公仔

Chinese

		just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
trad. (公仔)		公	仔
simp. #(公仔)		公	仔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōngzǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄗㄞˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gung¹ zai²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): guung⁴ doi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōngzǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄗㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gongzǎi
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-tsai³
    • Yale: gūng-dzǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongtzae
    • Palladius: гунцзай (gunczaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gung¹ zai²
    • Yale: gūng jái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ dzai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ zei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: guung⁴ doi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵŋ²¹ tᵘɔi⁵⁵/

Noun

公仔

1. (chiefly Cantonese) doll; cuddly toy
2. (chiefly Cantonese) cartoon figure

   畫公仔／画公仔 [Cantonese]  ―  waak⁶ gung¹ zai² [Jyutping]  ―  draw cartoon people

3. (chiefly Cantonese) figurine
   • 1992 April 27, “石灣公仔造型特別”, in 大漢公報 [The Chinese Times], page 19:

     廣東佛山的石灣公仔，別有一番民間味道和粗獷之感，[…[[]#Chinese|]]] [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     广东佛山的石湾公仔，别有一番民间味道和粗犷之感，[…[[]#Chinese|]]] [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     gwong² dung¹ fat⁶ saan¹ dik¹ sek⁶ waan¹ gung¹ zai², bit⁶ jau⁵ jat¹ faan¹ man⁴ gaan¹ mei⁶ dou⁶ wo⁴ cou¹ gwong² zi¹ gam², [... ] [Jyutping]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

4. (chiefly Cantonese) small symbol or icon

Derived terms

• 公仔箱
• 公仔紙 / 公仔纸
• 公仔麵 / 公仔面 (gōngzǎimiàn)
• 布公仔
• 扯線公仔 / 扯线公仔
• 木頭公仔 / 木头公仔
• 畫公仔畫出腸 / 画公仔画出肠