衰仔

Chinese

		weak; feeble; decline weak; feeble; decline; wane; mourning garments	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
simp. and trad. (衰仔)		衰	仔

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): seoi¹ zai²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): sui¹ doi²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi¹ zai²
    • Yale: sēui jái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey¹ dzai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu¹ zei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: sui¹ doi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sui³³ tᵘɔi⁵⁵/

Noun

衰仔

1. (Cantonese, self-deprecatory when referring to one's own child) bad kid; bad child (male)

   • 笑咩笑，衰仔，你都係中國人嚟㗎！ [Cantonese, trad.]
     笑咩笑，衰仔，你都系中国人嚟㗎！ [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2000, ATV, Fist of Fury

     siu³ me¹ siu³, seoi¹ zai², nei⁵ dou¹ hai⁶ zung¹ gwok³ jan⁴ lai⁴ gaa³! [Jyutping]

     What are you laughing at? You bastard, you're a Chinese too!

Synonyms

• 兔崽子 (tùzǎizi)
• (Cantonese) 死仔包
• (Hakka) 衰鬼
• (Teochew) 衰囝

Coordinate terms

• (Cantonese, female) 衰女