老囝

Chinese

old; aged; venerable
old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
 
 child
trad. (老囝) 老 囝
simp. #(老囝) 老 囝

Pronunciation

Noun

老囝

  1. (Eastern Min) godson; (nominally) adopted son

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 乾兒子 (“godson; (nominally) adopted son”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 義子, 誼子
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 乾兒子
Taiwan 乾兒子
Harbin 乾兒子
Singapore 乾兒子
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 乾兒
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 乾兒
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 乾兒子
Lanzhou 乾兒子
Southwestern Mandarin Liuzhou 乾崽
Cantonese Guangzhou 契仔
Hong Kong 契仔, 乾仔
Foshan 契仔
Foshan (Shunde) 契仔
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 契仔
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 契仔
Taishan 契仔
Kaiping (Chikan) 契仔
Dongguan 契仔
Yangjiang 契仔
Gan Lichuan 契崽
Hakka Meixian 契子, 相認賴仔
Yudu 契子, 義子
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 契子
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 義子
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 契子
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 契子
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 契子
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 契子
Jin Taiyuan 乾兒子
Northern Min Jian'ou 老囝
Eastern Min Fuzhou 義囝
Southern Min Xiamen 契囝
Quanzhou 契囝
Jinjiang 契囝
Zhangzhou 契囝
Taipei 契囝
Kaohsiung 契囝
Penang (Hokkien) 契囝
Manila (Hokkien) 契囝
Shantou 契囝
Puxian Min Putian 結義的囝
Xianyou 結義的囝
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 契崽
Wu Shanghai 過房兒子, 義子 dated
Shanghai (Chongming) 寄拜兒子
Hangzhou 乾兒子
Ningbo 繼拜兒子
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