鴨子

See also: 鸭子

Chinese

Etymology 1

	duck	noun suffix
trad. (鴨子)	鴨	子
simp. (鸭子)	鸭	子
anagram	子鴨／子鸭

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): yāzi

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄚ ˙ㄗ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ya² zi³

(Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): yåqzii

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): язы (i͡azɨ, I-I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): aap³ zi²
Hakka (Changting, Changting Pinyin): a² zï³
Jin (Wiktionary): iah⁴ zeh
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷aq-tsy₅

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yāzi
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄚ ˙ㄗ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yazi̊h
  - Wade–Giles: ya¹-tzŭ⁵
  - Yale: yā-dz
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ia.tzy
  - Palladius: яцзы (jaczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
  - Homophones:
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    丫子
    鴨子 / 鸭子
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: ya² zi³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: iaz
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ia²¹ t͡sz̩⁵³/
- (Nanjing)
  - Nanjing Pinyin: yåqzii
  - Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): yaq⁵ zii⁰
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iaʔ⁵ t͡sz̩/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: язы (i͡azɨ, I-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ia²⁴ t͡sz̩²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: aap³ zi²
  - Yale: aap jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aap⁸ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ab³ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːp̚³ t͡siː³⁵/
Hakka
- (Changting)
  - Changting Pinyin: a² zï³
  - Sinological IPA: /a²⁴ t͡sz̩⁴²/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: iah⁴ zeh
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /iaʔ² t͡səʔ³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁷aq-tsy₅
  - MiniDict: ah^入 tsy^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴aq-tsr₂
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /aʔ³³ t͡sz̩⁴⁴/

Noun

鴨子

duck (Classifier: 隻／只 m)
(slang) male prostitute; rentboy; moneyboy
(Changting Hakka) female prostitute
(dialectal Mandarin) male genitalia; penis

Synonyms

(duck):

