子仔

Chinese edit

Etymology 1 edit

	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
simp. and trad. (子仔)	子	仔
alternative forms	譾仔／谫仔茈仔鴿仔／鸽仔 “pigeon”
anagram	仔子

Pronunciation edit

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chíⁿ-á

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chíⁿ-á
  - Tâi-lô: tsínn-á
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cvyar
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sĩ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /t͡sĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

Noun edit

子仔

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, dated in Taiwanese Hokkien) pigeon; dove
(Zhangzhou Hokkien) birdling; nestling
(Zhangzhou Hokkien, figurative) beginner; novice

Synonyms edit

Dialectal synonyms of 鴿子 (“pigeon; dove”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鴿
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鴿子
Taxonomic name		鴿
Mandarin	Beijing	鴿子
	Taiwan	鴿子
	Tianjin	鴿子
	Langfang	鴿子
	Chengde	鴿子
	Tangshan	鴿子
	Cangzhou	鴿子
	Baoding	鴿子
	Shijiazhuang	鴿子
	Daming	雲雞
	Ulanhot	鴿子, 鵓鴿子
	Tongliao	鴿子, 鵓鴿子
	Chifeng	鴿子
	Bayanhot	鴿子
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	鴿子
	Heihe	鴿子, 鵓鴿子
	Qiqihar	鴿子, 鵓鴿
	Harbin	鴿子, 鵓鴿子, 鵓鴿兒
	Jiamusi	鴿子, 鵓鴿子
	Baicheng	鴿子, 鵓鴿兒
	Changchun	鴿子
	Tonghua	鵓鴿
	Shenyang	鴿子, 鵓鴿
	Dandong	鴿子, 鵓鴿
	Jinzhou	鴿子
	Dalian	鵓鷜鴿兒
	Yantai	鵓鴿兒
	Yantai (Muping)	鵓鴿兒
	Qingdao	鵓鴿
	Lijin	鴿子, 鵓鴿
	Zhucheng	鵓鴿
	Jinan	鵓鴿, 鴿子
	Jining	鵓鴿
	Luoyang	鴿子
	Wanrong	鷜鴿
	Shangqiu	鴿子
	Yuanyang	鴿子, 鴿鴿
	Zhengzhou	鵓鴿
	Lingbao	鴿子, 鵓鴿兒
	Xinyang	鴿子
	Baihe	鴿子
	Hanzhong	鴿子
	Xi'an	鴿子, 鴿鵓
	Baoji	鵓鴿
	Yinchuan	鴿子
	Tianshui	鵓鴿
	Lanzhou	鴿子, 鵓鴿
	Dunhuang	鴿子
	Xining	鴿子
	Hami	鴿子
	Ürümqi	鴿子
	Wuhan	鴿子
	Huanggang	鴿子
	Yichang	鴿子
	Xiangyang	鴿子, 鵓鴿
	Tianmen	鴿子
	Hong'an	鴿子
	Chengdu	鴿子
	Nanchong	鴿子
	Dazhou	鴿子
	Hanyuan	鴿子
	Xichang	鴿子
	Zigong	鴿子
	Chongqing	鴿子
Guiyang	鴿子
Zunyi	鴿子
Bijie	鴿子
Liping	鴿子
Zhaotong	鴿子
Dali	鴿子
Kunming	鴿子
Mengzi	鴿子
Guilin	鴿子
Guilin (Lingui)	鴿子
Liuzhou	鴿子, 鴿子鳥
Liuzhou (Luorong)	鴿子
Nanning (Wuming)	鴿子
Jishou	鴿子
Changde	鴿子
Anqing	鴿子
Xuzhou	鴿子
Xuzhou (Jiawang)	鴿子
Pizhou	鵓鴿子
Suining	鵓鴿子
Peixian	鴿子
Xinyi	鵓鴿子
Fengxian	鴿子
Suqian	鵓鴿子
Ganyu	鵓鴿子
Fuyang	鴿子
Wuhu	鴿子
Yangzhou	鴿子
Jiangdu	鴿子
Baoying	鴿子
Gaoyou	鴿子
Yizheng	鴿子
Lianyungang	鴿子, 鵓鴿子, 小鴿子
Donghai	鵓鴿子
Guanyun	鴿子
Guannan	鴿子
Huai'an	鴿子
Huai'an (Hongze)	鴿子
Lianshui	鴿子
Xuyi	鴿子
Jinhu	鴿子
Xinghua	鴿子
Nanjing	鴿子
Hefei	鴿子
Chuzhou	鴿子
Nantong	鴿子
Rugao	鴿子
Rudong	鴿子
Hai'an	鴿子
Yancheng	鴿子
Dongtai	鴿子
Binhai	鴿子
Sheyang	鴿子
Funing	鴿子
Jianhu	鴿子
Xiangshui	鴿子
Shuyang	鴿子
Sihong	鴿子
Siyang	小鴿子
Taizhou	鴿子
Taixing	鴿子
Jiangyan	鴿子
Jingjiang (Dongxing)	鴿子
Zhenjiang	鴿子
Jurong	鴿子
Yangzhong	鴿子
Singapore	鴿子
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	鴿子
Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	鴿子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	白鴿
	Hong Kong	白鴿
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	白鴿
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	白鴿
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	白鴿
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	白鴿
