伢子

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Chinese

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(colloquial) child
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
 
simp. and trad.
(伢子)
alternative forms 牙子 “agent; someone not to be trifled with”

Pronunciation

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Noun

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伢子

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

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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