杯仔

Chinese

		drinkware; cup; glass	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
simp. and trad. (杯仔)		杯	仔

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bui¹ zai²
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): pî-é

  (Hailu, HRS): bui^ˋ er

  (Meixian, Guangdong): bi¹ ê³

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): poe-á

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bui¹ zai²
    • Yale: būi jái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bui¹ dzai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bui¹ zei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːi̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pî-é
    • Hakka Romanization System: bi^ˊ e^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bi¹ e³
    • Sinological IPA: /pi²⁴ e³¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: bui^ˋ er
    • Sinological IPA: /pui⁵³ ə⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: bi¹ ê³
    • Sinological IPA: /pi⁴⁴⁻³⁵ ie³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poe-á
    • Tâi-lô: pue-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poe'ar
    • IPA (Taipei): /pue⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pue³³ a⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pue⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹/
    • IPA (Singapore): /pue⁴⁴⁻²² a⁴²/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pue⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³/

Noun

杯仔

1. (Cantonese) small cup; small glass
2. (Hakka, Southern Min) cup; glass

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 杯子 (“drinkware; cup; glass; mug”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		杯子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	杯子
	Taiwan	杯子
	Malaysia	杯
	Singapore	杯
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	杯子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	杯子
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	杯子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	杯杯, 杯子
	Wuhan	杯子, 盞子
	Guilin	杯子
	Liuzhou	杯子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	杯子
	Hefei	杯子, 盞子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	杯
	Hong Kong	杯
	Dongguan	杯
	Yangjiang	杯
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	杯
	Singapore (Guangfu)	杯
Gan	Nanchang	杯子, 盅子, 甌子
	Pingxiang	杯子, 盅子
Hakka	Meixian	杯仔
	Xingning	杯哩
	Huidong (Daling)	杯仔
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	杯子
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	杯仔
	Changting	甌哩
	Wuping	杯
	Wuping (Pingyu)	杯
	Liancheng	甌子
	Ninghua	杯
	Ruijin	盞子, 杯
	Shicheng	盅子, 杯
	Shangyou (Shexi)	甌子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	杯仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	杯仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	杯仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	杯
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	杯仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	甌, 杯
Huizhou	Jixi	杯子, 杯
Jin	Taiyuan	杯子
	Xinzhou	杯子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	甌仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	杯杯
	Matsu	杯杯
Southern Min	Xiamen	杯, 杯仔, 甌仔
	Quanzhou	杯, 甌仔
	Zhangzhou	杯, 甌仔
	Tainan	杯仔, 甌仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	甌
	Singapore (Hokkien)	杯, 杯仔
	Manila (Hokkien)	杯
	Medan (Hokkien)	杯
	Chaozhou	杯
	Shantou	杯, 盅
	Jieyang	杯
	Haifeng	杯仔
	Singapore (Teochew)	杯
	Wenchang	盅
	Haikou	盅
	Singapore (Hainanese)	盅
Puxian Min	Putian	杯
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	茶杯
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	杯
Wu	Shanghai	杯子
	Suzhou	杯子
	Wenzhou	杯
Xiang	Changsha	杯子, 盅子
	Shuangfeng	杯子, 盅子

Derived terms

• 杯仔麵 / 杯仔面