溝仔

Chinese

Etymology 1

		ditch; gutter	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
trad. (溝仔)		溝	仔
simp. (沟仔)		沟	仔

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kau-á

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kau-á
    • Tâi-lô: kau-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kau'ar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kau⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kau³³ a⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kau⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kau⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kau⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹/

• (Hokkien) Homophone: 鉤仔 / 钩仔 (kau-á)

Noun

溝仔

1. (Hokkien) ditch; trench

Synonyms

• 水溝／水沟 (shuǐgōu)
• 溝涵／沟涵

Derived terms

• 塗溝仔糜 / 涂沟仔糜
• 臭溝仔 / 臭沟仔

 

Etymology 2

		ditch; gutter	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
trad. (溝仔)		溝	仔
simp. (沟仔)		沟	仔
alternative forms		媾仔

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kau¹ zai²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kau¹ zai²
    • Yale: kāu jái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kau¹ dzai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: keo¹ zei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/

Verb

溝⫽仔 (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese) to hit on boys
   • 2001, “至冧情歌”, in 至冧情歌‎^[1], performed by 陳慶祥:

     我唔再去睇第啲女仔　你亦都唔好去溝仔 [Cantonese, trad.]
     我唔再去睇第啲女仔　你亦都唔好去沟仔 [Cantonese, simp.]

     ngo⁵ m⁴ zoi³ heoi³ tai² dai⁶ di¹ neoi⁵ zai², nei⁵ jik⁶ dou¹ m⁴ hou² heoi³ kau¹ zai² [Jyutping]

     I won't look at other girls, and you won't hit on boys

Coordinate terms

• (Cantonese) 溝女／沟女