鴨仔

Chinese

		duck	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
trad. (鴨仔)		鴨	仔
simp. (鸭仔)		鸭	仔

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): aap³ zai²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ap-é

(Hailu, HRS): ab er

(Meixian, Guangdong): ab⁵ ê³
Northern Min (KCR): ă-ciě
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ah-á

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: aap³ zai²
  - Yale: aap jái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aap⁸ dzai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ab³ zei²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːp̚³ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ap-é
  - Hakka Romanization System: ab^ˋ e^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ab⁵ e³
  - Sinological IPA (Northern, incl. Miaoli): /ap̚² e³¹⁻¹¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Southern, incl. Neipu): /ap̚² e³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: ab er
  - Sinological IPA: /ap⁵⁻² ə⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ab⁵ ê³
  - Sinological IPA: /ap̚¹ pe³¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ă-ciě
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /a²⁴ t͡siɛ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ah-á
  - Tâi-lô: ah-á
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ah'ar
  - IPA (Xiamen): /a(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ a⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /a(ʔ)⁵ a⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /a(ʔ)³²⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /a(ʔ)³²⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /a(ʔ)³²⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹/

Noun

鴨仔

(Cantonese, Northern Min, Southern Min) duckling
(Hakka, Hokkien) duck
(Cantonese, slang) junior waiter or waitress
(Cantonese, healthcare, colloquial) medical urinal; urine bottle

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 小鴨 (“duckling”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		小鴨, 小鴨子, 雛鴨, 鴨苗 hatchling, 鴨黃 hatchling
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	小鴨, 小鴨子
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	鴨崽兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	小鴨
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	小鴨巴兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	小鴨娃兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	鴨娃兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	鴨娃娃
	Lanzhou	尕鴨子
	Ürümqi	鴨娃子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	小鴨子, 小鴨兒, 鴨兒
	Chongqing	小鴨兒, 鴨娃兒
	Wuhan	小鴨子
	Guiyang	小鴨兒, 子鴨
	Liuzhou	鴨崽
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	雛鴨, 子鴨
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	子鴨 hatchling, 新鴨 hatchling
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鴨仔, 子鴨, 鴨花 hatchling, 鴨苗 hatchling
	Hong Kong	鴨仔
	Dongguan	鴨仔
Gan	Nanchang	鴨崽子
	Lichuan	鴨崽兒
	Pingxiang	鴨崽仔, 子鴨
Hakka	Meixian	細鴨仔, 子鴨
	Changting	鴨子
	Yudu	細鴨子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	細鴨仔
	Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian)	細鴨仔
	Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian)	細鴨仔
	Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian)	細鴨仔
	Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian)	鴨子
	Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian)	鴨子
	Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian)	鴨子
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	鴨子
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	鴨子
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	細鴨仔
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	細鴨仔
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	鴨子
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	細鴨仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鴨子
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	鴨子
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鴨子
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	鴨囝
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鴨幺, 鴨子
	Chengdu (Hexingchang)	細鴨嫲, 鴨仔子
	Weiyuan (Guanyingtan)	鴨崽崽, 細鴨嫲
Huizhou	Fuliang	嫩鴨兒
Jin	Taiyuan	小鴨鴨
Jin	Xinzhou	小鴨子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鴨仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鴨囝, 鴨囝囝
Southern Min	Xiamen	鴨仔, 鴨仔囝, 鴨咪
	Quanzhou	鴨仔, 鴨咪
	Zhangzhou	鴨仔, 鴨仔囝, 鴨咪
	Zhao'an	鴨囝仔
	Taipei	鴨仔囝
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	鴨仔囝, 鴨咪仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	鴨仔囝
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	鴨仔囝
	Kaohsiung	鴨仔囝, 鴨咪仔
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	鴨仔囝, 鴨咪仔
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	鴨仔囝, 鴨咪仔
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	鴨仔囝, 鴨咪仔, 鴨囝, 新仔
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	鴨囝仔
	Yilan	鴨仔囝
	Yilan (Luodong)	鴨咪仔
	Yilan (Toucheng)	鴨咪仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	鴨仔, 鴨仔囝
	Changhua (Yongjing)	鴨仔囝, 鴨咪仔
	Taichung	鴨咪仔
	Tainan	鴨仔囝
	Tainan (Anping)	鴨仔囝, 鴨咪仔
	Hsinchu	鴨仔囝
	Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	鴨仔囝
	Kinmen	鴨仔
	Penghu (Magong)	鴨仔
	Penghu (Xiyu)	鴨仔囝, 鴨咪
	Penang (Hokkien)	鴨囝
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鴨仔囝, 鴨咪
	Manila (Hokkien)	鴨仔
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	鴨仔
	Datian	鴨仔
	Shantou	鴨咪
	Jieyang	鴨囝, 鴨伲
	Haifeng	鴨仔
	Leizhou	鴨囝
	Haikou	鴨囝
Puxian Min	Putian	鴨囝, 鴨咪囝
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	鴨囝, 鴨咪 endearing
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	鴨囝
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	鴨囝
	Xianyou	鴨囝
	Xianyou (Fengting)	鴨囝
	Xianyou (Youyang)	鴨囝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	鴨崽, 細鴨
Wu	Shanghai (Songjiang)	小鴨
	Shanghai (Jiading)	小鴨
	Shanghai (Chongming)	小鴨
	Suzhou	小鴨
	Danyang	小鴨子
	Hangzhou	小鴨兒
	Ningbo	小鴨
	Wenzhou	鴨兒
	Jinhua	小鴨兒
Xiang	Changsha	鴨崽子
Xiang	Loudi	鴨崽唧

