衰仔

Chinese

		weak; feeble; decline weak; feeble; decline; wane; mourning garments	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
simp. and trad. (衰仔)		衰	仔

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): seoi¹ zai²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): sui¹ doi²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi¹ zai²
    • Yale: sēui jái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey¹ dzai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu¹ zei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: sui¹ doi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sui³³ tᵘɔi⁵⁵/

Noun

衰仔

1. (Cantonese, self-deprecatory when referring to one's own child) bad kid; bad child (male)
   • 1995, 《精武門》 [Fist of Fury]‎^[1], episode 21, spoken by 蔡金虎 (韓義生 [Hon Yee-sang]):

     笑咩笑，衰仔，你都係中國人嚟㗎！ [Hong Kong Cantonese, trad.]
     笑咩笑，衰仔，你都系中国人嚟㗎！ [Hong Kong Cantonese, simp.]

     siu³ me¹ siu³, seoi¹ zai², nei⁵ dou¹ hai⁶ zung¹ gwok³ jan⁴ lai⁴ gaa³! [Jyutping]

     What are you laughing at? You bastard, you're a Chinese too!

Synonyms

• 兔崽子 (tùzǎizi)
• (Cantonese) 死仔包
• (Hakka) 衰鬼
• (Teochew) 衰囝

Coordinate terms

• (Cantonese, female) 衰女

Adjective

衰仔

1. (Cantonese, of a person) bad
   • 2015, 花邊空姐, 《空姐飛常咁多事》, Hong Kong: 紅出版 [Red Publish], →ISBN, page 55:

     人家被人偷野，其實真的已經夠慘鳥，但當我聽到這件偷竊事件之後，我好衰仔，我足足笑了兩天。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     人家被人偷野，其实真的已经够惨鸟，但当我听到这件偷窃事件之后，我好衰仔，我足足笑了两天。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     jan⁴ gaa¹ bei⁶ jan⁴ tau¹ je⁵, kei⁴ sat⁶ zan¹ dik¹ ji⁵ ging¹ gau³ caam² niu⁵, daan⁶ dong¹ ngo⁵ teng¹ dou² ze² gin⁶ tau¹ sit³ si⁶ gin^6-2 zi¹ hau⁶, ngo⁵ hou² seoi¹ zai², ngo⁵ zuk¹ zuk¹ siu³ liu⁵ loeng⁵ tin¹. [Jyutping]

     They getting robbed was actually already tragic enough, but when I heard of this case of theft, I was really bad, I laughed for two whole days.