Dialectal synonyms of 鴨子 (“duck”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鴨
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鴨
Taxonomic name		鴨
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	鴨子
	Taiwan	鴨子
	Chengde	鴨
	Chifeng	鴨子, 鴨
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	鴨子
	Heihe	鴨子, 鴨
	Qiqihar	鴨子
	Harbin	鴨子
	Jiamusi	鴨子, 鴨
	Baicheng	鴨子
	Changchun	鴨子
	Tonghua	鴨子
	Shenyang	鴨子
	Jinzhou	鴨子, 鴨
	Malaysia	鴨
	Singapore	鴨
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	鴨子
	Tangshan	鴨子, 鴨
	Cangzhou	鴨子
	Baoding	鴨子
	Shijiazhuang	鴨子
	Lijin	鴨子, 咧咧
	Jinan	鴨子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	鴨子
	Dandong	鴨子, 鴨
	Yantai	鴨巴子
	Yantai (Muping)	鴨巴子
	Rongcheng	鴨巴, 鴨巴子
	Qingdao	鴨子, 鴨巴子
	Qingdao (Chengyang)	鴨子
	Qingdao (Jimo)	鴨巴子, 吧吧
	Laixi	吧子, 小巴兒
	Pingdu	扁嘴, 鴨巴子
	Jiaozhou	扁嘴
	Qingdao (Jiaonan, Huangdao)	老歪, 扁嘴
	Zhucheng	扁嘴, 老歪
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	鴨子
	Lingbao	鴨子
	Jining	鴨子, 扁嘴
	Wanrong	鴨兒
	Linfen	鴨子
	Shangqiu	鴨
	Yuanyang	鴨鴨兒
	Zhengzhou	鴨子, 鴨
	Xinyang	鴨子, 扁嘴兒
	Baihe	鴨子
	Xi'an	鴨子, 鴨
	Baoji	鴨子
	Tianshui	鴨子
	Xining	鴨子, 鴨鴨
	Xuzhou	鴨子
	Pizhou	鴨子
	Lianyungang (Ganyu)	扁嘴
	Donghai	扁嘴
	Fuyang	鴨子, 扁嘴子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	鴨子
	Lanzhou	鴨子
	Dunhuang	鴨子
	Hami	鴨子
	Ürümqi	鴨子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	鴨子, 鴨兒
	Nanchong	鴨子
	Dazhou	鴨子
	Hanyuan	鴨子
	Xichang	鴨子
	Zigong	鴨子
	Chongqing	鴨子, 鴨娃兒
	Wuhan	鴨子
	Yichang	鴨子, 鴨
	Xiangyang	鴨子
	Tianmen	鴨子, 鴨
	Guiyang	鴨子, 鴨哩哩 childish
	Zunyi	鴨子, 鴨兒
	Bijie	鴨子
	Liping	鴨子
	Zhaotong	鴨子
	Dali	鴨子
	Kunming	鴨子
	Mengzi	鴨子
	Guilin	鴨子, 鴨
	Liuzhou	鴨, 鴨子
	Nanning (Wuming)	鴨
	Jishou	鴨子
	Changde	鴨子
	Hanzhong	鴨子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	鴨子, 鴨
	Yangzhou	鴨子, 扁嘴王 humorous
	Baoying	鴨子
	Taizhou	鴨子
	Zhenjiang	鴨子
	Lianyungang	鴨子, 癟嘴
	Huai'an (Huaiyin)	鴨子
	Lianshui	鴨子
	Xuyi	鴨子
	Nantong	鴨子
	Rugao	鴨子
	Yancheng	鴨子
	Funing	鴨子
	Sihong	鴨子
	Anqing	鴨子, 鴨
	Wuhu	鴨子
	Hefei	鴨子
	Huanggang	鴨子
	Hong'an	鴨子, 鴨, 湖鴨, 扁嘴, 鴨叭腿
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鴨, 扁嘴
	Hong Kong	鴨
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	鴨
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	鴨
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	鴨
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	鴨
	Macau	鴨
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	鴨
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	鴨
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	鴨
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	鴨
	Foshan	鴨
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	鴨
	Foshan (Shunde)	鴨
	Foshan (Sanshui)	鴨
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	鴨
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	鴨
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	鴨
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	鴨
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	鴨
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	鴨
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	鴨
	Taishan	鴨
	Kaiping (Chikan)	鴨
	Enping (Niujiang)	鴨
	Heshan (Yayao)	鴨
	Dongguan	鴨
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	鴨
	Qingyuan	鴨
	Fogang	鴨
	Yingde (Hanguang)	鴨
	Yangshan	鴨
	Lianshan (Butian)	鴨
	Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	鴨
	Shaoguan	鴨, 鴨仔
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	鴨
	Renhua	鴨
	Lechang	鴨
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	鴨
	Sihui	鴨
	Guangning	鴨
	Deqing	鴨
	Huaiji	鴨
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	鴨
	Yunfu	鴨
	Xinxing	鴨
	Luoding	鴨
	Yunan (Pingtai)	鴨
	Yangjiang	鴨
	Xinyi	鴨
	Gaozhou	鴨
	Lianjiang	鴨
	Nanning	鴨
	Wuzhou	鴨
	Yulin	鴨
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	鴨
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	鴨
	Singapore (Guangfu)	鴨
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	鴨
Gan	Nanchang	鴨子, 鴨
	Pengze	鴨
	Lichuan	鴨兒
	Pingxiang	鴨
Hakka	Meixian	鴨仔
	Dabu (Xihe)	鴨
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	鴨
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	鴨
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	鴨
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	鴨
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	鴨仔
	Changting	鴨子, 鴨
	Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding)	鴨
	Wuping	鴨子
	Ninghua	鴨仔
	Yudu	鴨子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鴨仔
	Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian)	鴨仔
	Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian)	鴨仔
	Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian)	鴨仔
	Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian)	鴨仔
	Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian)	鴨仔
	Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian)	鴨仔
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	鴨仔
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	鴨仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鴨仔
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	鴨仔
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	鴨仔
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	鴨仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鴨仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	鴨
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鴨仔, 鴨
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	鴨
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鴨
	Hong Kong	鴨
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	鴨
	Chengdu (Hexingchang)	鴨嫲
	Weiyuan (Guanyingtan)	鴨嫲, 鴨子
	Yilong (Ma'an)	鴨嫲
	Xichang (Huanglianguan)	鴨子
	Sabah (Longchuan)	鴨仔
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	鴨子
	Senai (Huiyang)	鴨
	Singkawang	鴨
	Bangkok (Meixian)	鴨仔
Huizhou	Jixi	鴨
	Shexian	鴨
	Fuliang	鴨兒
	Fuliang (Ehu)	鴨兒
Jin	Taiyuan	鴨子
	Pingyao	鴨子
	Yangyuan	鴨子
	Datong	鴨子
	Xinzhou	鴨子
	Lüliang (Lishi)	鴨子
	Changzhi	鴨子
	Linhe	鴨子
	Jining	鴨子
	Hohhot	鴨子
	Erenhot	鴨子
	Pingshan	鴨子
	Zhangjiakou	鴨子
	Handan	鴨子
	Linzhou	鴨了
	Suide	鴨子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鴨
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鴨, 鴨囝
	Fuqing	鴨
	Matsu	鴨
Southern Min	Xiamen	鴨, 鴨仔, 闊喙婆 humorous
	Quanzhou	鴨, 鴨仔, 闊喙婆 humorous
	Jinjiang	鴨
	Yongchun	鴨
	Zhangzhou	鴨, 鴨仔, 鴨咪 childish, 闊喙婆 humorous
	Dongshan	鴨
	Taipei	鴨仔
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	鴨仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	鴨仔
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	鴨仔
	Kaohsiung	鴨仔
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	鴨仔
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	鴨仔
	Yilan	鴨仔
	Yilan (Luodong)	鴨仔
	Yilan (Toucheng)	鴨仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	鴨仔
	Changhua (Yongjing)	鴨仔
	Taichung	鴨
	Tainan	鴨仔
	Tainan (Anping)	鴨仔
	Hsinchu	鴨
	Miaoli (Houlong)	鴨仔
	Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	鴨仔
	Kinmen	鴨
	Penghu (Magong)	鴨
	Penghu (Xiyu)	鴨仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	鴨
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鴨
	Manila (Hokkien)	鴨
	Longyan	鴨仔
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	鴨
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	鴨
	Pingnan (Sijie)	鴨
	Pingle (Zhoutang)	鴨
	Lechang (Tatou)	鴨
	Yingde (Yuzui)	鴨
	Yunan (Liantan)	鴨
	Chaozhou	鴨
	Shantou	鴨
	Jieyang	鴨
	Haifeng	鴨咪
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	鴨
	Singapore (Teochew)	鴨
	Haikou	鴨
	Singapore (Hainanese)	鴨
Puxian Min	Putian	鴨咪
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	鴨
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	鴨
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	鴨, 鴨咪
	Xianyou	鴨, 鴨咪
	Xianyou (Fengting)	鴨, 鴨咪
	Xianyou (Youyang)	鴨, 鴨咪
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	鴨
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	鴨
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	鴨, 老扁 secret language
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	鴨
Shehua	Fu'an	鴨
	Fuding	鴨
	Luoyuan	鴨
	Sanming	鴨
	Shunchang	鴨
	Hua'an	鴨
	Guixi (Zhangping)	鴨
	Cangnan	鴨
	Jingning (Hexi)	鴨
	Lishui	鴨
	Longyou	鴨
	Chaozhou	鴨
	Fengshun	鴨
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	鴨
Waxiang	Yuanling (Shaojiwan)	鴨
Wu	Shanghai	鴨子, 鴨, 鴨里里 childish
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	鴨
	Shanghai (Jiading)	鴨, 鴨里里 childish
	Shanghai (Chongming)	鴨
	Suzhou	鴨, 鴨連連
	Wuxi	鴨, 鴨連連
	Changshu	鴨
	Nantong (Haimen)	鴨
	Changzhou	鴨
	Danyang	鴨子, 鴨
	Nanjing (Gaochun)	鴨
	Hangzhou	鴨兒
	Ningbo	鴨, 鴨兒, 茄茄鴨 childish
	Wenzhou	水雞, 鴨, 嘎嘎 childish, 嘎嘎囉 childish
	Jinhua	鴨, 鴨兒
Xiang	Changsha	鴨
	Loudi	鴨
	Shuangfeng	鴨
	Quanzhou	鴨
Xiangnan Tuhua	Jiangyong	鴨
Xiangnan Tuhua	Dong'an	鴨唧
Yuebei Tuhua	Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang)	鴨
	Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang)	鴨
	Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang)	鴨
	Renhua (Zhoutian)	鴨
	Renhua (Shitang)	鴨
	Ruyuan (Songwei, Guitou)	鴨
	Lechang (Changlai)	鴨
	Lechang (Beixiang)	鴨
	Lechang (Huangpu)	鴨婆
	Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi)	鴨
	Lechang (Sanxi)	鴨

