瘸子

Chinese

		lame	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. (瘸子)		瘸	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): quézi

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄝˊ ˙ㄗ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): que² zi³

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ke⁴ zi² / koe⁴ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: quézi
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄝˊ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyuézi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüeh²-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: chywé-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyue.tzy
    • Palladius: цюэцзы (cjueczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: que² zi³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: kyez
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰye²¹ t͡sz̩⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ke⁴ zi² / koe⁴ zi²
    • Yale: kèh jí / kèuh jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ke⁴ dzi² / koe⁴ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ké⁴ ji² / kê⁴ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɛː²¹ t͡siː³⁵/, /kʰœː²¹ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

瘸子

1. (now often derogatory) lame person; cripple (Classifier: 個／个 m)

   • 那時，瘸子必跳躍像鹿；啞巴的舌頭必能歌唱。在曠野必有水發出；在沙漠必有河湧流。 [MSC, trad.]
     那时，瘸子必跳跃像鹿；哑巴的舌头必能歌唱。在旷野必有水发出；在沙漠必有河涌流。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 以賽亞書 (Isaiah) 35:6

     Nàshí, quézi bì tiàoyuè xiàng lù; yǎba de shétou bì néng gēchàng. Zài kuàngyě bì yǒu shuǐ fāchū; zài shāmò bì yǒu hé yǒngliú. [Pinyin]

     Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.

Synonyms

• (regional) 𨃅子 (bāizi)

Dialectal synonyms of 瘸子 (“lame person; cripple”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		瘸子, 瘸腿, 跛子, 跛腳
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	瘸子
	Langfang	瘸子
	Harbin	瘸子, 拐子
Jilu Mandarin	Tangshan	瘸子
	Cangzhou	瘸子
	Baoding	拐子
	Shijiazhuang	拐子
	Jinan	瘸子, 瘸腿兒, 拐子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	瘸子, 拐子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	瘸子, 跛子
	Daming	瘸子
	Wanrong	拐子, 跛子
	Xi'an	跛子, 瘸子
	Xining	瘸子, 瘸瘸, 拐子
	Xuzhou	瘸子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	瘸子
	Ürümqi	瘸子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	跛跛兒, 跛子, 瘸子
	Wuhan	跛子
	Guiyang	跛子
	Kunming	跛跛, 跛跛腳, 跛腳, 跛子, 老跛
	Liuzhou	跛子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	瘸子
	Yangzhou	瘸子
	Hefei	瘸子, 瘸胯子, 瘸腿子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	跛腳佬 man, 跛佬 man, 跛腳婆 woman, 跛腳仔 boy, 跛仔 boy, 跛腳女 girl
	Hong Kong	跛腳佬 man, 跛腳婆 woman, 跛腳仔 boy, 跛腳女 girl, 跛佬 man
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	跛腳佬
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	跛腳佬
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	跛腳佬
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	跛佬
	Macau	跛
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	跛腳佬
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	跛仔, 跛腳佬
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	跛腳佬, 跛腳婆, 跛腳仔
	Foshan	跛腳佬
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	跛腳佬
	Foshan (Shunde)	阿跛
	Foshan (Sanshui)	跛腳
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	跛仔
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	跛仔
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	跛仔
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	跛腳佬
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	跛腳佬
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	跛腳佬
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	跛腳佬
	Taishan	跛腳佬, 犁腳
	Kaiping (Chikan)	跛腳佬
	Enping (Niujiang)	跛腳佬
	Heshan (Yayao)	跛腳
	Dongguan	跛佬 man, 跛婆 woman, 跛仔 boy, 跛女 girl, 跛
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	跛腳佬, 跛腳婆, 跛腳仔
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	跛腳佬
Gan	Nanchang	拐子
	Lichuan	瘸兒, 拐子
	Pingxiang	跛子
Hakka	Meixian	跛腳仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	阿跛
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	跛仔
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	跛仔
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	跛仔
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	跛腳佬
	Yudu	瘸腳子, 拐腳子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	跛腳仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	跛腳仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	跛腳仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	跛腳個
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	跛腳仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	跛腳個
	Hong Kong	跛佬
	Senai (Huiyang)	跛腳佬
Jin	Taiyuan	拐子
	Zhangjiakou	拐子
	Handan	拐子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	瘸仔, 瘸跤仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	竮跤, 瘸跤, 依竮
Southern Min	Xiamen	跛跤的, 瘸跤
	Quanzhou	瘸跤
	Zhangzhou	瘸跤
	Singapore (Hokkien)	跛跤
	Chaozhou	拐跤, 拐跤囝
	Shantou	拐跤
	Shantou (Chenghai)	拐跤
	Jieyang	拐跤囝, 瘸跤
	Bangkok (Teochew)	拐跤
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	拐跤
	Haikou	瘸跤, 瘸囝 boy
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	跛
Wu	Shanghai	折腳, 蹺腳
	Shanghai (Chongming)	蹺腳
	Suzhou	折腳, 蹺腳
	Danyang	折腳, 蹺腳
	Wenzhou	躄腳, 躄腳儂, 拐腳佬
Xiang	Changsha	跛子, 跛腳子, 跛老爺
	Loudi	跛子, 瘸子
	Shuangfeng	跛子

Hypernyms

• 殘廢／残废 (cánfèi)