過房兒子

過房兒子

Chinese

		to adopt as one's own son	son; baby; infant son; baby; infant; newborn
trad. (過房兒子)		過房	兒子
simp. (过房儿子)		过房	儿子

Pronunciation

• Wu (Wiktionary): ku vaan nyi tsr (T2)

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• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: ku vaan nyi tsr (T2)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kv̩ʷ³³ v̻ɑ̃⁵⁵ n̠ʲi³³ t͡sz̩²¹/

Noun

過房兒子

1. (Wu) adoptive son; godson
2. (Wu, specifically) adoptive son from one's own brother or other relative

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
	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 Bei	Jian'ou	老囝
Min Dong	Fuzhou	義囝
Min Nan	Xiamen	契囝
	Quanzhou	契囝
	Zhangzhou	契囝
	Taipei	契囝
	Kaohsiung	契囝
	Penang (Hokkien)	契囝
	Philippines (Manila Hokkien)	契囝
Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	契崽
Wu	Shanghai	過房兒子, 義子 dated
	Chongming	寄拜兒子
	Ningbo	繼拜兒子