契哥
Chinese
| contract | elder brother | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (契哥) | 契 | 哥 | |
| simp. #(契哥) | 契 | 哥 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): kai3 go1
- Hakka
- Eastern Min (BUC): kié-gŏ̤
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: qìgē
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ ㄍㄜ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cìge
- Wade–Giles: chʻi4-ko1
- Yale: chì-gē
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chihge
- Palladius: цигэ (cigɛ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ kɤ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: kai3 go1
- Yale: kai gō
- Cantonese Pinyin: kai3 go1
- Guangdong Romanization: kei3 go1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰɐi̯³³ kɔː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khie-kô
- Hakka Romanization System: kie goˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: kie4 go1
- Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯e⁵⁵ ko²⁴/
- (Meixian)
- Guangdong: kê4 go1
- Sinological IPA: /kʰe⁵³ ko⁴⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
Noun
契哥
- (literary) blood brother; sworn (elder) brother
- (Cantonese) male bestie (of a girl)
- (Hakka) male lover; extramarital lover of a woman
- (Eastern Min, derogatory) bugger; sodomite
Synonyms
- (male lover):
Dialectal synonyms of 情夫 (“extramarital male lover of a married woman”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 情夫, 姘夫 | |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 拐漢子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 孤老 |
| Wanrong | 後男人 | |
| Xuzhou | 拐男人 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 賊漢子, 野漢子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 孤老, 孤老搭子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 契家佬 |
| Hong Kong | 情夫, 契家佬 | |
| Dongguan | 契家佬 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 野老公 |
| Lichuan | 野老公 | |
| Pingxiang | 野老公 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 契哥, 老緣 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 野漢, 野漢子 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 契兄 |
| Quanzhou | 契兄 | |
| Zhangzhou | 契兄 | |
| Taipei | 契兄 | |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) | 契兄 | |
| Kaohsiung | 契兄, 猴 | |
| Yilan | 契兄, 猴 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 契兄 | |
| Taichung | 契兄 | |
| Tainan | 契兄, 猴 | |
| Hsinchu | 契兄 | |
| Kinmen | 契兄, 猴 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 契兄 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 契兄 | |
| Leizhou | 契兄 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 老契公 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 漢郎頭 |
| Danyang | 孤老, 孤老野漢 | |
| Ningbo | 野老公 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 野老倌, 野老公 |
| Loudi | 野男人 | |
| Hengyang | 野老公 | |
See also
- 契弟 (qìdì)
Proper noun
契哥
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang, neologism) Russia
Usage notes
Used by some online users to mock Russia's close ties with China. Russia's larger size compared to China also adds to the term's original meaning of 哥, the "elder brother".
Coordinate terms
- 契弟 (kai3 dai6)