妹子
Chinese
edityounger sister | child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight | ||
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trad. (妹子) | 妹 | 子 | |
simp. #(妹子) | 妹 | 子 | |
alternative forms | 妹仔 Northern Min |
Pronunciation 1
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): mei4 zi3
- Cantonese (Jyutping): mui6 zi2
- Gan (Wiktionary): mi5 zi
- Hakka
- Northern Min (KCR): mṳē→mā̤-ciě
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6me-tsy
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): mei5 zr / mai5 zr
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˋ ˙ㄗ
- Tongyong Pinyin: mèizi̊h
- Wade–Giles: mei4-tzŭ5
- Yale: mèi-dz
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mey.tzy
- Palladius: мэйцзы (mɛjczy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /meɪ̯⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: mei4 zi3
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: meiz
- Sinological IPA (key): /mei²¹³ t͡sz̩⁵³/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: mui6 zi2
- Yale: muih jí
- Cantonese Pinyin: mui6 dzi2
- Guangdong Romanization: mui6 ji2
- Sinological IPA (key): /muːi̯²² t͡siː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: mi5 zi
- Sinological IPA (key): /mi¹¹ t͡sz̩¹/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: moi-chṳ́
- Hakka Romanization System: moi ziiˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: moi4 zi3
- Sinological IPA: /moi̯⁵⁵ t͡sɨ³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: moiˇ ziiˊ
- Sinological IPA: /moi¹¹ t͡sɨ²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mṳē→mā̤-ciě
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɛ⁵⁵ t͡siɛ²¹/
- (Jian'ou)
- Wu
- Xiang
- (Changsha)
- Wiktionary: mei5 zr / mai5 zr
- Sinological IPA (key): /me̞i̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/, /mai̯²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/
- (Changsha)
Noun
edit妹子
- (dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Cantonese, Gan, Jin, Northern Min, Wu, Xiang) younger sister
- (Hakka, Xiang) daughter
- (dialectal Mandarin, Gan, Hakka, Xiang) young lady; miss
- (Xinzhou Jin, endearing) A term of address used by a young husband to his wife.
- (Jianghuai Mandarin, including Hong'an) sister-in-law (wife's sister)
- (Dabu Hakka, dated) slavegirl
Synonyms
editPronunciation 2
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˋ ˙ㄗ
- Tongyong Pinyin: mèizi̊h
- Wade–Giles: mei4-tzŭ5
- Yale: mèi-dz
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mey.tzy
- Palladius: мэйцзы (mɛjczy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /meɪ̯⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: mui6 zi2
- Yale: muih jí
- Cantonese Pinyin: mui6 dzi2
- Guangdong Romanization: mui6 ji2
- Sinological IPA (key): /muːi̯²² t͡siː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Xiang
- (Changsha)
- Wiktionary: mei4 zr
- Sinological IPA (key): /me̞i̯⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/
- (Changsha)
Noun
edit妹子
- (Xiang, Zhao'an Hakka, endearing) little girl
- (neologism, colloquial) young female (usually one who is intimate to the speaker), babe; girlfriend
Synonyms
editVariety | Location | Words |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 女朋友, 女友 | |
Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 女朋友 |
Taiwan | 女朋友, 女友, 馬子 humorous or derogatory | |
Singapore | 女朋友 | |
Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 女朋友 |
Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 女娃子, 女娃娃, 女娃兒, 盤子 |
Guilin | 𧊅 | |
Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 女朋友, 攀西 |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 女朋友, 女 |
Hong Kong | 女朋友, 女友, 女, 女女, 菜 derogatory | |
Taishan | 女朋友, 女 | |
Dongguan | 皮油 | |
Singapore (Guangfu) | 女朋友 | |
Hakka | Meixian | 女朋友 |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 細妹朋友, 女朋友 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 細妹朋友, 女朋友 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 細妹朋友, 女朋友 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 細妹朋友, 女朋友 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 妹子朋友, 女朋友 | |
Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 女朋友 |
Southern Min | Xiamen | 女朋友 |
Shishi | 女朋友 | |
Taipei | 姼仔 GT | |
Penang (Hokkien) | 查某朋友 | |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 查某朋友 | |
Manila (Hokkien) | 女朋友, 查某朋友 | |
Chaozhou | 女朋友 | |
Haifeng | 女朋友 | |
Singapore (Teochew) | 查某朋友 | |
Leizhou | 女朋友 | |
Singapore (Hainanese) | 女朋友 | |
Wu | Shanghai | 女朋友 |
Suzhou | 女朋友 | |
Hangzhou | 女朋友 | |
Ningbo | 女朋友 | |
Zhoushan | 女朋友 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 妹子 |
Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |
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