妹仔
Chinese
| younger sister | minutely; young; duty; responsibility | ||
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| simp. and trad. (妹仔) | 妹 | 仔 | |
| variant forms | 妹欸 Hakka 妹兒／妹儿 Hakka 妹子 Min Bei | ||
Pronunciation
Noun
妹仔
- (Cantonese) maidservant; maid
- (Weitou Cantonese, dialectal Gan, Hakka) daughter
- (Min Bei) younger sister
- (Yangjiang Cantonese) woman
- (Yangjiang Cantonese) girl
Synonyms
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Synonyms of 妹仔
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| Dialectal synonyms of 女兒 (“daughter”) [map] | ||
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| Variety | Location | Words edit |
| Classical Chinese | 女 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 女兒 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 女兒, 女花兒, 閨女, 姑娘, 丫頭 |
| Taiwan | 女兒 | |
| Tianjin | 女兒, 閨女 | |
| Harbin | 女兒, 姑娘, 閨女, 閨娘, 丫頭 | |
| Shenyang | 姑娘, 丫頭 | |
| Hailar | 女兒 | |
| Bayanhot | 丫頭 | |
| Jinan | 閨女 | |
| Muping | 閨娘, 閨娘子, 女兒 | |
| Wanrong | 女子 | |
| Xi'an | 女, 女兒 | |
| Qingdao | 閨女 | |
| Zhengzhou | 閨女, 妞 | |
| Xining | 姑娘, 丫頭 | |
| Xuzhou | 女兒, 閨女 | |
| Yinchuan | 女兒, 丫頭 | |
| Lanzhou | 女兒 | |
| Ürümqi | 女兒, 丫頭 | |
| Wuhan | 姑娘, 丫頭 | |
| Huanggang | 女兒 | |
| Chengdu | 女兒, 女, 姑娘兒 | |
| Guiyang | 姑娘, 女娃娃, 女娃兒, 幺女, 幺姑娘, 小丫頭, 小姑娘 | |
| Guilin | 女兒 | |
| Liuzhou | 女, 丫頭 | |
| Kunming | 囡兒, 姑娘 | |
| Yangzhou | 女兒, 姑娘 | |
| Nanjing | 女兒, 姑娘 | |
| Hefei | 女兒, 丫頭 | |
| Nantong | 丫頭 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 女 |
| Hong Kong | 女, 女女, 阿女 | |
| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 女, 妹仔 | |
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 女 | |
| Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 阿女 | |
| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 阿女 | |
| Macau | 女 | |
| Panyu | 女 | |
| Huadu (Huashan) | 女 | |
| Conghua | 女 | |
| Zengcheng | 女 | |
| Foshan | 女 | |
| Nanhai (Shatou) | 女 | |
| Shunde | 女 | |
| Sanshui | 女 | |
| Gaoming (Mingcheng) | 女 | |
| Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 女 | |
| Zhuhai (Qianshan) | 女 | |
| Doumen (Shangheng Tanka) | 女 | |
| Doumen | 女 | |
| Jiangmen (Baisha) | 女 | |
| Xinhui | 女 | |
| Taishan | 女 | |
| Kaiping (Chikan) | 女 | |
| Enping (Niujiang) | 女 | |
| Heshan (Yayao) | 女 | |
| Dongguan | 女 | |
| Bao'an (Shajing) | 女 | |
| Dapeng | 阿女 | |
| Shaoguan | 女 | |
| Yunfu | 女 | |
| Yangjiang | 桓仔 | |
| Xinyi | 女 | |
| Lianjiang | 女 | |
| Nanning | 女 | |
| Wuzhou | 女 | |
| Yulin | 女 | |
| Hepu | 女 | |
| Danzhou | 女 | |
| Kuala Lumpur | 女 | |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 女 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 女, 姑娘 |
| Lichuan | 女 | |
| Pingxiang | 女, 妹仔 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 妹仔 |
| Xingning | 妹哩 | |
| Huidong | 妹仔 | |
| Qujiang | 妹子 | |
