阿舍囝

Chinese

		profligate son of rich parents; fop; dandy profligate son of rich parents; fop; dandy; playboy	child
simp. and trad. (阿舍囝)		阿舍	囝

Pronunciation

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): a¹ sia⁴ gyo³ / a¹ sia⁴ gyaⁿ³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): a-sià-kiáⁿ / a-sià-káⁿ

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• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: a¹ sia⁴ gyo³ [Phonetic: a² lia¹ yo³]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: a-sia̍-giô̤ⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /a⁵³³⁻¹³ ^(ɬ-)lia⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(k-)yɒ⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: a¹ sia⁴ gyaⁿ³ [Phonetic: a² lia¹ yaⁿ³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /a⁵³³⁻¹³ ^(ɬ-)lia⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(k-)ỹã³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-sià-kiáⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: a-sià-kiánn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: asiarkviar
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /a⁴⁴⁻²² sia²¹⁻⁵³ kiã⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-sià-káⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: a-sià-kánn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: asiarkvar
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /a³³ sia⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kã⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

阿舍囝

1. (Hokkien, Puxian Min) profligate son of rich parents; fop; dandy; playboy

Synonyms

• 紈絝子弟／纨绔子弟 (wánkùzǐdì)
• (Hokkien, Teochew) 阿舍
• (Hakka) 公子阿舍, 阿舍子, 阿舍公子

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “阿舍囝”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 2.
• “阿舍囝”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.