	Macau	白鴿
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	白鴿
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	白鴿
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	白鴿
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	白鴿
	Foshan	白鴿
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	白鴿
	Foshan (Shunde)	白鴿
	Foshan (Sanshui)	白鴿
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	白鴿
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	鴿
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	白鴿
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	白鴿
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	白鴿
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	白鴿
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	白鴿, 鴿子
	Taishan	白鴿
	Taishan (Guanghai)	白鴿
	Kaiping (Chikan)	白鴿
	Enping (Niujiang)	白鴿
	Heshan (Yayao)	鴿
	Dongguan	白鴿
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	白鴿
	Qingyuan	白鴿
	Fogang	白鴿
	Yingde (Hanguang)	白鴿
	Yangshan	白鴿
	Lianshan (Butian)	白鴿
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	白鴿
	Shaoguan	白鴿
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	白鴿
	Renhua	白鴿
	Lechang	白鴿
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	白鴿
	Sihui	白鴿
	Guangning	白鴿
	Deqing	白鴿
	Huaiji	白鴿
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	白鴿
	Yunfu	白鴿
	Xinxing	白鴿
	Luoding	白鴿
	Yunan (Pingtai)	白鴿
	Yangjiang	白鴿
	Xinyi	白鴿
	Lianjiang	白鴿
	Nanning	白鴿
	Wuzhou	白鴿
	Yulin	白鴿
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	白鴿
	Hepu (Shatian)	白鴿
	Guiping	白鴿
	Mengshan (Xihe)	鴿
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	白鴿
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	白鴿
	Baise	白鴿
	Bobai	白鴿
	Lingshan	白鴿
Pubei	白鴿
Qinzhou	白鴿
Beihai	白鴿
Beihai (Nankang)	白鴿
Beihai (Yingpan)	白鴿
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	白鴿
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	白鴿
Ningming	白鴿
Hengzhou	白鴿雀
Hezhou (Pumen)	白鴿
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	白鴿
Danzhou	鴿
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	白鴿
Sarikei (Xinhui)	白鴿
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	白鴿
Móng Cái	白鴿
Mandalay (Taishan)	鴿, 白鴿
Bangkok (Guangfu)	白鴿
Gan	Nanchang	鴿子
	Lichuan	鴿兒
	Pingxiang	鴿子
Hakka	Meixian	月鴿仔, 白鴿
	Dabu (Xihe)	鴿仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	白鴿, 鴿
	Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)	白鴿
	Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)	白鴿
	Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)	白鴿
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	白鴿
	Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)	白鴿
	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	白鴿
	Boluo (Bendihua)	白鴿
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	白鴿
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	白鴿
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	白鴿
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	鴿哩
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	白鴿, 白鴿哩
	Wuhua (Changbu)	白鴿哩
