契爺
Chinese
| contract | grandpa; etc.; old gentleman | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (契爺) | 契 | 爺 | |
| simp. (契爷) | 契 | 爷 | |
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: kai3 je4
- Yale: kai yèh
- Cantonese Pinyin: kai3 je4
- Guangdong Romanization: kei3 yé4
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰɐi̯³³ jɛː²¹/
- (Dongguan, Guancheng)
- Jyutping++: koi3 joe4
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰɔi³² zø²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- Southern Pinghua
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
- Jyutping++: ki3 je4
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰi⁵⁵ je²¹/
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
Noun
契爺
- (Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Pinghua) godfather; (nominally) adoptive father
- (Cantonese) sugar daddy
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 乾爸 (“godfather; (nominally) adoptive father”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 乾爸, 乾爹, 義父 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 乾爸爸, 乾爹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 乾爸 |
| Xi'an | 乾爸 | |
| Xuzhou | 乾爺, 乾爹 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 乾爹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 乾爹 |
| Liuzhou | 乾爹, 契爺 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 契爺 |
| Hong Kong | 契爺 | |
| Dongguan | 契爺 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 乾爺 |
| Lichuan | 契爺 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 契爺 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 老爹 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 義郎爸 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 契爸 |
| Quanzhou | 契爸 | |
| Jinjiang | 契爸 | |
| Zhangzhou | 契爸 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 契爸 | |
| Jieyang | 契爸 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 結義的老爸 |
| Xianyou | 結義的老爸 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 契爺 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 乾爺 |
| Hangzhou | 乾爺 | |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 乾爺 |