| Xiaosanjiang | 妹仔 | |
| Luchuan | 女 | |
| Changting | 妹子 | |
| Pingyu | 妹子 | |
| Wuping | 妹子 | |
| Liancheng | 妹子娘 | |
| Ninghua | 女 | |
| Yudu | 女, 女子 | |
| Ruijin | 女, 女子 | |
| Shicheng | 女 | |
| Shangyou | 女 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 妹仔, 妹子 | |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 妹仔, 妹子 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 妹仔, 妹子 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 妹, 妹子 | |
| Hsinchu (Raoping) | 妹仔, 妹子 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 阿女 | |
| Hong Kong | 妹子 | |
| Sabah (Bao'an) | 妹子 | |
| Senai | 妹子 | |
| Sabah (Longchuan) | 妹哩 | |
| Singkawang | 妹子 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 女 |
| Shexian | 女 | |
| Tunxi | 囡, 囡囝 | |
| Xiuning | 囡兒 | |
| Yixian | 囡兒 | |
| Qimen | 女, 女兒 | |
| Wuyuan | 女, 女兒, 囡 | |
| Fuliang | 女崽 | |
| Dexing | 𡚴姑 | |
| Jingde | 女伲 | |
| Xianyu (formerly Zhanda) | 女兒 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 閨女, 姑娘, 妮子 |
| Pingyao | 閨女, 女子 | |
| Xinzhou | 閨女 | |
| Hohhot | 閨女, 女子 | |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 阿娘囝 |
| Dikou | 娘囝 | |
| Songxi | 阿娘囝 | |
| Zhenghe | 阿娘囝 | |
| Zhenqian | 娘囝 | |
| Jianyang | 阿娘囝 | |
| Wuyishan | 阿娘囝 | |
| Shibei | 阿娘囝 | |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 諸娘囝 |
| Changle | 諸娘囝 | |
| Fuqing | 諸娘囝 | |
| Yongtai | 諸娘囝 | |
| Gutian | 諸娘囝 | |
| Fu'an | 諸娘囝 | |
| Ningde | 諸母囝 | |
| Shouning | 諸母囝 | |
| Zhouning | 諸娘囝 | |
| Fuding | 諸母囝 | |
| Matsu | 諸娘囝 | |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 查某囝, 查某仔 |
| Quanzhou | 查某仔 | |
| Yongchun | 查某囝 | |
| Zhangzhou | 查某仔, 灶雞 | |
| Changtai | 查某仔 | |
| Pinghe | 查某囝, 查某仔 Xiazhai, Jiufeng, Luxi | |
| Zhangpu | 查某仔 | |
| Dongshan | 查囝 | |
| Taipei | 查某囝 | |
| Kaohsiung | 查某囡仔, 查某囝 | |
| Tainan | 查某囝 | |
| Taichung | 查某囝 | |
| Wuqi | 查某囝 | |
| Hsinchu | 查某囝 | |
| Taitung | 查某囝 | |
| Lukang | 查某囝 | |
| Sanxia | 查某囝 | |
| Yilan | 查某囝 | |
| Kinmen | 查某囡仔 | |
| Magong | 查某囝 | |
| Penang | 查某囝, 查某仔 | |
| Singapore | 查某囝 | |
| Philippines (Manila) | 查某仔 | |
| Longyan | 查某仔 | |
| Zhangping | 查某仔 | |
| Zhangping (Yongfu) | 查某仔 | |
| Datian | 阿使 | |
| Pingnan | 女 | |
| Chaozhou | 查某囝 | |
| Shantou | 查某囝 | |
| Haifeng | 查某囝 | |
| Johor Bahru | 查某囝 | |
| Wenchang | 查某囝 | |
| Haikou | 查某囝, 查囝 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 嬸娘囝 |
| Xianyou | 子囝 | |
| Pinghua | Nanning | 女 |
| Guilin | 女 | |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 女 |
| Fuding | 女 | |
| Luoyuan | 女 | |
| Sanming | 女 | |
| Shunchang | 女 | |
| Hua'an | 妹仔 | |
| Guixi | 女 | |
| Cangnan | 女 | |
| Jingning | 女 | |
| Lishui | 女 | |
| Longyou | 女 | |
| Chaozhou | 女 | |
| Fengshun | 女 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 囡兒, 囡 dated, 囡兒大細 dated |
| Suzhou | 囡兒 | |
| Wuxi | 囡兒 | |
| Hangzhou | 女兒 | |