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	月鴿
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	白鴿
	Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)	白鴿
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	鴿哩
	Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)	鴿哎
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	鴿蒂
	Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)	鴿
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	白鴿
	Nanxiong (Zhuji)	白鴿
	Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)	白鴿
	Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)	白鴿
	Conghua (Lütian)	鴿
	Jiexi	月鴿
	Luhe	月鴿
	Changting	鴿哩
	Yongding	鴿子
	Yongding (Gaobei)	鴿鳥
	Yongding (Hukeng)	鴿鳥
	Liancheng (Peitian)	鴿仔
	Liancheng (Laiyuan)	鴿
	Yudu	鴿子
	Ruijin	鴿子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	月鴿仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	月鴿仔
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	鷂鴿仔
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	月鴿仔
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	月鴿仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	月鴿仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	月鴿
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	月鴿仔, 粉鳥
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	粉鳥
	Hong Kong	月鴿, 白鴿
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	白鴿
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	白鴿
	Mashan (Pianlian)	白鴿
	Sabah (Longchuan)	白鴿
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	白鴿
	Senai (Huiyang)	白鴿
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	月鴿
	Singkawang	月鴿
	Bangkok (Meixian)	月鴿
	Bangkok (Fengshun)	月鴿
	Bangkok (Jiexi)	白鴿
Huizhou	Jixi	鴿
	Shexian	鴿
	Tunxi	鴿兒
Jin	Taiyuan	鴿子, 木鴿兒
	Taiyuan (Jiancaoping)	鴿子
	Taiyuan (Jinyuan)	鴿子
	Pingyao	木鴿子
	Yangyuan	鴿子
	Datong	鴿子
	Xinzhou	鴿子, 鷜鷜
	Lishi	鴿子, 木鴿兒
	Linfen	鷜鴿
	Changzhi	鴿子
	Taibus (Baochang)	鷜鷜
	Linhe	鴿子
	Jining	鴿子, 鷜鷜
	Hohhot	鴿子, 鷜鷜
	Baotou	鴿子
	Dongsheng	鴿子
	Haibowan	鴿子
	Erenhot	鴿子
	Pingshan	鴿兒
	Zhangjiakou	鴿子
	Handan	鴿子
	Linzhou	鴿了
	Suide	鴿子
	Shenmu	鴿虎, 鴿子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	白鴿
Northern Min	Wuyishan	鴿
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	白鴿
	Changle	白鴿
	Fuqing	白鴿
	Yongtai	白鴿
Southern Min	Xiamen	鴿仔, 子仔
	Quanzhou	鴿仔
	Zhangzhou	粉鳥, 鴿仔, 子仔
	Zhao'an	白鴿
	Dongshan	鴿仔, 粉鳥
	Taipei	粉鳥
	Taipei (Wanhua)	粉鳥
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	粉鳥
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	粉鳥
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	粉鳥
	Kaohsiung	粉鳥
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	粉鳥
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	粉鳥
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	粉鳥
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	粉鳥
	Yilan	粉鳥
	Yilan (Toucheng)	粉鳥, 粉鳥仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	粉鳥
	Taichung	粉鳥
	Taichung (Wuqi)	粉鳥
	Tainan	粉鳥, 子仔
	Tainan (Anping)	粉鳥
	Taitung	粉鳥
	Hsinchu	粉鳥
	Kinmen	鴿
	Penghu (Magong)	粉鳥
	Penghu (Xiyu)	粉鳥
	Penang (Hokkien)	鴿