(male prostitute):

Dialectal synonyms of 男妓 (“male prostitute”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		男妓, 妓男, 男娼
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	老泡兒, 兔兒爺, 妞兒夾子
	Taiwan	男妓, 牛郎, 鴨
	Malaysia	鴨
	Singapore	鴨
Lanyin Mandarin	Lanzhou	崽娃子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	㚻子, 鴨子, 兔兒, 吃相飯的, 吃相公飯的, 賣屁兒的, 賣溝子的, 半截腸子不裝屎的, 相公, 相姑
	Chengdu (Xindu)	賣屁兒的, 賣溝子的
	Chengdu (Pidu)	賣屁兒的, 賣溝子的, 屁股蟲
	Chengdu (Wenjiang)	賣屁兒的, 賣溝子的
	Chengdu (Shuangliu)	賣屁兒的, 賣溝子的, 妖哥子, 妖童
	Chengdu (Xinjin)	賣屁兒的, 賣溝子的, 妖哥子, 妖童, 屁兒蟲
	Jintang	㚻子, 賣溝子的, 賣籮篼的, 妖童, 妖哥子, 相公
	Pengzhou	賣屁兒的, 賣溝子的, 妖哥子
	Dujiangyan	賣屁兒的, 相公
	Chongzhou	妖哥, 妖兒童
	Dayi	賣溝子的, 妖哥子, 屁兒蟲
	Pujiang	賣屁兒的, 賣溝子的
	Qionglai	賣溝子的, 妖哥子, 屁兒蟲, 跩哥
Cantonese	Guangzhou	契弟, 脂粉大相
	Hong Kong	男妓, 鴨
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	鴨
	Singapore (Guangfu)	鴨
Northern Min	Jian'ou	桃脯
Southern Min	Xiamen	契弟, 阿倌
	Taipei	龜精 GT, 鹿仔 GT
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鴨, 阿倌
Wu	Shanghai	屁精, 兔子
	Suzhou	相公
	Jinhua	雄婊子
Xiang	Changsha	幺它
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

(female prostitute):

