燕仔

Chinese

		swallow (bird); surname; place name	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
trad. (燕仔)		燕	仔
simp. ^#(燕仔)		燕	仔

Pronunciation

Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): yen-é / yan-é

(Hailu, HRS): rhan^ˇ er

(Meixian, Guangdong): yan⁴ ê³
Northern Min (KCR): i̿ng-ciě
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ìⁿ-á

Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yen-é
  - Hakka Romanization System: ien e^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yan⁴ e³
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯en⁵⁵ e³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yan-é
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)ian e^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yan⁴ e³
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯an⁵⁵ e³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: rhan^ˇ er
  - Sinological IPA: /ʒan¹¹ ə⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: yan⁴ ê³
  - Sinological IPA: /ian⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ne³¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: i̿ng-ciě
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ³³ t͡siɛ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ìⁿ-á
  - Tâi-lô: ìnn-á
  - Phofsit Daibuun: vyar
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ĩ²¹⁻⁵³ a⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ĩ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ a⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ĩ²¹⁻⁵³ a⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ĩ¹¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ĩ²¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹/

Noun

燕仔

(Hakka, Northern Min, Hokkien, dialectal Cantonese) swallow (bird)
(Hakka) shuttlecock used in jianzi

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 燕子 (“swallow (bird)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		燕, 玄鳥
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		燕子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	小燕兒, 燕子
	Taiwan	燕子
	Harbin	燕子
	Singapore	燕子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	燕子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	燕兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	燕子, 小燕兒
	Wanrong	燕兒
	Xi'an	燕子, 小燕子, 燕兒, 小燕兒
	Xuzhou	小燕兒, 小燕子, 燕子
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	燕雞子, 燕雞兒, 燕雞雞
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	燕嘰子
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	燕雞子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	燕子
	Wuhan	燕子
	Guiyang	燕子
	Liuzhou	燕子, 燕子鳥
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	燕子, 小燕子
	Yangzhou	燕子
	Hefei	燕子, 小燕子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	燕子
	Hong Kong	燕子
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	燕子
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	燕子
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	燕仔
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	燕子
	Macau	燕
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	燕子
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	燕子
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	燕子仔
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	燕子
	Foshan	燕子
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	燕
	Foshan (Shunde)	燕
	Foshan (Sanshui)	燕子
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	燕
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	燕
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	燕子
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	燕子
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	燕子
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	燕子
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	燕子
	Taishan	燕子
	Kaiping (Chikan)	燕子
	Enping (Niujiang)	燕子
	Heshan (Yayao)	燕子
	Dongguan	燕仔
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	燕仔
	Yangjiang	燕子, 燕雀
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	燕子
Gan	Nanchang	燕子
	Lichuan	燕兒
	Pingxiang	燕子
Hakka	Meixian	燕仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	燕
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	燕仔
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	燕仔
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	燕仔
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	燕仔
	Yudu	燕子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	燕仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	燕仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	燕仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	燕
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	燕仔, 燕
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	燕
	Hong Kong	燕仔
	Senai (Huiyang)	燕仔
Huizhou	Jixi	燕
Jin	Taiyuan	燕子, 小燕兒, 燕兒
Jin	Xinzhou	燕兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	燕仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	燕, 燕鳥
Southern Min	Xiamen	燕仔
	Quanzhou	燕仔
	Jinjiang	燕仔
	Zhangzhou	燕仔
	Zhao'an	燕仔
	Taipei	燕仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	燕仔
	Kaohsiung	燕仔
	Yilan	燕仔鳥
	Changhua (Lukang)	燕仔
	Taichung	燕仔
	Tainan	燕仔
	Hsinchu	燕仔
	Kinmen	烏燕仔
	Penghu (Magong)	燕仔
	Chaozhou	燕鳥
	Jieyang	燕鳥, 燕
	Bangkok (Teochew)	燕子
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	燕鳥
	Leizhou	燕鳥
	Haikou	燕鳥
Puxian Min	Putian	燕鳥
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	燕鳥
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	燕鳥
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	燕鳥
	Xianyou	燕鳥
	Xianyou (Fengting)	燕鳥
	Xianyou (Youyang)	燕鳥
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	燕鳥
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	燕子
Wu	Shanghai	燕子
	Shanghai (Chongming)	燕子
	Suzhou	燕子
	Danyang	燕子
	Hangzhou	燕子
	Ningbo	燕子
	Wenzhou	燕兒
	Jinhua	燕, 子燕
Xiang	Changsha	燕子
	Loudi	燕子
	Shuangfeng	燕子
	Hengyang	燕子