| Wenzhou | 奶兒 | |
| Chongming | 丫頭 | |
| Danyang | 女兒 | |
| Jinhua | 囡兒, 囡, 女兒 | |
| Ningbo | 囡 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 女, 妹子 |
| Shuangfeng | 女 | |
| Xiangtan | 女, 妹唧 | |
| Loudi | 女 | |
| Quanzhou | 女崽 | |
| Dialectal synonyms of 妹妹 (“younger sister”) [map] | ||
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| Variety | Location | Words edit |
| Classical Chinese | 妹, 女弟 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 妹妹 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 妹妹 |
| Taiwan | 妹妹 | |
| Harbin | 妹妹, 妹子 | |
| Shenyang | 妹妹 | |
| Hailar | 老妹兒 | |
| Ulan Hot | 老妹兒 | |
| Tongliao | 老妹兒 | |
| Chifeng | 妹妹 | |
| Bayanhot | 妹妹 | |
| Jinan | 妹妹 | |
| Muping | 妹 | |
| Luoyang | 妹 | |
| Wanrong | 妹子 | |
| Xi'an | 妹子, 妹妹 | |
| Zhengzhou | 妹妹 | |
| Xining | 妹子 | |
| Xuzhou | 妹妹 | |
| Yinchuan | 妹妹 | |
| Lanzhou | 妹妹 | |
| Ürümqi | 妹妹 | |
| Wuhan | 妹妹 | |
| Huanggang | 妹兒 | |
| Chengdu | 妹兒, 妹妹, 妹 | |
| Guiyang | 妹 | |
| Liuzhou | 妹子, 妹, 老妹 | |
| Kunming | 妹子, 妹妹 | |
| Yangzhou | 妹妹 | |
| Nanjing | 妹妹, 妹子 | |
| Hefei | 妹妹 | |
| Nantong | 妹子, 妹妹 | |
| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 妹妹 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 妹妹, 細妹, 阿妹, 妹 |
| Hong Kong | 妹妹, 細妹, 阿妹, 妹 | |
| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 阿妹 | |
| Foshan | 細妹, 妹 | |
| Shunde | 妹 | |
| Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 妹 | |
| Doumen (Shangheng Tanka) | 阿妹 | |
| Doumen | 阿妹 | |
| Taishan | 阿妹 | |
| Kaiping (Chikan) | 阿妹 | |
| Dongguan | 妹 | |
| Shaoguan | 阿妹 | |
| Yunfu | 阿妹 | |
| Yangjiang | 小妹 | |
| Xinyi | 老妹 | |
| Lianjiang | 老妹, 阿妹 | |
| Danzhou | 老姑 | |
| Kuala Lumpur | 阿妹 | |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 細妹 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 妹子 |
| Lichuan | 妹 | |
| Pingxiang | 老妹, 妹老子 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 老妹, 老妹仔 |
| Xingning | 老妹 | |
| Huidong | 老妹 | |
| Qujiang | 老妹 | |
| Xiaosanjiang | 老妹 | |
| Changting | 老妹 | |
| Pingyu | 老妹 | |
| Wuping | 老妹 | |
| Liancheng | 老妹 | |
| Ninghua | 老妹 | |
| Yudu | 妹子 | |
| Ruijin | 老妹 | |
| Shicheng | 老妹, 妹 | |
| Shangyou | 老妹 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 老妹 | |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 老妹 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 老妹 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 老妹 | |
| Hsinchu (Raoping) | 老妹 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 阿妹 | |
| Hong Kong | 老妹 | |
| Sabah (Bao'an) | 老妹 | |
| Senai | 老妹 | |
| Sabah (Longchuan) | 老妹 | |
| Singkawang | 阿妹, 老妹 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 妹 |
| Shexian | 妹妹, 女妹 | |
| Tunxi | 令妹兒 | |
| Xiuning | 令妹, 令妹兒 | |
| Yixian | 奶妹兒 | |
| Qimen | 妹吶 | |
| Wuyuan | 女妹仂, 女妹, 妹 | |
| Fuliang | 小妹, 妹哩 | |