Dialectal synonyms of 妓女 (“female prostitute”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		娼妓, 妓女, 娼婦
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	妓女, 婊子, 姑娘兒, 窯姐兒, 野花兒
	Taiwan	妓女, 婊子
	Harbin	婊子, 窯子娘們兒, 窯姐兒, 兔兒, 兔子
	Malaysia	雞
	Singapore	妓女, 雞
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	窯姐
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	婊子, 賣窯子的
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	窯子
Central Plains Mandarin	Xining	馬班子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	婊子, 娼婦
	Lanzhou	婊子, 窯子
	Ürümqi	婊子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	梭爺子, 婊子婆娘, 婊子, 梭梭, 雞, 貓兒, 野雞, 捨物, 粉臉子 dated
	Wuhan	婊子, 妖姑, 賣貨, 片
	Guiyang	婊子, 娼妓
	Kunming	爛使, 皮旦
	Liuzhou	老舉婆, 老舉, 婊子婆
	Dagudi (Maliba)	賣屄人
	Reshuitang (Longling)	賣屄人
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	妓女, 賣屄婆
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	賣屄人
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	婊子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	婊子, 姑娘 dated
Cantonese	Guangzhou	老舉, 野雞, 雞
	Hong Kong	妓女, 雞, 老舉, 啄地, 鳳, 鳳姐, 女女, G neologism
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	老舉
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	老舉
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	老舉
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	老舉
	Macau	老舉, 雞
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	老舉
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	老舉
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	老舉
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	老舉
	Foshan	老舉
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	老舉
	Foshan (Shunde)	老舉
	Foshan (Sanshui)	老舉
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	老舉
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	老舉
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	老舉
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	老舉
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	老舉, 雞
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	老舉, 雞
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	老舉, 雞
	Taishan	老舉, 妓女, 雞
	Kaiping (Chikan)	老舉, 雞
	Enping (Niujiang)	老舉, 雞
	Heshan (Yayao)	老舉
	Dongguan	老舉, 妓女, 雞
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	老舉
	Xinyi	老舉
	Nanning	老妓
	Rongxian	雞
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	老舉婆
	Hepu (Shatian)	老契
	Guiping	老舉
	Guiping (Mule)	雞
	Pingnan	雞
	Guigang (Gangcheng)	老舉, 雞
	Guigang (Pingdong)	老舉
	Beihai	老舉
	Beihai (Nankang)	老舉
	Beihai (Yingpan)	老舉婆
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	老舉, 雞婆
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	老舉
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	雞婆
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	妓女, 老舉, 雞
	Singapore (Guangfu)	雞
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	老舉
	Móng Cái	老舉
	Yangon (Taishan)	妓女, 老舉, 雞
	Mandalay (Taishan)	女妓
	Bangkok (Guangfu)	老舉, 雞
	Betong (Rongxian)	雞
Gan	Nanchang	姑娘, 婊子, 雀子
	Lichuan	婊子
	Pingxiang	婊子
Hakka	Meixian	婊仔, 火屎, 當賺個, 老舉嫲, 老舉
	Xingning	婊哩, 老舉, 老舉嫲, 貨屎, 貨哩
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	老舉, 老舉婆, 雞
	Huiyang	老舉
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	老舉嫲
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	老舉嫲
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	老舉
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	老舉嫲
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	雞婆, 老舉嫲, 老舉
	Wuhua (Changbu)	老舉嫲
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	雞婆, 老舉嫲
	Nanxiong (Zhuji)	老舉
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	老舉
	Changting	鴨子
	Yudu	婊姊, 姑娘, 婊子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	賺食嫲
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	菜店嫲
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	菜店嫲
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	賺食嫲
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	賺食嫲
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	賺食嫲
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	趁食夫娘人, 趁食妹子
	Hong Kong	老舉嫲
	Senai (Huiyang)	老舉, 雞
Huizhou	Jixi	婊子, 賣屄貨
Jin	Taiyuan	婊子, 窯子裡的
Jin	Xinzhou	婊子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	妓嫲
	Jianyang	妓嫲
	Wuyishan	婊子
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	白面, 白面哥
	Fuzhou (Changle)	白面哥
	Fuqing	婊
	Yongtai	白面
	Gutian	做婊子
	Fu'an	白面
	Ningde	白面
	Shouning	婊囝
	Zhouning	婊囝
	Fuding	花娘
	Matsu	白面
Southern Min	Xiamen	婊仔, 娼婊, 水貨, 雞, 趁食查某, 土婊, 間仔查某
	Quanzhou	婊仔, 片仔, 水貨, 雞, 土婊
	Yongchun	婊囝
	Zhangzhou	婊仔, 查某孫, 雞, 雞仔, 土婊, 土婊仔, 間仔查某, 間底查某
	Taipei	趁食查某, 菜店查某
	Taipei (Wanhua)	趁食查某
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	趁食查某, 菜店查某, 豆菜底的
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	趁食查某, 豆菜底
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	趁食查某
	Kaohsiung	菜店查某, 趁食查某
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	趁食查某, 菜店查某
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	趁食查某, 菜店查某
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	趁食查某, 咧趁的, 菜店查某
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	趁食查某, 菜店查某, 咧趁的
	Yilan	菜店查某, 趁食查某
	Yilan (Toucheng)	趁食查某
	Changhua (Lukang)	趁食查某
	Taichung	趁食查某
	Taichung (Wuqi)	趁食查某
	Tainan	豆菜底的, 菜店查某, 趁食查某, 貓仔, 咧趁的, 媌仔, 妓女, 路邊花
	Tainan (Anping)	趁食查某, 菜店查某, 歹查某, 咧趁的
	Taitung	趁食查某
	Hsinchu	趁食查某
	Kinmen	趁食查某, 相楗的
	Penghu (Magong)	趁食查某, 菜店查某, 菜店彪, 妓女
	Penghu (Xiyu)	趁食查某, 菜店查某, 婊囝
	Penang (Hokkien)	歹查某, 雞
	Singapore (Hokkien)	婊仔, 樂洞, 雞
	Manila (Hokkien)	摃婆, 漚摃, 婊, 婊仔, 歹查某, 姣查某, 漚查某, 姣婊
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	老妓
	Chaozhou	娼, 雞
	Shantou	花娘, 騷婆, 妓女
	Jieyang	雞, 騷, 騷婆, 查某, 娼囝
	Haifeng	雞, 查某娼
	Bangkok (Teochew)	妓女, 雞
	Chiang Mai (Teochew)	老衍
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	妓女
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	妓女
	Leizhou	娘
	Haikou	娘囝, 娘
Puxian Min	Putian	貨𨈘
Puxian Min	Xianyou	貨𨈘
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	老舉
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	老妓婆, 婊子婆
Wu	Shanghai	婊子, 妓女, 煤餅
	Shanghai (Chongming)	婊子, 野雞
	Suzhou	婊子, 妓女
	Danyang	婊子
	Hangzhou	婊子, 妓女
	Ningbo	花佬, 婊子
	Wenzhou	大毛, 嬉老, 花兒
	Jinhua	賣胖貨, 賣胖個, 婊子, 婊子貨
Xiang	Changsha	妓女, 婊子, 婊子婆
	Loudi	婊子, 娼婦
	Quanzhou	妓女

(penis):

