衰仔

Chinese

		weak; feeble; decline weak; feeble; decline; wane; mourning garments	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
simp. and trad. (衰仔)		衰	仔

Pronunciation

Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): seoi¹ zai²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): sui¹ doi²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi¹ zai²
  - Yale: sēui jái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey¹ dzai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu¹ zei²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: sui¹ doi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sui³³ tᵘɔi⁵⁵/

Noun

衰仔

(Cantonese, self-deprecatory when referring to one's own child) bad kid; bad child (male)
- 笑咩笑，衰仔，你都係中國人嚟㗎！ [Cantonese, trad.]
  笑咩笑，衰仔，你都系中国人嚟㗎！ [Cantonese, simp.]
  From: 2000, ATV, Fist of Fury
  siu³ me¹ siu³, seoi¹ zai², nei⁵ dou¹ hai⁶ zung¹ gwok³ jan⁴ lai⁴ gaa³! [Jyutping]
  What are you laughing at? You bastard, you're a Chinese too!

Synonyms

兔崽子 (tùzǎizi)
(Cantonese) 死仔包
(Hakka) 衰鬼
(Teochew) 衰囝

Coordinate terms

(Cantonese, female) 衰女

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