伢子

Chinese

		child (colloquial)	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight
simp. and trad. (伢子)		伢	子
variant forms		牙子 “agent; someone not to be trifled with”

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yázi

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˊ ˙ㄗ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaa⁴ zi²
Xiang (Wiktionary): nga² zr

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yázi
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˊ ˙ㄗ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ya.tzy
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ä³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngaa⁴ zi²
  - Yale: ngàh jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngaa⁴ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: nga⁴ ji²
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋäː²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: nga² zr
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋa̠¹³ t͡sz̩³/

Noun

伢子

(Central Plains Mandarin, Jianghuai Mandarin, Xiang, colloquial) kid; child (especially a boy)
(Xiang) young man; youth
(Northeastern Mandarin, Lanyin Mandarin, Jin) agent; middleman
(Harbin) someone who is not to be trifled with

Synonyms

(agent):

Synonyms of 伢子

中人 (zhōngrén)
中介 (zhōngjiè) (chiefly mainland China)
中間人／中间人 (zhōngjiānrén)
九八人 (Min Nan, dated)
代理人 (dàilǐrén)
仲介 (zhòngjiè) (chiefly Taiwan)
伢子 (yázi) (Northeastern Mandarin, Lanyin Mandarin, Jin)
掮客 (qiánkè)

牙人 (yárén) (archaic)
牙儈／牙侩 (yákuài) (archaic)
牙子 (yázi) (archaic)
牙郎 (yáláng) (archaic)
牽仔／牵仔 (Min Nan)
經紀／经纪 (jīngjì)
經紀人／经纪人 (jīngjìrén)

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