Dialectal synonyms of 陰莖 (“penis; male genitalia”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		玉莖, 陽具, 陽物, 陰體, 人道, 身根
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		陰莖, 陽具, 男根
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	雞巴, 卵子, 家伙, 帽兒, 大帽兒, 雀子 †, 小雞兒 †, 小蟲兒 †
	Taiwan	雞雞, 屌, 肉棒, 老二, 命根, 命根子, 小弟弟, 小鳥 †, 小雞雞 †
	Harbin	雞巴, 雞巴嘚兒, 雞巴頭子, 嘚兒, 牛子, 老二, 二哥, 腿兒, 牛牛兒 †, 小牛子 †, 家雀兒 †
	Singapore	小鳥 †
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	屌, 小雞兒 †, 小雞雞 †
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	鴨子, 雞子, 雞巴, 屌, 小鴨兒 †
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Rongcheng	鴨子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	雞巴, 屌, 膀, 雞巴兒 †, 小雞兒雞兒 †
	Wanrong	鴨子, 鴨兒 †
	Xi'an	㞗, 錘子, 牛牛兒 †
	Xining	雞巴, 㞗, 錘子, 雞雞 †
	Xuzhou	屌, 雞巴, 雞尜尜, 屌頭子, 老二, 二哥, 一家人兒, 打種的 dated, 小雞兒 †, 雞兒 †, 尜尜 †, 小老雀兒 †, 老雀兒 †
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	㞗
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	㞗, 雞巴, 雞雞 †
	Lanzhou	㞗, 牛牛子 †
	Ürümqi	㞗, 㞗把子, 錘子, 雞雞 †, 㞗㞗 †
	Jimsar	㞗
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	錘子, 雞巴, 雞棍兒, 雞兒, 雀雀兒, 雀雀, 麻雀兒, 毛鰱魚, 老二, 㞗, 雞雞 †, 小雞兒 †, 小麻雀兒 †, 小雀雀兒 †
	Chongqing	錘子, 卵, 鷄兒, 鴨兒, 雀雀兒, 鷄巴, 㞗, 牙刷兒
	Wuhan	鴨蒂, 雞巴, 卵, 雀雀 †, 鴨鴨 †, 雞雞 †
	Guiyang	雞巴, 大雞巴, 乾雞巴, 馬雞巴, 卵子, 㞗, 屌, 下二哥, 二哥, 甩甩, 錘錘 dated, 錘子 dated, 雞雞 †, 小雞兒 †, 雞兒 †, 麻雀 †, 小麻雀 †, 雀雀 †
	Liuzhou	鳥, 卵, 二老爺, 大頭蟲, 鳥崽 †
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	雞巴, 屌, 麻雀, 小麻雀兒 †
	Yangzhou	雞巴, 屌子, 屌, 卵子, 麻雀子 †
	Nantong	屌兒, 屌
	Hefei	屌, 雞巴, 尕尕雞 †, 尕雞 †
	Huanggang	卵, 雞巴
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鳩, 𨳍, 𡳞, 賓周, 小便, 祠堂, 脧 †, 脧脧 †, 鳩脧 †, 脧仔 †, 咕咕 †, 雀仔 †, 慈姑椗 †
	Hong Kong	鳩, 𨳍, 𡳞, 賓周, 周, 周周, 雀, 弟弟, 細佬, 何B仔, 子孫根, 祠堂, 第三隻腳, 第五肢, 是非根, J slang, 丁 slang, 丁丁 slang, 腸 slang, 腸仔 slang, 嘢 euphemistic, 脧 †, 脧脧 †, 脧脧仔 †, 咕咕 †, 雀仔 †, 慈姑椗 †
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	𡳞, 鵝仔 †
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	鵝仔, 𡳞
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	𡳞, 𡳞仔 †
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	𡳞
	Macau	鳩
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	鳩, 𨳍
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	鳩
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	鳩
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	鳩
	Foshan	鳩
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	鳩
	Foshan (Shunde)	鳩
	Foshan (Sanshui)	鳩, 𨳍
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	鳩
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	鳩, 𨳍
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	𨳍
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	鳩脧, 𨳍
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	𨳍, 鳩
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	雀, 𡳞
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	𡳞, 鳩
	Taishan	𡳞, 雀 †, 雀仔 †
	Kaiping (Chikan)	𡳞, 𨳍
	Enping (Niujiang)	𡳞, 𨳍
	Heshan (Yayao)	𨳍
	Dongguan	𡳞, 鵝必 †
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	𡳞
	Qingyuan	鳩
	Fogang	𨳍
	Yingde (Hanguang)	鳩
	Yangshan	巧
	Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	巧
	Shaoguan	𨳍
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	鳩
	Renhua	𡳞子
	Lechang	雞巴, 𨳍
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	鳩
	Sihui	巧, 鳩, 𨳍
	Guangning	巧
	Deqing	屌, 𨳍
	Huaiji	鳩
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	鳩
	Yunfu	𨳍
	Xinxing	𨳍
	Luoding	𨳍
	Yunan (Pingtai)	鳩
	Yangjiang	鳩, 𨳍
	Xinyi	𨳍
	Nanning	𨳍
	Wuzhou	咪, 鳩, 𨳍
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	鳩脧
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	𡳞, 鳩, 𨳍
	Ipoh (Guangfu)	屌, 𨳍, 𡳞, 咕咕, 雀仔, 水喉, 大鵰, 賓周, 慈姑椗
	Singapore (Guangfu)	𡳞, 鳩, 𨳍
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	賓周
Gan	Nanchang	卵, 卵雞子 †, 卵雞 †
	Lichuan	卵, 老二
	Pingxiang	卵, 卵仔 †, 雞仔 †
Hakka	Meixian	𡳞棍, 𡳞仔, 𡳞, 脧, 脧仔 †
	Xingning	脧哩, 𡳞棍
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	𡳞, 𡳞棍, 脧 †, 咕咕 †
	Huidong (Daling)	𡳞棍, 脧仔
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	脧
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	脧
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	𡳞, 脧
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	𨳍
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	脧哩, 𡳞棍
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	脧哩, 脧, 𡳞棍
	Wuhua (Changbu)	脧
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	脧哩, 𡳞棍
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	𡳞
	Wengyuan	𡳞子
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	𡳞棍
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	𡳞棍, 脧
	Liannan	脧子
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	𨳍
	Jiexi	脧
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	𡳞
	Changting	𡳞子, 𡳞
	Wuping	𡳞
	Wuping (Yanqian)	𡳞子
	Wuping (Pingyu)	𡳞
	Liancheng	𡳞, 脧
	Ninghua	脧
	Yudu	卵, 卵子 †, 尒卵子 †
	Ningdu	卵
	Ruijin	卵陀
	Shicheng	卵梗
	Shangyou (Shexi)	卵
	Tonggu (Sandu)	卵子