Dialectal synonyms of 鴨子 (“duck”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鴨
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鴨
Taxonomic name		鴨
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	鴨子
	Taiwan	鴨子
	Chengde	鴨
	Chifeng	鴨子, 鴨
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	鴨子
	Heihe	鴨子, 鴨
	Qiqihar	鴨子
	Harbin	鴨子
	Jiamusi	鴨子, 鴨
	Baicheng	鴨子
	Changchun	鴨子
	Tonghua	鴨子
	Shenyang	鴨子
	Jinzhou	鴨子, 鴨
	Malaysia	鴨
	Singapore	鴨
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	鴨子
	Tangshan	鴨子, 鴨
	Cangzhou	鴨子
	Baoding	鴨子
	Shijiazhuang	鴨子
	Lijin	鴨子, 咧咧
	Jinan	鴨子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	鴨子
	Dandong	鴨子, 鴨
	Yantai	鴨巴子
	Yantai (Muping)	鴨巴子
	Qingdao	鴨子, 鴨巴子
	Qingdao (Chengyang)	鴨子
	Qingdao (Jimo)	鴨巴子, 吧吧
	Laixi	吧子, 小巴兒
	Pingdu	扁嘴, 鴨巴子
	Jiaozhou	扁嘴
	Qingdao (Jiaonan, Huangdao)	老歪, 扁嘴
	Zhucheng	扁嘴, 老歪
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	鴨子
	Lingbao	鴨子
	Jining	鴨子, 扁嘴
	Wanrong	鴨兒
	Linfen	鴨子
	Shangqiu	鴨
	Yuanyang	鴨鴨兒
	Zhengzhou	鴨子, 鴨
	Xinyang	鴨子, 扁嘴兒
	Baihe	鴨子
	Xi'an	鴨子, 鴨
	Baoji	鴨子
	Tianshui	鴨子
	Xining	鴨子, 鴨鴨
	Xuzhou	鴨子
	Fuyang	鴨子, 扁嘴子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	鴨子
	Lanzhou	鴨子
	Dunhuang	鴨子
	Hami	鴨子
	Ürümqi	鴨子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	鴨子, 鴨兒
	Nanchong	鴨子
	Dazhou	鴨子
	Hanyuan	鴨子
	Xichang	鴨子
	Zigong	鴨子
	Chongqing	鴨子, 鴨娃兒
	Wuhan	鴨子
	Yichang	鴨子, 鴨
	Xiangyang	鴨子
	Tianmen	鴨子, 鴨
	Guiyang	鴨子, 鴨哩哩 childish
	Zunyi	鴨子, 鴨兒
	Bijie	鴨子
	Liping	鴨子
	Zhaotong	鴨子
	Dali	鴨子
	Kunming	鴨子
	Mengzi	鴨子
	Guilin	鴨子, 鴨
	Liuzhou	鴨, 鴨子
	Nanning (Wuming)	鴨
	Jishou	鴨子
	Changde	鴨子
	Hanzhong	鴨子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	鴨子, 鴨
	Yangzhou	鴨子, 扁嘴王 humorous
	Lianyungang	鴨子, 癟嘴
	Lianshui	鴨子
	Nantong	鴨子
	Anqing	鴨子, 鴨
	Wuhu	鴨子
	Hefei	鴨子
	Huanggang	鴨子
	Hong'an	鴨子, 鴨, 湖鴨, 扁嘴, 鴨叭腿
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鴨, 扁嘴
	Hong Kong	鴨
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	鴨
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	鴨
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	鴨
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	鴨
	Macau	鴨
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	鴨
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	鴨
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	鴨
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	鴨
	Foshan	鴨
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	鴨
	Foshan (Shunde)	鴨
	Foshan (Sanshui)	鴨
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	鴨
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	鴨
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	鴨
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	鴨
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	鴨
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	鴨
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	鴨
	Taishan	鴨
	Kaiping (Chikan)	鴨
	Enping (Niujiang)	鴨
	Heshan (Yayao)	鴨
	Dongguan	鴨
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	鴨
