契囝

契囝

Chinese

		contract	child
simp. and trad. (契囝)		契	囝

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): khòe-kiáⁿ / khòe-káⁿ / khè-kiáⁿ

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòe-kiáⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: khuè-kiánn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoea'kviar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰue²¹⁻⁵³ kiã⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰue¹¹⁻⁵³ kiã⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòe-káⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: khuè-kánn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoea'kvar
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /kʰue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kã⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khè-kiáⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: khè-kiánn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qea'kviar
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰe²¹⁻⁴¹ kiã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰe²¹⁻⁵³ kiã⁵³/

Noun

契囝

1. (Min Nan) godson

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 乾兒子 (“godson; (nominally) adopted son”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		義子
Mandarin	Beijing	乾兒子
	Taiwan	乾兒子
	Xi'an	乾兒
	Lanzhou	乾兒子
	Liuzhou	乾崽
Cantonese	Guangzhou	契仔
	Hong Kong	契仔, 乾仔
	Foshan	契仔
	Shunde	契仔
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	契仔
	Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)	契仔
	Taishan	契仔
	Kaiping (Chikan)	契仔
	Dongguan	契仔
	Yangjiang	契仔
Gan	Lichuan	契崽
Hakka	Yudu	契子, 義子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	契子
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	義子
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	契子
	Dongshi (Dabu)	契子
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	契子
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	契子
Jin	Taiyuan	乾兒子
Min Dong	Fuzhou	義囝
Min Nan	Xiamen	契囝
	Quanzhou	契囝
	Zhangzhou	契囝
	Taipei	契囝
	Kaohsiung	契囝
	Penang	契囝
	Philippines (Manila)	契囝
Pinghua	Nanning	契崽
Wu	Shanghai	過房兒子
	Chongming	寄拜兒子
	Ningbo	繼拜兒子