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	卵
	Dayu	卵
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	𡳞, 脧, 脧仔
	Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian)	脧仔
	Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian)	脧仔
	Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian)	𡳞棍
	Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian)	𡳞棍
	Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian)	𡳞棍
	Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian)	𡳞棍
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	𡳞, 𡳞棍, 脧仔
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	𡳞棍, 脧仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	𡳞
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	𡳞
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	𡳞, 脧仔
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	𡳞
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	𡳞棍
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	𡳞棍
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	𡳞棍
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	脧
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	脧子
	Hong Kong	𡳞, 脧 †
	Mengshan (Xihe)	𡳞
	Luchuan	脧
	Sabah (Bao'an)	𡳞棍, 𡳞
	Sabah (Longchuan)	脧仔
	Senai (Huiyang)	𡳞棍
	Singkawang	脧
Huizhou	Jixi	鳥, 老八鳥, 八鳥
	Shexian	鳥
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	雞兒, 鳥兒
	Xiuning	鳥, 卵, 雞兒, 雞雞 †, 下身 euphemistic
	Yixian	卵
	Qimen	屌兒
	Wuyuan	菩蒂
Jin	Taiyuan	㞗, 雞巴, 雀兒, 雞雞 †, 狗雞兒 †
	Taiyuan (Jiancaoping)	雞巴, 㞗
	Pingyao	㞗兒, 秤桿, 狗雞兒 †, 雞兒 †, 狗雞雞 †
	Xinzhou	㞗, 雞巴, 雞雞, 二掌櫃, 小腹, 雞溜子 †, 雞溜 †, 毛㞗 of an adult
	Shenmu	㞗, 屌子, 雞溜子, 雞雞 †, 沙奶奶 †
Northern Min	Jian'ou	𫵓, 𫵓仔, 𫵓𫵓仔 †
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	𫵓
	Songxi	𫵓
	Zhenghe	𫵓
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	𫵓牯
	Jianyang	𫵓
	Wuyishan	脧
	Pucheng (Shibei)	脧
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	欛欛, 䐯鳥, 欛欛囝 †, 鳥鳥囝 †, 䐯鳥囝 †
	Fuzhou (Changle)	欛欛囝
	Fuqing	䐯, 鳥 †
	Yongtai	䐯鳥
	Gutian	䐯鳥
	Fu'an	䐯鳥
	Ningde	䐯
	Shouning	䐯鳥
	Zhouning	䐯鳥
	Fuding	䐯䐯, 䐯鳥
	Matsu	欛欛
Southern Min	Xiamen	𡳞鳥, 𡳞𦉎, 𡳞, 鳥仔 †
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	𡳞鳥
	Quanzhou	𡳞鳥, 𡳞𦉎, 𡳞, 鳥仔 †
	Jinjiang	𡳞鳥
	Anxi	𡳞鳥
	Yongchun	𡳞鳥
	Zhangzhou	𡳞鳥, 𡳞𦉎, 𡳞, 鳥仔 †
	Zhangpu	𡳞
	Zhao'an	𡳞鳥
	Dongshan	𡳞鳥, 𡳞鳥仔 †
	Taipei	𡳞鳥
	Taipei (Wanhua)	𡳞鳥
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	𡳞鳥
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	𡳞鳥
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	𡳞鳥
	Kaohsiung	𡳞鳥
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	𡳞鳥
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	𡳞鳥
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	𡳞鳥
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	𡳞鳥
	Yilan	𡳞鳥
	Yilan (Luodong)	𡳞鳥
	Yilan (Toucheng)	𡳞鳥
	Changhua (Lukang)	𡳞鳥
	Taichung	𡳞鳥
	Taichung (Wuqi)	𡳞鳥
	Tainan	𡳞鳥, 戛, 訶
	Tainan (Anping)	𡳞鳥
	Taitung	𡳞鳥
	Hsinchu	𡳞鳥
	Kinmen	𡳞鳥
	Penghu (Magong)	𡳞鳥
	Penghu (Xiyu)	𡳞鳥
	Penang (Hokkien)	𡳞鳥, 𡳞, 小弟, 咕咕鳥, 咕咕
	Singapore (Hokkien)	𡳞鳥, 𡳞, 弟弟, 小弟, 咕咕鳥 †, childish
	Manila (Hokkien)	𡳞鳥
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	𡳞, 𡳞公仔 †
	Datian	𡳞鳥
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	鳩
	Chaozhou	𡳞鳥, 𡳞
	Raoping	𡳞鳥, 𡳞
	Shantou	𡳞鳥, 𡳞
	Shantou (Chenghai)	𡳞
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	𡳞鳥
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	𡳞
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	𡳞
	Jieyang	𡳞鳥, 𡳞, 鳥 †, 龜鳥 †
	Haifeng	𡳞鳥
	Bangkok (Teochew)	鳥, 𡳞, 𡳞鳥囝 †
	Chiang Mai (Teochew)	𡳞
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	𡳞, 𡳞鳥囝 †
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	𡳞
	Singapore (Teochew)	𡳞鳥, 𡳞
	Leizhou	𡳞, 鳥, 殼車, 家私, 尻川柄
	Wenchang	頹
	Haikou	頹, 鳥 †
Puxian Min	Putian	𡳞, 𡳞囝
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	𡳞, 𡳞鳥, 𡳞鳥囝 †
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	𡳞, 𡳞囝
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	𡳞, 𡳞囝, 𡳞鳥 †, 𡳞鳥囝 †
	Xianyou	𡳞, 𡳞鳥, 𡳞鳥囝 †
	Xianyou (Fengting)	𡳞, 𡳞鳥, 𡳞鳥囝 †
	Xianyou (Youyang)	𡳞, 𡳞鳥, 𡳞鳥囝 †
Central Min	Yong'an	脧
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	脧
	Sanming (Shaxian)	脧仔
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	卵, 卵脬
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	𨳍, 麻鳥, 二老弟, 慈姑椗 †
Shehua	Fu'an	𡳞仔
	Fuding	𡳞仔
	Luoyuan	𡳞仔
	Sanming	𡳞仔
	Shunchang	𡳞仔
	Hua'an	𡳞仔
	Guixi (Zhangping)	𡳞仔
	Cangnan	𡳞仔
	Jingning (Hexi)	𡳞
	Lishui	𡳞
	Longyou	𡳞鳥
	Chaozhou	𡳞仔
	Fengshun	𡳞仔
Wu	Shanghai	卵, 屌屌 †, 屌屌頭 †, 小雞雞 †, 麻鳥 †
	Shanghai (Chongming)	卵, 卵子, 卵卵 †, 小尿螺 †
	Suzhou	卵, 鳥, 雞雞 †, 小卵 †, 長生果 †
	Wuxi	卵
	Danyang	卵, 卵子, 屌子, 屌, 雞巴, 雞雞 †, 小雀雀 †, 雀雀 †, 八八 †, 八雞 †
	Hangzhou	雀兒, 八屌, 卵脬, 小八屌 †, 麻雀兒 †, 麻油壺兒 †
	Ningbo	卵, 卵子, 卵瓜瓜 †, 瓜瓜 †
	Wenzhou	頹, 卵脬, 卵脬兒, 臀卵脬, 脬兒 †, 脬脬兒 †, 奶哥鳥兒 †
	Jinhua	老八兒, 聊子, 雀, 雞巴, 八兒八兒 †
Xiang	Changsha	卵, 雞巴, 掉它, 太鬍子, 雞雞 †, 鳥鳥 †, 鳥 †, 梗梗 †
	Loudi	雞巴, 卵, 勺欛腦殼, 雞雞 †, 雞崽唧 †
	Shuangfeng	卵子, 雞蓀子 †
	Quanzhou	屌把
Note	† - of a boy

