臊仔

Chinese

		bashfulness; smell of urine	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
trad. (臊仔)		臊	仔
simp. #(臊仔)		臊	仔

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sou¹ zai²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sou¹ zai²
    • Yale: sōu jái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sou¹ dzai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sou¹ zei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/

Noun

臊仔

1. (Cantonese) baby boy
   • 1866, 花波 [Mary Lucy French], transl., 《述史淺譯》 [Bible History for the Least and the Lowest]‎^[1], volume 4, 雙門底福音堂, page 11:

     今日喺大闢城、有個救主出世、卽係主耶穌基督、你估㸃揾得倒佢呢、你見一個臊仔俾布包住擠落馬槽嚟、就係嚹。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     今日喺大辟城、有个救主出世、即系主耶稣基督、你估点揾得倒佢呢、你见一个臊仔俾布包住挤落马槽嚟、就系嚹。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     gam¹ jat⁶ hai² daai⁶ pek¹ sing⁴, jau⁵ go³ gau³ zyu² ceot¹ sai³, zik¹ hai⁶ zyu² je⁴ sou¹ gei¹ duk¹, nei⁵ gu² dim² wan³ dak¹ dou² keoi⁵ ne¹, nei⁵ gin³ jat¹ go³ sou¹ zai² bei² bou³ baau¹ zyu⁶ zai¹ lok⁶ maa⁵ cou⁴ lai⁴, zau⁶ hai⁶ laa³. [Jyutping]

     Today, in David's city, a Saviour is born, who is the Lord Jesus Christ. Can you guess where you can find him? You will see a baby wrapped in cloth, put in a manger; that is He.