羊仔

Chinese

		caprid	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
simp. and trad. (羊仔)		羊	仔

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁴ zai²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): iòng-é

(Hailu, HRS): rhong er

(Meixian, Guangdong): yong² ê³
Northern Min (KCR): iông-ciě
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iûⁿ-á

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: joeng⁴ zai²
  - Yale: yèuhng jái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁴ dzai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁴ zei²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ²¹ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: iòng-é
  - Hakka Romanization System: iong^ˇ e^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: iong² e³
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯oŋ¹¹ e³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: rhong er
  - Sinological IPA: /ʒoŋ⁵⁵ ə⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: yong² ê³
  - Sinological IPA: /iɔŋ¹¹ ŋe³¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: iông-ciě
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iɔŋ³³ t͡siɛ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iûⁿ-á
  - Tâi-lô: iûnn-á
  - Phofsit Daibuun: viu'ar
  - IPA (Taipei): /iũ²⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iũ²³⁻³³ a⁴¹/

Noun

羊仔

(Cantonese, Northern Min) lamb (young caprine)
(Hakka, Hokkien) sheep; goat

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 小羊 (“lamb or kid; young caprine”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		小羊, 羔羊, 羊羔
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	羊羔兒
	Taiwan	小羊
	Chengde	羊羔兒
	Chifeng	羊羔兒
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	羊羔兒
	Heihe	羊羔兒, 小羊
	Qiqihar	羊羔, 小羊羔, 小羊
	Harbin	羊羔兒, 小羊兒
	Jiamusi	羊羔, 小羊羔兒
	Baicheng	羊羔
	Changchun	羊羔子
	Tonghua	羊羔兒
	Shenyang	羊羔
	Jinzhou	羊羔兒, 小羊羔兒, 羊羔子
	Singapore	小羊
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	羊羔兒
	Tangshan	羊羔, 小羊
	Cangzhou	羊羔兒
	Baoding	羊羔兒
	Shijiazhuang	羊羔
	Lijin	羊羔兒
	Jinan	羊羔, 羊羔子, 羊羔兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	羊羔子
	Dandong	羊羔, 小羊
	Yantai	羊羔兒
	Yantai (Muping)	羊羔兒, 羊羔子
	Qingdao	羊羔兒
	Zhucheng	羊羔子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	羊羔
	Lingbao	羊羔兒, 羊娃兒
	Jining	羊羔兒
	Wanrong	羊羔兒, 羊娃兒
	Linfen	羊羔兒
	Shangqiu	羊羔兒, 小羊
	Yuanyang	羊羔兒, 小羊兒
	Zhengzhou	羊羔兒
	Xinyang	羊羔兒
	Baihe	小羊娃兒
	Xi'an	羊羔, 羊羔兒, 羊羔子, 羊娃兒
	Baoji	羊羔
	Tianshui	羊羔
	Xining	羊羔兒, 尕羊羔兒
	Xuzhou	小羊羔兒, 羊羔兒, 小羊羔子, 羊羔子, 小羊
	Fuyang	羊羔, 小羊
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	羊羔子, 羊羔羔, 羊咩咩
	Lanzhou	羊羔子, 羊羔
	Dunhuang	羊羔子, 駒驢娃子
	Hami	羊娃子
	Ürümqi	羊羔子, 羊娃子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	小羊子, 小羊兒, 羊兒子
	Nanchong	小羊
	Dazhou	小羊
	Hanyuan	羊兒子
	Xichang	羊羔兒
	Zigong	小羊兒
	Chongqing	小羊子
	Wuhan	羊羔, 小羊, 小羊子
	Yichang	羊羔, 小羊
	Xiangyang	羊羔, 小羊羔, 小羊
	Tianmen	小羊
	Guiyang	小羊兒, 小羊子
	Zunyi	羊兒
	Bijie	小羊兒
	Liping	羊崽
	Zhaotong	小羊兒
	Dali	小羊羊
	Kunming	羊羔, 小羊
	Mengzi	小羊
	Guilin	小羊
	Liuzhou	羊崽
	Jishou	羊兒
	Changde	小羊
	Hanzhong	羊羔, 小羊
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	羊羔子, 小羊
	Yangzhou	羊羔, 小羊
	Lianyungang	羊羔, 小羊羔子
	Lianshui	小羊
	Nantong	小羊子
	Anqing	小羊, 小羊羔
	Wuhu	小羊, 小羊羔
	Hefei	小羊
	Hong'an	小羊子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	羊咩仔, 羊仔
	Hong Kong	羊咩仔, 羊仔
	Dongguan	羊仔
	Yangjiang	羊咩
Gan	Nanchang	羊崽子, 羊羔
	Lichuan	羊崽兒
	Pingxiang	羊崽仔
Hakka	Meixian	細羊仔, 奶羊
Hakka	Yudu	尒羊子, 細羊子
Huizhou	Shexian	小羊
Jin	Taiyuan	羊羔子, 羊羔羔, 羊羔
	Yangyuan	羊羔
	Datong	羊羔兒
	Xinzhou	羊羔子, 羔子, 小羊子
	Lüliang (Lishi)	羊羔羔
	Changzhi	羊羔子
	Linhe	羊羔羔
	Jining	羊羔子
	Hohhot	羊羔
	Erenhot	羊羔子
	Pingshan	羊羔
	Zhangjiakou	羊羔子, 小羊
	Handan	羊羔, 小羊
	Linzhou	羊羔
	Suide	羊羔兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	羊仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	羊囝
Southern Min	Xiamen	羊仔囝
	Tainan	羊羔
	Chaozhou	羊囝
	Haikou	羊囝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	羊崽
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	小羊
	Suzhou	小羊
	Danyang	小羊子
	Hangzhou	小羊
	Ningbo	小羊
	Wenzhou	羊兒
	Jinhua	小羊
Xiang	Changsha	羊崽子
Xiang	Shuangfeng	羊崽唧

