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豆丁

dau6 deng1

a kid; a small boy

Derived from the Classical Chinese term 豎子, signifying "boy" or "lad". Since a "small boy" would presumably be half the height of a boy, 豆丁 is the result of cutting off the top half of the characters 豎子 to illustrate this presumption.

This word can only be used in Spoken Cantonese or informal Cantonese writing. 粵

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 111,000

豆丁

豆 dau6 dau6*2 dou4 - beans; peas
丁 ding1 ding1 - fourth; male adult

This word was added by bybell on 30th Jul 2005 and last edited on 16th Aug 2006

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