| Dexing | 妹子 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 妹妹 |
| Pingyao | 妹妹, 妹子 | |
| Xinzhou | 姊妹 | |
| Baochang | 妹妹 | |
| Jining | 妹妹 | |
| Hohhot | 妹妹 | |
| Baotou | 妹妹 | |
| Dongsheng | 妹妹 | |
| Linhe | 妹妹 | |
| Haibowan | 妹妹 | |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 妹仔 |
| Dikou | 妹仔 | |
| Songxi | 妹仔 | |
| Zhenghe | 妹 | |
| Zhenqian | 妹 | |
| Jianyang | 妹仔 | |
| Wuyishan | 妹仔 | |
| Shibei | 妹仔 | |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 依妹, 妹 |
| Changle | 依妹 | |
| Fuqing | 阿妹 | |
| Yongtai | 依妹 | |
| Gutian | 妹 | |
| Fu'an | 妹 | |
| Ningde | 妹 | |
| Shouning | 姊妹 | |
| Zhouning | 阿妹 | |
| Fuding | 阿妹 | |
| Matsu | 依妹 | |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 小妹, 阿妹 face-to-face |
| Quanzhou | 小妹, 阿妹 face-to-face | |
| Zhangzhou | 小妹, 阿妹 face-to-face | |
| Taipei | 小妹 | |
| Kaohsiung | 小妹 | |
| Tainan | 小妹 | |
| Sanxia | 小妹 | |
| Yilan | 小妹 | |
| Kinmen | 小妹 | |
| Magong | 小妹 | |
| Penang | 小妹 | |
| Singapore | 小妹 | |
| Philippines (Manila) | 小妹 | |
| Chaozhou | 阿妹 | |
| Shantou | 妹 | |
| Haifeng | 妹, 妹妹 | |
| Johor Bahru | 阿妹 | |
| Wenchang | 姑𡠤 of a male, 姨𡠤 of a female | |
| Haikou | 姑𡠤 of a male, 姨𡠤 of a female | |
| Leizhou | 尼妹, 妹 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 阿妹 |
| Xianyou | 阿妹, 小妹 | |
| Pinghua | Nanning | 妹 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 妹 |
| Fuding | 阿妹 | |
| Luoyuan | 妹 | |
| Sanming | 妹 | |
| Shunchang | 阿妹 | |
| Hua'an | 妹 | |
| Guixi | 妹 | |
| Cangnan | 妹 | |
| Jingning | 妹 | |
| Lishui | 妹 | |
| Longyou | 妹 | |
| Chaozhou | 妹 | |
| Fengshun | 妹 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 阿妹, 妹妹 |
| Suzhou | 妹子, 妹妹 | |
| Wuxi | 妹子, 妹妹 | |
| Hangzhou | 阿妹, 妹妹 | |
| Wenzhou | 阿妹 | |
| Chongming | 姊妹 | |
| Danyang | 妹子 | |
| Jinhua | 妹, 妹妹 | |
| Ningbo | 阿妹, 妹妹 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 老妹, 妹妹 |
| Shuangfeng | 妹妹 | |
| Xiangtan | 老妹 | |
| Loudi | 妹妹 | |
| Dialectal synonyms of 女人 (“woman”) [map] | ||
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| Variety | Location | Words edit |
| Classical Chinese | 女子 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 女子, 女士, 女人, 女生, 女性, 婦女, 婦人 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 女的, 娘們兒 |
| Taiwan | 女生 | |
| Jinan | 女人, 女的, 娘們兒 | |
| Xi'an | 女人, 女的 | |
| Wuhan | 女的, 女將, 姑娘婆婆 | |
| Chengdu | 女的, 女人, 婆娘 | |
| Yangzhou | 女人家 | |
| Hefei | 女的, 奶奶們 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 女人, 婆乸 |
| Hong Kong | 女人, 婆乸 | |
| Yangjiang | 妹仔, 夫娘 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 女人, 女個 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 女個, 婦人家 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 細妹人, 婦人家, 餔娘人 | |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 細妹人, 婦人家 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 細妹人, 婦人家, 餔娘人 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 細妹人, 婦人家 | |
