歌仔

Chinese

		song	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
simp. and trad. (歌仔)		歌	仔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gēzǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜ ㄗㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): go¹ zai²
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kô-é

  (Meixian, Guangdong): go¹ ê³

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koa-á

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gēzǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄜ ㄗㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gezǎi
    • Wade–Giles: ko¹-tsai³
    • Yale: gē-dzǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: getzae
    • Palladius: гэцзай (gɛczaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: go¹ zai²
    • Yale: gō jái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: go¹ dzai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: go¹ zei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔː⁵⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kô-é
    • Hakka Romanization System: go^ˊ e^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: go¹ e³
    • Sinological IPA: /ko²⁴ e³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: go¹ ê³
    • Sinological IPA: /ko⁴⁴⁻³⁵ (ʋ)e³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koa-á
    • Tâi-lô: kua-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koa'ar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kua⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kua³³ a⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kua⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kua⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kua⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹/

Noun

歌仔

1. (Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Min) song (Classifier: 首; 支 c; 條／条 h mn)

   乜你咁輕鬆，喺度唱歌仔啊？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   乜你咁轻松，喺度唱歌仔啊？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   mat¹ nei⁵ gam³ hing¹ sung¹, hai² dou⁶ coeng³ go¹ zai² aa³? [Jyutping]

   Why, you're singing so relaxedly! (sarcastic)

2. (Southern Min) folk song, especially a Hokkien ballad

Synonyms

• (Hokkien ballad): (Min Nan) 錦歌／锦歌 (jǐngē)

Derived terms

• 冇呢支歌仔唱
• 歌仔冊／歌仔册
• 歌仔戲／歌仔戏 (gēzǎixì)
• 歌仔曲
• 歌仔簿
• 歌仔調／歌仔调

 

References

• “Entry #10609”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.