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囡仔

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Chinese

More information one's daughter; to filch; to secrete, minutely; young; dutyminutely; young; duty; responsibility ...

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Gín-á (Southern Min)

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kín-á / kán-á / gín-á / gín--á

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Singapore, Hui'an, Yongchun, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kín-á
  - Tâi-lô: kín-á
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kyn'ar
  - IPA (Hui'an): /kin⁵⁴⁻²⁴ a⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Singapore): /kin⁴²⁻²⁴ a⁴²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /kin⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ a⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Yongchun): /kin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Nan'an, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kán-á
  - Tâi-lô: kán-á
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kafn'ar
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Nan'an, Philippines): /kan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ a⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Wanhua, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan, Hsinchu, Taichung, Taitung, Penang, Singapore, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gín-á
  - Tâi-lô: gín-á
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gyn'ar
  - IPA (Lukang): /ɡin⁵⁵⁻³⁵ a⁵⁵/
  - IPA (Philippines): /ɡin⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ a⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /ɡin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/
  - IPA (Singapore): /ɡin⁴²⁻²⁴ a⁴²/
  - IPA (Penang): /ɡin⁴⁴⁵⁻⁴⁴ a⁴⁴⁵/
  - IPA (Tainan, Yilan): /ɡin⁵³⁻⁵⁵ a⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡin⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Kinmen, Magong)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gín--á
  - Tâi-lô: gín--á

Noun

囡仔

(chiefly Hokkien) child

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 小孩 (“child; kid”) [map]

More information Variety, Location ...

Derived terms

References

“囡仔”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

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