靚仔
See also: 靓仔
Chinese edit
good-looking | boy | ||
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trad. (靚仔) | 靚 | 仔 | |
simp. (靓仔) | 靓 | 仔 | |
alternative forms | 靚崽/靓崽 |
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
靚仔
- (chiefly Cantonese, Hakka) good-looking boy; handsome man (Classifier: 個/个)
- (Cantonese, by extension) generic term of address for a young man: young man
- (Cantonese, restaurant jargon) Alternative name for 白飯/白饭 (báifàn, “plain steamed rice”). (Classifier: 個/个; 碗)
- (Cantonese, slang) good traffic
Synonyms edit
Variety | Location | Words |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 美男子, 俊男 | |
Mandarin | Taiwan | 帥哥 |
Singapore | 帥哥 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 靚仔 |
Hong Kong | 靚仔 | |
Taishan | 靚仔 | |
Kaiping (Chikan) | 靚仔 | |
Dongguan | 靚仔 | |
Yangjiang | 靚仔 | |
Penang (Guangfu) | 靚仔 | |
Singapore (Guangfu) | 靚仔 | |
Hakka | Meixian | 靚仔 |
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 靚仔 | |
Southern Min | Anxi | 緣投的 |
Tainan | 緣投仔桑 | |
Penang (Hokkien) | 緣投峇 | |
Jieyang | 雅囝 |
Adjective edit
靚仔
Synonyms edit
Variety | Location | Words |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 英俊, 帥氣 | |
Mandarin | Taiwan | 帥 |
Jinan | 帥 | |
Yangzhou | 帥 | |
Malaysia | 英俊 | |
Singapore | 帥 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 靚仔 |
Hong Kong | 靚仔 | |
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 靚仔 | |
Penang (Guangfu) | 靚仔 | |
Singapore (Guangfu) | 靚仔 | |
Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 緣投 |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 緣投 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 緣投 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 派頭, 緣投 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 緣投 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 緣投 | |
Singapore (Dabu) | 緣投 | |
Southern Min | Xiamen | 緣投 |
Xiamen (Tong'an) | 緣投 | |
Quanzhou | 緣投 | |
Jinjiang | 緣投 | |
Anxi | 緣投 | |
Zhangzhou | 緣投, 燦頭, 燦才 | |
Tainan | 緣投 | |
Penang (Hokkien) | 緣投 | |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 緣投 | |
Manila (Hokkien) | 緣投 | |
Wenchang | 帥 | |
Wu | Shanghai | 帥 |
Xiang | Changsha | 帥 |
Descendants edit
- → English: leng zai
Etymology 2 edit
For pronunciation and definitions of 靚仔 – see 𡃁仔 (“kid; mischievous boy; rascal; chap”). (This term is a variant form of 𡃁仔). |