子
	Taiwan	乾兒子
	Harbin	乾兒子
	Singapore	乾兒子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	乾兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	乾兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	乾兒子
	Lanzhou	乾兒子
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	乾崽
Cantonese	Guangzhou	契仔
	Hong Kong	契仔, 乾仔
	Foshan	契仔
	Foshan (Shunde)	契仔
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	契仔
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	契仔
	Taishan	契仔
	Kaiping (Chikan)	契仔
	Dongguan	契仔
	Yangjiang	契仔
Gan	Lichuan	契崽
Hakka	Meixian	契子, 相認賴仔
	Yudu	契子, 義子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	契子
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	義子
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	契子
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	契子
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	契子
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	契子
Jin	Taiyuan	乾兒子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	老囝
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	義囝
Southern Min	Xiamen	契囝
	Quanzhou	契囝
	Jinjiang	契囝
	Zhangzhou	契囝
	Taipei	契囝
	Kaohsiung	契囝
	Penang (Hokkien)	契囝
	Manila (Hokkien)	契囝
	Shantou	契囝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	契崽
Wu	Shanghai	過房兒子, 義子 dated
	Shanghai (Chongming)	寄拜兒子
	Hangzhou	乾兒子
	Ningbo	繼拜兒子