Dialectal synonyms of 毽子 (“shuttlecock used in jianzi”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		毽子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	毽子, 毽兒
	Taiwan	毽子
	Chengde	毽子, 毽兒
	Chifeng	毽子, 毽兒
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	毽兒
	Heihe	毽子
	Qiqihar	毽子
	Harbin	毽子
	Jiamusi	毽兒
	Baicheng	毽子, 毽兒
	Changchun	毽兒
	Tonghua	毽子
	Shenyang	毽子, 毽球兒
	Jinzhou	毽子, 毽兒
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	翹兒
	Tangshan	毽兒
	Cangzhou	毽子, 毽兒
	Baoding	毽兒
	Shijiazhuang	毽兒
	Jinan	毽子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	毽兒
	Dandong	毽子, 毽兒
	Yantai	毽兒
	Yantai (Muping)	毽兒
	Qingdao	毽兒
	Zhucheng	毽子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	毽兒
	Lingbao	毽子
	Jining	毽子
	Wanrong	毽子
	Linfen	雞毛毽子
	Shangqiu	毽子, 毽兒
	Yuanyang	毽兒
	Zhengzhou	毽兒
	Xinyang	毽子
	Baihe	毽兒
	Xi'an	毽子
	Baoji	毽子
	Tianshui	毽子
	Xining	毽子
	Xuzhou	毛毽兒, 毽子
	Fuyang	毽子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	毽子
	Lanzhou	毽子
	Dunhuang	毽子
	Hami	毽子
	Ürümqi	毽子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	毽兒, 雞毛毽兒
	Nanchong	毽子
	Dazhou	毽兒
	Hanyuan	毽子
	Xichang	毽兒
	Zigong	毽兒
	Chongqing	毽兒
	Wuhan	毽垛, 毽兜
	Yichang	毽子, 毽兜
	Xiangyang	毽, 毽兜兒
	Tianmen	毽子
	Guiyang	毽, 毽子
	Zunyi	毽子, 毽兒
	Bijie	毽子
	Liping	毽子
	Zhaotong	毽子
	Dali	毽子
	Kunming	毽子
	Mengzi	雞毛毽兒
	Guilin	燕子
	Liuzhou	毽子
	Jishou	燕兒
	Changde	毽兒
	Hanzhong	毽子, 毽
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	毽子, 毽兒
	Yangzhou	毽子
	Lianyungang	毽子
	Lianshui	毽子
	Nantong	毽子
	Anqing	毽子
	Wuhu	毽子
	Hefei	毽子
	Hong'an	毽
Cantonese	Guangzhou	燕
	Hong Kong	燕
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	燕
	Macau	燕
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	燕
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	燕
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	燕
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	燕
	Foshan	燕
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	燕
	Foshan (Shunde)	燕
	Foshan (Sanshui)	燕
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	燕子
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	燕
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	燕
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	燕
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	燕子
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	皮燕
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	燕子
	Taishan	雞毛燕
	Kaiping (Chikan)	雞毛燕
	Enping (Niujiang)	雞毛燕
	Heshan (Yayao)	燕子
	Dongguan	燕
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	燕
Gan	Nanchang	燕子
	Lichuan	燕兒
	Pingxiang	燕坨
Hakka	Meixian	燕仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	燕
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	燕仔
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	燕仔
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	燕
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	雞毛燕
	Yudu	燕子
Huizhou	Jixi	毽
Huizhou	Shexian	毽
Jin	Taiyuan	毽子
	Yangyuan	毽子, 毽兒
	Datong	毛兒
	Xinzhou	毛兒
	Lüliang (Lishi)	毽毽
	Changzhi	毽子
	Linhe	毛兒毽子
	Jining	毽子
	Hohhot	毽子
	Erenhot	毽子
	Pingshan	毽子, 毽兒
	Zhangjiakou	毽子
	Handan	毽子
	Linzhou	毽兒
	Suide	毽子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	球
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	毽
Southern Min	Xiamen	毽
	Tainan	毽子
	Shantou	毽
	Haikou	毽子
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	燕
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	燕子
Wu	Shanghai	毽子
	Shanghai (Chongming)	毽子
	Suzhou	毽子
	Danyang	毽子
	Hangzhou	毽子
	Ningbo	燕子
	Wenzhou	毽子
	Jinhua	毽兒, 球
Xiang	Changsha	燕子, 毽子

Derived terms

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