襪仔

See also: 袜仔

Chinese

		socks; stockings	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
trad. (襪仔)		襪	仔
simp. (袜仔)		袜	仔
alternative forms		襪兒／袜儿 Hakka

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mat⁶ zai²
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): mat-é

  (Meixian, Guangdong): mad⁵ ê³

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): be̍h-á / be̍rh-á / boe̍h-á / bēr-á / bōe-á

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mat⁶ zai²
    • Yale: maht jái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mat⁹ dzai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: med⁶ zei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐt̚² t͡sɐi̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mat-é
    • Hakka Romanization System: mad` e`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mad⁵ e³
    • Sinological IPA (Northern, incl. Miaoli): /mat̚² e³¹⁻¹¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Southern, incl. Meinong): /mat̚² e³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: mad⁵ ê³
    • Sinological IPA: /mat̚¹ te³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Hsinchu)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: be̍h-á
    • Tâi-lô: be̍h-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: beq'ar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /be(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ a⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Hsinchu)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: be̍rh-á
    • Tâi-lô: be̍rh-á
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bə(ʔ)²⁴⁻² a⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Lukang): /bə(ʔ)³⁵⁻² a⁵⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boe̍h-á
    • Tâi-lô: bue̍h-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boeq'ar
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bue(ʔ)⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bue(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²² a⁵³/
    • IPA (Tainan): /bue(ʔ)⁴⁻¹ a⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Sanxia)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bēr-á
    • Tâi-lô: bēr-á
  • (Hokkien: Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōe-á
    • Tâi-lô: buē-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boe'ar
    • IPA (Yilan): /bue³³⁻²¹ a⁵³/

Noun

襪仔

1. (Hakka, Hokkien) sock
2. (Cantonese) small sock

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 襪子 (“sock”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		襪
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		襪子
Mandarin	Beijing	襪子
	Taiwan	襪子
	Ulanhot	襪子
	Tongliao	襪子
	Chifeng	襪子
	Bayanhot	襪子
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	襪子
	Harbin	襪子
	Shenyang	襪子
	Yantai (Muping)	襪子
	Jinan	襪子
	Wanrong	襪子
	Zhengzhou	襪子
	Xi'an	襪子
	Yinchuan	襪子
	Lanzhou	襪子
	Xining	襪子
	Ürümqi	襪子
	Wuhan	襪子
	Chengdu	襪子
	Chongqing	襪子
	Guiyang	襪子
	Kunming	襪子
	Guilin	襪子
	Liuzhou	襪子
	Xuzhou	襪子
	Yangzhou	襪子
	Nanjing	襪子
	Hefei	襪子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	襪
	Hong Kong	襪
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	襪
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	襪
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	襪
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	襪
	Macau	襪
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	襪
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	襪
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	襪
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	襪
	Foshan	襪
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	襪
	Foshan (Shunde)	襪
	Foshan (Sanshui)	襪
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	襪
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	襪
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	襪
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	襪
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	襪
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	襪
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	襪
	Taishan	襪
	Taishan (Guanghai)	襪
	Kaiping (Chikan)	襪
	Enping (Niujiang)	襪
	Heshan (Yayao)	襪
	Dongguan	襪
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	襪
	Qingyuan	襪
	Fogang	襪
	Yingde (Hanguang)	襪
	Yangshan	襪
	Lianshan (Butian)	襪
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	襪
	Shaoguan	襪
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	襪
	Renhua	襪
	Lechang	襪, 襪仔
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	襪
	Sihui	襪
	Guangning	襪
	Deqing	襪
	Huaiji	襪
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	襪
	Yunfu	襪
	Xinxing	襪
	Luoding	襪
	Yunan (Pingtai)	襪
	Yangjiang	襪
	Xinyi	襪
	Maoming (Xinpo)	襪
	Lianjiang	襪
	Nanning	襪
	Wuzhou	襪
	Yulin	襪
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	襪
	Hepu (Shatian)	襪
	Guiping	襪
	Mengshan (Xihe)	襪
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	襪
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	襪
	Baise	襪
	Bobai	襪
Lingshan	襪
Pubei	襪
Qinzhou	襪
Qinzhou (Xiniujiao)	襪
Beihai	襪
Beihai (Nankang)	襪
Beihai (Yingpan)	襪
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	襪
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	襪
Ningming	襪
Hengzhou	襪
Hezhou (Pumen)	襪
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	襪
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	襪
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	襪
Móng Cái	襪
Mandalay (Taishan)	襪
Gan	Nanchang	襪子
	Lichuan	水襪
	Pingxiang	襪子
Hakka	Meixian	襪仔, 襪
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	襪
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	襪
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	襪
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	襪
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	襪哩
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	襪
	Wengyuan	襪子
	Liannan	襪
	Conghua (Lütian)	襪
	Jiexi	襪
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	襪
	Changting	襪
	Wuping (Yanqian)	襪
	Ninghua	襪子
	Yudu	襪子
	Ningdu	襪子
	Tonggu (Sandu)	襪子
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	襪子
	Dayu	襪哩
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	襪仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	襪仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	襪
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	襪
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	襪
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	襪
	Hong Kong	襪
	Mengshan (Xihe)	襪
	Luchuan	襪
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	襪
	Senai (Huiyang)	襪
	Singkawang	襪
Huizhou	Jixi	鞋襪
Jin	Taiyuan	襪子
	Xinzhou	襪子, 涼襪子
	Taibus (Baochang)	襪子
	Linhe	襪子
	Jining	襪子
	Hohhot	襪子
	Baotou	襪子
	Dongsheng	襪子
	Haibowan	襪子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	襪
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	襪
	Fuqing	襪
	Matsu	襪
Southern Min	Xiamen	襪, 襪仔
	Quanzhou	襪, 襪仔
	Zhangzhou	襪, 襪仔
	Taipei	襪, 襪仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	襪仔
	Kaohsiung	襪仔
	Yilan	襪仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	襪仔
	Taichung	襪仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	襪仔
	Tainan	襪仔
	Taitung	襪仔
	Hsinchu	襪, 襪仔
	Kinmen	襪
	Penghu (Magong)	襪, 襪仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	襪
	Manila (Hokkien)	襪
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	襪
	Chaozhou	襪
	Shantou (Chenghai)	襪
	Jieyang	襪
	Haifeng	襪
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	襪
	Leizhou	襪
	Haikou	襪
Puxian Min	Putian	襪
	Putian (Donghai)	襪
	Putian (Jiangkou)	襪
	Putian (Nanri)	襪
	Xianyou	襪
	Xianyou (Fengting)	襪
	Xianyou (Youyang)	襪
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	襪
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	襪子
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	襪
Wu	Shanghai	襪, 襪子
	Shanghai (Chongming)	洋襪
	Suzhou	襪, 洋襪
	Danyang	襪
	Hangzhou	襪兒, 洋襪
	Ningbo	襪
	Wenzhou	襪
	Jinhua	襪
Xiang	Changsha	襪子
	Loudi	襪子, 襪
	Shuangfeng	襪子
	Quanzhou	襪子

Further reading

• “Entry #13153”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.