Dialectal synonyms of 羊 (“goat; sheep”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		羊
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		羊
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	羊
	Taiwan	羊
	Chifeng	羊
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	羊
	Harbin	羊
	Shenyang	羊
	Singapore	羊
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	羊
	Tangshan	羊
	Cangzhou	羊
	Baoding	羊
	Shijiazhuang	羊
	Jinan	羊
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	羊
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Qingdao	羊
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	羊
	Wanrong	羊
	Zhengzhou	羊
	Xi'an	羊
	Xining	羊
	Xuzhou	羊
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	羊
	Lanzhou	羊
	Ürümqi	羊
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	羊, 羊子
	Chongqing	羊
	Wuhan	羊, 羊子
	Guiyang	羊, 羊子
	Kunming	羊
	Guilin	羊
	Liuzhou	羊, 羊咩
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	羊
	Yangzhou	羊
	Nantong	羊
	Hefei	羊
Cantonese	Guangzhou	羊, 羊咩
	Hong Kong	羊, 羊咩, 羊咩咩 childish
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	羊
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	羊
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	羊
	Dongguan	羊
	Yangjiang	羊, 羊咩
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	羊, 羊咩
	Singapore (Guangfu)	羊
Gan	Nanchang	羊
Gan	Pingxiang	羊
Hakka	Meixian	羊仔
	Dabu (Xihe)	羊
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	羊仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	羊仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	羊仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	羊
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	羊仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	羊
	Hong Kong	羊
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	羊
	Senai (Huiyang)	羊
Huizhou	Jixi	羊
Huizhou	Shexian	羊
Jin	Taiyuan	羊, 羊兒
	Xinzhou	羊
	Linhe	羊
	Jining	羊
	Hohhot	羊
	Baotou	羊
	Zhangjiakou	羊
	Handan	羊
Northern Min	Jian'ou	羊
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	羊
Southern Min	Xiamen	羊, 羊咩咩 childish
	Quanzhou	羊, 羊咩咩 childish
	Zhangzhou	羊咩咩 childish
	Zhao'an	羊仔
	Kaohsiung	羊
	Yilan	羊仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	羊
	Taichung	羊仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	羊
	Tainan	羊
	Taitung	羊
	Hsinchu	羊
	Penghu (Magong)	羊
	Penang (Hokkien)	羊
	Singapore (Hokkien)	羊
	Manila (Hokkien)	羊
	Chaozhou	羊
	Shantou	羊
	Shantou (Chenghai)	羊
	Jieyang	羊
	Bangkok (Teochew)	羊
	Chiang Mai (Teochew)	羊
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	羊
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	羊
	Singapore (Teochew)	羊
	Pontianak (Teochew)	羊
	Haikou	羊, 羊咩
	Singapore (Hainanese)	羊
Puxian Min	Putian	羊咩, 羊
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	羊
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	羊咩
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	羊
	Xianyou	羊, 羊咩
	Xianyou (Fengting)	羊, 羊咩
	Xianyou (Youyang)	羊, 羊咩
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	羊, 羊咩咩 childish
Shehua	Fu'an	羊
	Fuding	羊
	Luoyuan	羊
	Sanming	羊
	Shunchang	羊
	Hua'an	羊
	Guixi (Zhangping)	羊
	Cangnan	羊
	Jingning (Hexi)	羊
	Lishui	羊
	Longyou	羊
	Chaozhou	羊
	Fengshun	羊
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	羊
Wu	Shanghai	羊
	Suzhou	羊, 羊媽媽
	Danyang	羊子
	Hangzhou	羊
	Wenzhou	羊兒
Xiang	Changsha	羊
	Shuangfeng	羊
	Hengyang	羊

Derived terms

羊仔目