| Hsinchu (Raoping) | 細妹人, 婦人家, 餔娘人 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 妹子人, 夫娘人 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 女人, 女的 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 阿娘人, 婦女人 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 諸娘人, 女界 |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 查某, 查某人, 婦人人, 諸娘 dated, 諸娘人 dated |
| Quanzhou | 查某, 查某人, 婦人人, 諸娘 dated, 諸娘人 dated | |
| Zhangzhou | 查某, 查某人, 婦人人, 諸娘 dated, 諸娘人 dated | |
| Taipei | 查某, 查某人, 婦人人 | |
| Penang | 查某 | |
| Philippines (Manila) | 查某, 查某人 | |
| Chaozhou | 諸娘 | |
| Wu | Suzhou | 女人 |
| Wenzhou | 女嘅, 老人客 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 女的, 女人家, 堂客, 堂客們 |
| Shuangfeng | 女人家, 堂客們 | |
| Dialectal synonyms of 女孩子 (“girl”) [map] | ||
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| Variety | Location | Words edit |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 女孩, 女孩子 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 女孩兒, 小女孩兒, 小姑娘, 小閨女, 小丫頭, 妞兒, 小妞兒 |
| Taiwan | 女孩, 女孩子 | |
| Jinan | 小閨女兒, 小妮兒 | |
| Xi'an | 女子娃, 女子, 女娃子 | |
| Wuhan | 女伢, 姑娘伢 | |
| Chengdu | 女娃子, 女娃兒, 女娃娃 | |
| Yangzhou | 女霞子 | |
| Hefei | 丫頭 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 女仔, 細路女 |
| Hong Kong | 女仔, 細路女 | |
| Taishan | 女仔, 細路女, 細民女 | |
| Yangjiang | 妹, 妹仔 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 女崽子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 細妹仔 |
| Xingning | 細妹哩 | |
| Huidong | 阿焦妹仔 | |
| Qujiang | 細妹子 | |
| Xiaosanjiang | 細妹仔 | |
| Changting | 細妹子 | |
| Pingyu | 細妹子 | |
| Wuping | 細妹子 | |
| Liancheng | 妹子人 | |
| Ninghua | 女子薩 | |
| Ruijin | 女客子, 細女子 | |
| Shicheng | 細女女子 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 細妹仔 | |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 細妹仔 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 細妹仔 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 細妹 | |
| Hsinchu (Raoping) | 細妹仔, 細妹 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 妹子, 妹子人 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 妮子, 女娃娃 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 阿娘囝仔 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 諸娘囝 |
| Matsu | 諸娘囝 | |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 查某囡仔 |
| Quanzhou | 查某囡仔 | |
| Zhangzhou | 查某囡仔, 查某嬰 | |
| Taipei | 查某囡仔 | |
| Kaohsiung | 查某囝 | |
| Tainan | 查某囡仔 | |
| Taichung | 查某囡仔 | |
| Hsinchu | 查某囡仔 | |
| Lukang | 查某囡仔 | |
| Sanxia | 查某囡仔 | |
| Yilan | 查某囡仔 | |
| Kinmen | 查某囡仔 | |
| Magong | 查某囡仔 | |
| Penang | 查某囡仔 | |
| Chaozhou | 諸娘囝 | |
| Wu | Suzhou | 小娘兒, 女小干 |
| Wenzhou | 女兒, 媛子兒 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 妹子, 細妹子, 妹伢子 |
| Shuangfeng | 妹基, 細妹基 | |
Derived terms
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Descendants
- → English: mooi-jai