仔 (zai2 zi2 | zai3 zi1) : son; child

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仔

zai2 zi2

zai3 zi1

[粵] zai2 - Cantonese only | [國] 崽
[1] [n] son; child; kid; boy
[2] [suffix] person; small animal, fowl or object

[粵] zi2 [國] zi1
[adj] close; closely-woven

Default PoS:

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 5

Level: 1

Radical: 亻 (#9)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

仔

Don't confuse with:
子存

This word has been viewed 38483 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 10th Nov 2017 03:13

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公仔 gung1 zai2 = a doll 粵

女仔 neoi5 zai2 = girl 粵

男仔 naam4 zai2 = boy 粵

肥仔 fei4 zai2 fei2 zai3 = fatty, fatso (male) 粵

耳仔 ji5 zai2 er3 zai3 = ear 粵

生仔 saang1 zai2 = give birth 粵

銀仔 ngan4*2 zai2 = coins; small money 粵

公仔麵 gung1 zai2 min6 = instant noodles 粵

古仔 gu2 zai2 = story 粵

四眼仔 sei3 ngaan5 zai2 = four-eyes 粵
See all 346 compounds (CantoDict reports 354 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 38 examples containing 仔

嗰個女仔好可愛。粵
That girl is so cute.

我一點喺灣仔食晏。粵
I have lunch in Wanchai at 1:00 p.m.
["People + time + place + action" is one of the most common sentence patterns in Cantonese.]

我今日好黑仔啊！粵
I'm so unlucky today!

你個仔係唔係喺大學讀緊書? 粵
Is your son studying in university?

我地七點喺七仔等啦。粵
We meet (outside) at Seven-Eleven shop at 7:00.

細路仔好興奮！粵
The children are getting excited!

肥仔要做多啲運動減肥。粵
Fat guys have to do more exercise to lose weight.

返學可以識到好多同學仔。粵
Going to school can get to know a lot of classmates.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,131529,131533#msg-131533]

有幾隻雀仔喺樹上面。粵
There are several birds on the tree.

個男仔挖起棵樹樁粵
The boy digs up a tree stump.
[Lit. [counter] man-child dig up [counter] tree-stump]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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