碗仔

Chinese

		bowl; cup	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
trad. (碗仔)		碗	仔
simp. #(碗仔)		碗	仔
alternative forms		碗兒／碗儿 Meixian Hakka

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wun² zai²
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): von³ ê³
• Northern Min (KCR): ǔing-ciě

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wun² zai²
    • Yale: wún jái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wun² dzai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wun² zei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːn³⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: von³ ê³
    • Sinological IPA: /ʋɔn³¹ ne³¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ǔing-ciě
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uiŋ²¹ t͡siɛ²¹/

Noun

碗仔

1. (Cantonese, Hainanese, Northern Min) small bowl
2. (Meixian Hakka, Taiwanese Hokkien) bowl (normal sized, usually for holding rice)

Synonyms

• (small bowl): (Ürümqi Mandarin) 碗碗子; (Jin) 碗碗; (Eastern Min, Teochew) 碗囝

Dialectal synonyms of 碗 (“bowl (for holding food)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		碗
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	碗, 碗兒
	Taiwan	碗
	Malaysia	碗
	Singapore	碗
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	碗
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	碗
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	碗
	Wanrong	碗
	Xi'an	碗
	Xining	碗
	Xuzhou	碗兒, 碗
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	碗
	Lanzhou	碗
	Ürümqi	碗
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	碗
	Wuhan	碗
	Guiyang	碗
	Liuzhou	碗
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	碗兒
	Yangzhou	碗盞, 碗
	Hefei	碗, 盞子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	碗
	Hong Kong	碗
	Dongguan	碗
	Yangjiang	碗, 甌
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	碗
	Singapore (Guangfu)	碗
Gan	Nanchang	碗
	Pingxiang	碗
Hakka	Meixian	碗, 碗公, 碗仔
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	碗公
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	碗
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	碗
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	碗
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	碗
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	碗
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	碗
Huizhou	Jixi	碗
Jin	Taiyuan	碗
	Xinzhou	碗
Northern Min	Jian'ou	碗, 碗頭
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	碗
	Singapore (Fuqing)	碗
Southern Min	Xiamen	碗, 碗頭
	Quanzhou	碗
	Zhangzhou	碗, 碗頭
	Zhao'an	碗
	Penang (Hokkien)	碗
	Singapore (Hokkien)	碗
	Manila (Hokkien)	碗
	Chaozhou	碗
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	碗
	Jieyang	碗
	Singapore (Teochew)	碗
	Leizhou	碗
	Wenchang	碗
	Haikou	碗
	Singapore (Hainanese)	碗
Puxian Min	Putian	碗
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	碗
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	碗
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	碗
	Xianyou	碗
	Xianyou (Fengting)	碗
	Xianyou (Youyang)	碗
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	碗
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	碗
Wu	Shanghai	碗
	Shanghai (Chongming)	碗
	Suzhou	碗
	Danyang	碗盞
	Hangzhou	碗盞, 碗
	Ningbo	碗盞
	Wenzhou	碗
	Jinhua	碗
Xiang	Changsha	碗, 蓮花子
	Loudi	碗
	Shuangfeng	碗

Derived terms

• 碗仔翅 (wǎnzǎichì)