Derived terms

公鴨子 / 公鸭子 (gōngyāzi)
小鴨子 / 小鸭子 (xiǎoyāzi)
打鴨子上架 / 打鸭子上架 (dǎ yāzi shàng jià)
旱鴨子 / 旱鸭子 (hànyāzi)
母鴨子 / 母鸭子
煮熟的鴨子飛了 / 煮熟的鸭子飞了 (zhǔ shú de yāzi fēi le)
趕鴨子上架 / 赶鸭子上架 (gǎn yāzi shàng jià)
野鴨子 / 野鸭子
鴨子湖 / 鸭子湖 (Yāzihú)

Descendants

→ Tibetan: ཡ་ཙེ (ya tse)

Etymology 2

	duck	egg
trad. (鴨子)	鴨	子
simp. (鸭子)	鸭	子
anagram	子鴨／子鸭

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yāzǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄚㄗˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): aap³ zi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yāzǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄚㄗˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yazǐh
  - Wade–Giles: ya¹-tzŭ³
  - Yale: yā-dž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iatzyy
  - Palladius: яцзы (jaczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yāzǐr
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄚㄗˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yazǐhr
  - Wade–Giles: ya¹-tzŭ³-ʼrh
  - Yale: yā-dzǐr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iatzeel
  - Palladius: яцзыр (jaczyr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵⁵ t͡sz̩ɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: aap³ zi²
  - Yale: aap jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aap⁸ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ab³ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːp̚³ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

鴨子

(literary or dialectal) duck egg

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鴨蛋 (“duck egg”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鴨卵, 鴨子
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鴨蛋
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	鴨子兒
	Taiwan	鴨蛋
	Harbin	鴨蛋
	Singapore	鴨蛋
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	鴨蛋, 鴨子兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	鴨蛋, 鴨巴子蛋
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	鴨蛋
	Xi'an	鴨蛋
	Xining	鴨蛋
	Xuzhou	鴨蛋
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	鴨蛋
	Lanzhou	鴨蛋
	Ürümqi	鴨蛋
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	鴨蛋
	Wuhan	鴨蛋
	Guiyang	鴨蛋
	Guilin	鴨蛋
	Liuzhou	鴨蛋
	Nanning (Wuming)	鴨蛋
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	鴨蛋
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	鴨蛋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鴨春
	Hong Kong	鴨蛋
	Dongguan	鴨春
	Gaozhou	鴨蛋
	Nanning	鴨蛋
	Nanning (Tanka)	鴨蛋
	Wuzhou	鴨蛋
	Yulin	鴨蛋
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	鴨蛋
	Singapore (Guangfu)	鴨蛋
Gan	Nanchang	鴨蛋
	Pengze	鴨子
	Lichuan	鴨蛋
	Pingxiang	鴨架架
Hakka	Meixian	鴨卵
	Xingning	鴨春
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	鴨春, 鴨蛋
	Changting	鴨嫲蛋
	Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding)	鴨嫲卵, 鴨春, 鴨蛋
	Yudu	鴨蛋
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鴨卵
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	鴨卵, 鴨春
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	鴨卵
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鴨卵
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	鴨卵
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	鴨春
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	鴨卵
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鴨卵, 鴨春
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	鴨卵, 鴨春
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鴨卵, 鴨春
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鴨卵
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	鴨蛋
	Chengdu (Hexingchang)	鴨蛋
	Weiyuan (Guanyingtan)	鴨蛋
	Yilong (Ma'an)	鴨春
	Xichang (Huanglianguan)	鴨蛋
	Bangkok (Meixian)	鴨卵
Huizhou	Jixi	鴨子
	Fuliang	鴨兒子
	Fuliang (Ehu)	鴨兒子, 鴨子
Jin	Taiyuan	鴨蛋
	Pingyao	鴨蛋
	Xinzhou	鴨子蛋
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鴨卵
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鴨卵, 太平
Eastern Min	Fuqing	鴨卵
Southern Min	Xiamen	鴨卵, 鴨母卵
	Quanzhou	鴨卵, 鴨母卵
	Zhangzhou	鴨卵, 鴨母卵
	Zhao'an	鴨卵
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	鴨卵
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	鴨卵
	Kaohsiung	鴨卵
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	鴨卵
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	鴨卵
	Yilan (Luodong)	鴨卵
	Yilan (Toucheng)	鴨卵
	Changhua (Yongjing)	鴨卵
	Tainan (Anping)	鴨卵
	Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	鴨卵
	Penghu (Xiyu)	鴨卵
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鴨卵
	Manila (Hokkien)	鴨卵
	Longyan	鴨卵
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	鴨卵
	Jieyang	鴨卵
	Haifeng	鴨卵
	Singapore (Teochew)	鴨卵
	Leizhou	鴨卵
	Haikou	鴨卵
Puxian Min	Putian	鴨卵
Puxian Min	Xianyou	鴨卵
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	鴨卵
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	鴨蛋
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	鴨蛋
Wu	Shanghai	鴨蛋
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	鴨蛋
	Shanghai (Jiading)	鴨蛋
	Shanghai (Chongming)	鴨蛋
	Suzhou	鴨蛋
	Danyang	鴨子, 鴨蛋
	Hangzhou	鴨蛋
	Ningbo	鴨蛋
	Wenzhou	鴨卵
	Jinhua	鴨卵
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	鴨子
Xiang	Changsha	鴨蛋
	Loudi	鴨蛋
	Quanzhou	鴨蛋
Xiangnan Tuhua	Dong'an	鴨蛋

