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 41189 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 all 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]

噴泉側邊有一隻好靚嘅白色狗仔粵
There's a beautiful white puppy beside the fountain.
[Lit. fountain side have one [counter] beautiful [possessive particle] white-colour dog-child]

有個叫平仔嘅學生起身粵
A student called Ping stood up.
[Lit. have [counter] call Ping-boy [possessive particle] student stand-up]

你不愧係爸爸嘅仔粵
You should be proud to be your father's son.
[lit. you no shame be father [possessive particle] boy]

不愧係爸爸嘅仔粵
You're worthy of being your father's son.
[Lit. worthy be father [possessive particle] boy]

我好憎湊細蚊仔粵 ?!
I hate looking after brats.
[Lit. I very hate look-after little-mosquitoes.]

啲細路仔匿埋喺張枱下便粵
The kids are hiding under the table.
[Lit. the kids hide at [counter] table underneath.]

你知嘛﹐林仔係特登嚟睇你㗎。粵
Young Lam has come especially to see you, you know.
[係...㗎 (or 嘅) is used to emphasize a fact.]

李生結咗婚﹐有兩個仔﹐重係讀緊書。粵
Mr Lee is married with two sons, who are still in school.
[There is no relative pronoun (such as "who") in Cantonese. The change of subject is self-evident from the context.]

我近排好忙﹐冇時間照顧仔女。粵
I'm too busy these days to have time to take care of my children.
[The English phrase "too busy to have time" becomes "too busy and have no time" in Cantonese.]

陳仔唔介意等多陣。粵
Chan won't mind waiting a bit longer.
[The Cantonese and English versions match each other almost word by word.]

點解佢冇女朋友？生得唔靚仔囉! 粵
Why doesn't he have a girlfriend? Because he's not handsome, of course!

佢咁醜，梗係追唔到女仔啦! 粵
He's so ugly, of course he can't get a girl(friend)!

佢個孻仔係佢嘅金叵羅嚟架。粵
His youngest son is his most precious.

個仔成日去賭錢，做亞媽嘅都好激氣粵
As a mother, she is very upset with her son gambling.

呢隻古仔好㜺鬼粵
This story is really interesting.

佢枕住健身個肌肉都係咁鬆婄,只得半粒老鼠仔咋粵
He has been working out for a long time, yet his muscles are still soft, with only half-developed biceps.

個肥仔出力噉𨅝住部三輪車粵
The fat guy is pedalling furiously on his tricycle.

佢要嫁畀唐叔嘅仔你又唔肯，唔通要個女將來攝灶罅咩？粵
You disallow her despite her wanting to marry Ah Tong's son; don't tell me you want her to end up a spinster?

教仔女要慢慢講道理，開硬弓唔得㗎。粵
To teach children, one must explain the rationale; going by force won't work.

有個男仔坐喺露台欄河度，似乎想跳樓噃粵
There's a man sitting on the barrier of the balcony as though he is about to jump off the building.

靚女一上車，小巴上嘅麻甩仔都打雀噉眼望住佢粵
The sleazy guys on the minibus were gawking at the pretty girl the moment she boards

女仔小心啲唔好輕信男人講嘢就OK嘞粵
Girls will be all right as long as they are careful and don't believe in what the guys say.

個衰仔識埋成班豬朋狗友！粵
My naughty kid has made friends with so many bad people.

條友仔掗掗拃拃噉，真係好鬼麻煩！粵
That over self-entitled person is really troublesome!

有幾隻雀仔喺樹上面。 ?!
DELETE: There are several birds on the tree.

你個仔咁高喎! 粵
Your son is quite tall!
[When pronounced in tone 4, 喎 shows that the speaker is quite surprised. ]

陳仔近排當黑﹐冇咗份工兼且輸埋官司。粵
Chan was lately down on his luck, losing both his job and the court case.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,128378]

我食公仔麵食到厭。粵
I'm fed up with the eating of instant noodles.
[Very often, the same verb (食) has to be used twice when there are both an object (公仔麵) and an extent particle (到) in a sentence. ]

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