契爺

Chinese

		contract	grandpa; etc.; old gentleman
trad. (契爺)		契	爺
simp. (契爷)		契	爷

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): kai³ je⁴

  (Dongguan, Jyutping++): koi³ joe⁴

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): kê⁴ ya²
• Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): ki³ je⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kai³ je⁴
    • Yale: kai yèh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kai³ je⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kei³ yé⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐi̯³³ jɛː²¹/
  • (Dongguan, Guancheng)
    • Jyutping++: koi³ joe⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɔi³² zø²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: kê⁴ ya²
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰe⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ia¹¹/
• Southern Pinghua
  • (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
    • Jyutping++: ki³ je⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi⁵⁵ je²¹/

Noun

契爺

1. (Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Pinghua) godfather; (nominally) adoptive father
2. (Cantonese) sugar daddy

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		乾爸, 乾爹, 義父
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	乾爸爸, 乾爹
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	乾爸
	Xi'an	乾爸
	Xuzhou	乾爺, 乾爹
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	乾爹
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	乾爹
	Liuzhou	乾爹, 契爺
Cantonese	Guangzhou	契爺
	Hong Kong	契爺
	Dongguan	契爺
Gan	Nanchang	乾爺
	Lichuan	契爺
Hakka	Meixian	契爺
Northern Min	Jian'ou	老爹
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	義郎爸
Southern Min	Xiamen	契爸
	Quanzhou	契爸
	Jinjiang	契爸
	Zhangzhou	契爸
	Manila (Hokkien)	契爸
	Jieyang	契爸
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	契爺
Wu	Suzhou	乾爺
	Hangzhou	乾爺
Xiang	Hengyang	乾爺

Dialectal synonyms of 乾爸 (“godfather; (nominally) adoptive father”) [map]