Etymology 3

	duck	child; son
trad. (鴨子)	鴨	子
simp. (鸭子)	鸭	子
anagram	子鴨／子鸭

Pronunciation

Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ap-chṳ́

(Hailu, HRS): ab zii^ˊ

(Changting, Changting Pinyin): a² zï³

Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ap-chṳ́
  - Hakka Romanization System: ab^ˋ zii^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ab⁵ zi³
  - Sinological IPA: /ap̚² t͡sɨ³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: ab zii^ˊ
  - Sinological IPA: /ap⁵⁻² t͡sɨ²⁴/
- (Changting)
  - Changting Pinyin: a² zï³
  - Sinological IPA: /a²⁴ t͡sz̩⁴²/

Noun

鴨子

(Hakka) duckling

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 小鴨 (“duckling”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		小鴨, 小鴨子, 雛鴨, 鴨苗 hatchling, 鴨黃 hatchling
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	小鴨, 小鴨子
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	鴨崽兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	小鴨
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	小鴨巴兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	小鴨娃兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	鴨娃兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	鴨娃娃
	Lanzhou	尕鴨子
	Ürümqi	鴨娃子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	小鴨子, 小鴨兒, 鴨兒
	Chongqing	小鴨兒, 鴨娃兒
	Wuhan	小鴨子
	Guiyang	小鴨兒, 子鴨
	Liuzhou	鴨崽
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	雛鴨, 子鴨
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	子鴨 hatchling, 新鴨 hatchling
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鴨仔, 子鴨, 鴨花 hatchling, 鴨苗 hatchling
	Hong Kong	鴨仔
	Dongguan	鴨仔
Gan	Nanchang	鴨崽子
	Lichuan	鴨崽兒
	Pingxiang	鴨崽仔, 子鴨
Hakka	Meixian	細鴨仔, 子鴨
	Changting	鴨子
	Yudu	細鴨子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	細鴨仔
	Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian)	細鴨仔
	Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian)	細鴨仔
	Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian)	細鴨仔
	Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian)	鴨子
	Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian)	鴨子
	Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian)	鴨子
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	鴨子
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	鴨子
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	細鴨仔
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	細鴨仔
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	鴨子
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	細鴨仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鴨子
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	鴨子
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鴨子
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	鴨囝
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鴨幺, 鴨子
	Chengdu (Hexingchang)	細鴨嫲, 鴨仔子
	Weiyuan (Guanyingtan)	鴨崽崽, 細鴨嫲
Huizhou	Fuliang	嫩鴨兒
Jin	Taiyuan	小鴨鴨
Jin	Xinzhou	小鴨子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鴨仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鴨囝, 鴨囝囝
Southern Min	Xiamen	鴨仔, 鴨仔囝, 鴨咪
	Quanzhou	鴨仔, 鴨咪
	Zhangzhou	鴨仔, 鴨仔囝, 鴨咪
	Zhao'an	鴨囝仔
	Taipei	鴨仔囝
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	鴨仔囝, 鴨咪仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	鴨仔囝
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	鴨仔囝
	Kaohsiung	鴨仔囝, 鴨咪仔
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	鴨仔囝, 鴨咪仔
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	鴨仔囝, 鴨咪仔
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	鴨仔囝, 鴨咪仔, 鴨囝, 新仔
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	鴨囝仔
	Yilan	鴨仔囝
	Yilan (Luodong)	鴨咪仔
	Yilan (Toucheng)	鴨咪仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	鴨仔, 鴨仔囝
	Changhua (Yongjing)	鴨仔囝, 鴨咪仔
	Taichung	鴨咪仔
	Tainan	鴨仔囝
	Tainan (Anping)	鴨仔囝, 鴨咪仔
	Hsinchu	鴨仔囝
	Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	鴨仔囝
	Kinmen	鴨仔
	Penghu (Magong)	鴨仔
	Penghu (Xiyu)	鴨仔囝, 鴨咪
	Penang (Hokkien)	鴨囝
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鴨仔囝, 鴨咪
	Manila (Hokkien)	鴨仔
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	鴨仔
	Datian	鴨仔
	Shantou	鴨咪
	Jieyang	鴨囝, 鴨伲
	Haifeng	鴨仔
	Leizhou	鴨囝
	Haikou	鴨囝
Puxian Min	Putian	鴨囝, 鴨咪囝
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	鴨囝, 鴨咪 endearing
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	鴨囝
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	鴨囝
	Xianyou	鴨囝
	Xianyou (Fengting)	鴨囝
	Xianyou (Youyang)	鴨囝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	鴨崽, 細鴨
Wu	Shanghai (Songjiang)	小鴨
	Shanghai (Jiading)	小鴨
	Shanghai (Chongming)	小鴨
	Suzhou	小鴨
	Danyang	小鴨子
	Hangzhou	小鴨兒
	Ningbo	小鴨
	Wenzhou	鴨兒
	Jinhua	小鴨兒
Xiang	Changsha	鴨崽子
Xiang	Loudi	鴨崽唧

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 鴨子 – see 丫子 (“foot”). (This term is a variant form of 丫子).

References

“Entry #5136”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.
周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “鸭子”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 2.