契弟

Chinese

		contract	younger brother
simp. and trad. (契弟)		契	弟

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: qìdì
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ ㄉㄧˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chihdih
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: kai³ dai⁶
  - Yale: kai daih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kai³ dai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: kei³ dei⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰɐi̯³³ tɐi̯²²/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: kié-*diê
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰie²¹³⁻⁵³ tiɛ²⁴²/

契弟

In Cantonese, it is now rarely used in the original meaning because of the meanings below; 契細佬／契细佬 would be instead.

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: qìdì
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ ㄉㄧˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chihdih
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: kai³ dai⁶
  - Yale: kai daih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kai³ dai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: kei³ dei⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰɐi̯³³ tɐi̯²²/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: kié-dâ̤
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰie²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(t-)lɑ²⁴²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòe-tē
  - Tâi-lô: khuè-tē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoea'de
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰue²¹⁻⁵³ te²²/

契弟

(regional, dated or Xiamen Hokkien) gay male or male prostitute
只圖結交些契弟。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
只图结交些契弟。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18^th century CE
Zhǐ tú jiéjiāo xiē qìdì. [Pinyin]
He just wanted to get to know some gay men.
(Cantonese, derogatory) fellow; guy
梗係何仔個契弟鼠咗去。 [Cantonese, trad.]
梗系何仔个契弟鼠咗去。 [Cantonese, simp.]
Gang² hai⁶ ho⁴ zai² go³ kai³ dai⁶ syu² zo² heoi³. [Jyutping]
It must have been snatched by that Ho(-surnamed) guy.
(Cantonese, Min Dong, Puxian Min, dialectal Min Nan) bastard; idiot; son of a bitch
野契弟 [Min Dong] ― iā kié-dâ̤ / [ia³³ kʰie²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(t-)lɑ²⁴²] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA] ― poor; terrible

做契弟 [Min Dong] ― có̤ kié-dâ̤ / [t͡sɔ²¹³ kʰie²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(t-)lɑ²⁴²] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA] ― doomed; fucked up

唔去就正契弟。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
M⁴ heoi³ zau⁶ zing³ kai³ dai⁶. [Jyutping]
You are a dick if you don't go.

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