鵝仔

Chinese

		goose	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
trad. (鵝仔)		鵝	仔
simp. (鹅仔)		鹅	仔
alternative forms		鵝囝／鹅囝 Min Nan

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngo⁴ zai² / ngo^4-2 zai²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngò-é
• Northern Min (KCR): ngṳê-ciě
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): giâ-á / gô-á

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngo⁴ zai² / ngo^4-2 zai²
    • Yale: ngòh jái / ngó jái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngo⁴ dzai² / ngo^4-2 dzai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngo⁴ zei² / ngo^4-2 zei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔː²¹ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/, /ŋɔː²¹⁻³⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngò-é
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngoˇ e`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngo² e³
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋo¹¹ e³¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ngṳê-ciě
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋyɛ³³ t͡siɛ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giâ-á
    • Tâi-lô: giâ-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gia'ar
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡia¹³⁻²² a⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡia²⁴⁻²² a⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡia²⁴⁻²² a⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gô-á
    • Tâi-lô: gô-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goi'ar
    • IPA (Yilan): /ɡo²⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡɤ²³⁻³³ a⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡo¹³⁻²² a⁵³/

Noun

鵝仔

1. (Cantonese, Xiamen, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou Hokkien, Hainanese, Northern Min) gosling
2. (Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) goose

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 小鵝 (“gosling”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		小鵝
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		小鵝
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	小鵝
	Harbin	小鵝兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	小鵝
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	小鵝兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	鵝娃兒
	Xining	尕鵝娃兒, 鵝娃兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	鵝娃娃
	Ürümqi	尕鵝
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	小鵝, 小鵝兒
	Wuhan	小鵝
	Guiyang	小鵝
	Liuzhou	鵝崽
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	小鵝, 小鵝子
Mandarin	Singapore	小鵝
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	鵝娃兒, 鵝娃子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鵝仔
	Hong Kong	鵝仔
	Dongguan	鵝仔
Gan	Pingxiang	鵝崽仔
Hakka	Meixian	細鵝仔
	Yudu	尒鵝子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鵝子
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	鵝子
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	鵝子
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	細鵝仔, 鵝子
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鵝子
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	鵝子
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鵝子
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鵝幺
Jin	Taiyuan	小鵝鵝
	Xinzhou	小鵝
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鵝仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鵝囝
Southern Min	Xiamen	鵝仔, 鵝仔囝
	Quanzhou	鵝仔
	Zhangzhou	鵝仔, 鵝仔囝
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	鵝仔囝
	Jieyang	鵝囝
	Haikou	鵝囝
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	鵝囝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	鵝崽
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	小鵝
	Suzhou	小鵝
	Hangzhou	小鵝兒
	Ningbo	小鵝
	Jinhua	小鵝
Xiang	Changsha	鵝崽子

Dialectal synonyms of 鵝 (“domestic goose”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鵝
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鵝
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	鵝
	Taiwan	鵝
	Chifeng	鵝子
	Harbin	鵝, 鵝子
	Shenyang	鵝
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	鵝
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	鵝
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	鵝
	Zhengzhou	鵝
	Xi'an	鵝
	Xining	鵝
	Xuzhou	鵝
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	鵝
	Lanzhou	鵝
	Ürümqi	鵝
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	鵝, 鵝兒
	Wuhan	鵝
	Guiyang	鵝
	Kunming	鵝
	Liuzhou	鵝
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	鵝
	Yangzhou	鵝, 鵝子
	Nantong	鵝兒
	Hefei	鵝
Mandarin	Singapore	鵝
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	鵝
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鵝
	Hong Kong	鵝
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	鵝
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	鵝
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	鵝
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	鵝
	Macau	鵝
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	鵝
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	鵝
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	鵝
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	鵝
	Foshan	鵝
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	鵝
	Foshan (Shunde)	鵝
	Foshan (Sanshui)	鵝
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	鵝
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	鵝
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	鵝
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	鵝
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	鵝
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	鵝
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	鵝
	Taishan	鵝
	Kaiping (Chikan)	鵝
	Enping (Niujiang)	鵝
	Heshan (Yayao)	鵝
	Dongguan	鵝
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	鵝
	Shaoguan	鵝
	Yunfu	鵝
	Yangjiang	鵝
	Xinyi	鵝
	Lianjiang	鵝
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	鵝
	Singapore (Guangfu)	鵝
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	鵝
Gan	Nanchang	鵝
	Lichuan	草鴨
	Pingxiang	鵝
Hakka	Meixian	鵝
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	鵝
	Huidong (Daling)	鵝
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	鵝
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	鵝
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	鵝
	Yudu	鵝
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鵝仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鵝仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鵝仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	鵝
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鵝仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鵝
	Hong Kong	鵝
	Senai (Huiyang)	鵝
	Singkawang	鵝
Huizhou	Jixi	鵝
Jin	Taiyuan	鵝
	Pingyao	鵝
	Xinzhou	鵝
	Hohhot	鵝
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鵝
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鵝
	Fuqing	家鵝, 鵝
	Matsu	鵝
Southern Min	Xiamen	鵝
	Quanzhou	鵝
	Jinjiang	鵝
	Taipei	鵝
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	鵝
	Kaohsiung	鵝仔
	Yilan	鵝仔
	Kinmen	鵝
	Penghu (Magong)	鵝
	Penang (Hokkien)	鵝
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鵝
	Manila (Hokkien)	鵝
	Chaozhou	鵝
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	鵝
	Singapore (Teochew)	鵝
	Leizhou	鵝
	Haikou	鵝
Puxian Min	Putian	鵝
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	鵝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	鵝
Shehua	Fu'an	鵝
	Fuding	赤鵝
	Luoyuan	赤鵝
	Sanming	鵝
	Shunchang	赤鵝
	Guixi (Zhangping)	鵝
	Cangnan	赤鵝
	Jingning (Hexi)	赤鵝
	Lishui	赤鵝
	Longyou	赤鵝
	Chaozhou	鵝
	Fengshun	鵝
Wu	Shanghai	鵝, 白烏龜, 戇
	Shanghai (Chongming)	鵝, 白烏龜
	Suzhou	鵝, 白烏龜
	Wuxi	戇鵝, 高頭
	Danyang	鵝, 白烏龜
	Hangzhou	鵝
	Ningbo	鵝, 戇戇鵝 childish
	Wenzhou	雁鵝, 鵝
	Jinhua	鵝
Xiang	Changsha	鵝
	Loudi	鵝
	Shuangfeng	鵝

Derived terms

• 鵝仔菜／鹅仔菜 (ngò-é-chhoi)