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鴿仔, 鴿, 粉鳥
	Manila (Hokkien)	鴿仔
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	鴿
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	白鴿
	Chaozhou	粉鳥
	Shantou	粉鳥
	Shantou (Chenghai)	粉鳥
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	鴿, 白鴿
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	粉鳥
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	粉鳥
	Jieyang	粉鳥
	Haifeng	白鴿
	Bangkok (Teochew)	粉鳥
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	粉鳥
	Leizhou	飛鴿
	Wenchang	白鴿
	Haikou	白鴿
Puxian Min	Putian	鴿
Puxian Min	Xianyou	鴿
Central Min	Yong'an	鴿
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	白鴿
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	白鴿
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	鵓鴿, 鴿
	Nanning (Shajing)	鵓鴿
	Binyang (Xinqiao)	白鴿
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	鴿子
	Guilin (Chaoyang)	白鴿
	Guilin (Zhuyuan)	白鴿
	Lingchuan (Tanxia)	鴿子
Wu	Shanghai	鴿子
	Shanghai (Chongming)	鴿子
	Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan)	鴿子
	Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan)	鴿子
	Shanghai (Jiading)	鵓鴿, 鴿子
	Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong)	鴿子
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	鴿子
	Suzhou	鵓鴿, 鴿子
	Suzhou (Wujiang)	鵓鴿, 鴿子
	Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang)	鴿子
	Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang)	鴿子
	Wuxi	鴿子
	Changshu	鴿子
	Kunshan	鴿子
	Taicang	鴿子
	Tongzhou	鴿子
	Qidong	鴿子
	Haimen (Sijia)	鴿子
	Jiaxing	鴿子
	Changzhou	鴿子
	Liyang	鴿子
	Jintan	鴿子
	Yixing	鴿子
	Danyang	鴿子
	Danyang (Tongjiaqiao)	鴿子
	Jingjiang	鴿子
	Jiangyin	鴿子
	Gaochun	鴿子
	Huzhou (Shuanglin)	鴿子
	Hangzhou	鴿子
	Shaoxing	鴿子, 白鴿
	Zhuji (Wangjiajing)	鴿子
	Shengzhou (Chongren)	鴿
	Shengzhou (Taiping)	鴿
	Ningbo	白鴿
	Yuyao	鵓鴿
	Huangyan	白剪
	Wenzhou	白鴿
	Quzhou	鴿兒
	Jinhua	鵓鴿, 鵓鴿兒, 鴿子
	Yongkang	鵓鴿
Xiang	Changsha	鴿子
	Loudi	鴿子, 鵓鴣子
	Shuangfeng	鵓鴣子
	Quanzhou	鴿子
	Guanyang (Wenshi)	鴿子

Derived terms edit

子仔櫥／子仔橱

Etymology 2 edit

	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
simp. and trad. (子仔)	子	仔
alternative forms	枳仔
anagram	仔子

Pronunciation edit

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chí-á

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Tainan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-á
  - Tâi-lô: tsí-á
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cyar
  - IPA (Tainan): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁵⁵ a⁵³/

Noun edit

子仔

(Tainan Hokkien) creeping fig; climbing fig ([[Ficus pumila var. awkeotsang|Ficus pumila var. awkeotsang]])

Synonyms edit

Dialectal synonyms of 薜荔 (“creeping fig; climbing fig”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		薜荔, 木蓮
Mandarin	Taiwan	愛玉
Southern Min	Xiamen	薁蕘, 風不動
	Quanzhou	栟枹
	Zhangzhou	栟枹
	Taipei	薁蕘
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	薁蕘
	Kaohsiung	薁蕘
	Yilan	薁蕘
	Changhua (Lukang)	薁蕘
	Taichung	薁蕘
	Tainan	子仔
	Hsinchu	薁蕘, 栟枹
	Kinmen	薁蕘
	Penghu (Magong)	薁蕘
	Leizhou	甜泡
Note	Most of the terms refer especially to Ficus pumila* var. awkeotsang.*