	Qingyuan	鴨
	Fogang	鴨
	Yingde (Hanguang)	鴨
	Yangshan	鴨
	Lianshan (Butian)	鴨
	Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	鴨
	Shaoguan	鴨, 鴨仔
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	鴨
	Renhua	鴨
	Lechang	鴨
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	鴨
	Sihui	鴨
	Guangning	鴨
	Deqing	鴨
	Huaiji	鴨
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	鴨
	Yunfu	鴨
	Xinxing	鴨
	Luoding	鴨
	Yunan (Pingtai)	鴨
	Yangjiang	鴨
	Xinyi	鴨
	Gaozhou	鴨
	Lianjiang	鴨
	Nanning	鴨
	Wuzhou	鴨
	Yulin	鴨
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	鴨
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	鴨
	Singapore (Guangfu)	鴨
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	鴨
Gan	Nanchang	鴨子, 鴨
	Pengze	鴨
	Lichuan	鴨兒
	Pingxiang	鴨
Hakka	Meixian	鴨仔
	Dabu (Xihe)	鴨
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	鴨
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	鴨
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	鴨
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	鴨
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	鴨仔
	Changting	鴨子, 鴨
	Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding)	鴨
	Wuping	鴨子
	Ninghua	鴨仔
	Yudu	鴨子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鴨仔
	Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian)	鴨仔
	Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian)	鴨仔
	Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian)	鴨仔
	Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian)	鴨仔
	Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian)	鴨仔
	Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian)	鴨仔
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	鴨仔
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	鴨仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鴨仔
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	鴨仔
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	鴨仔
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	鴨仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鴨仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	鴨
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鴨仔, 鴨
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	鴨
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鴨
	Hong Kong	鴨
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	鴨
	Chengdu (Hexingchang)	鴨嫲
	Weiyuan (Guanyingtan)	鴨嫲, 鴨子
	Yilong (Ma'an)	鴨嫲
	Xichang (Huanglianguan)	鴨子
	Sabah (Longchuan)	鴨仔
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	鴨子
	Senai (Huiyang)	鴨
	Singkawang	鴨
	Bangkok (Meixian)	鴨仔
Huizhou	Jixi	鴨
	Shexian	鴨
	Fuliang	鴨兒
	Fuliang (Ehu)	鴨兒
Jin	Taiyuan	鴨子
	Pingyao	鴨子
	Yangyuan	鴨子
	Datong	鴨子
	Xinzhou	鴨子
	Lüliang (Lishi)	鴨子
	Changzhi	鴨子
	Linhe	鴨子
	Jining	鴨子
	Hohhot	鴨子
	Erenhot	鴨子
	Pingshan	鴨子
	Zhangjiakou	鴨子
	Handan	鴨子
	Linzhou	鴨了
	Suide	鴨子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鴨
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鴨, 鴨囝
	Fuqing	鴨
	Matsu	鴨
Southern Min	Xiamen	鴨, 鴨仔, 闊喙婆 humorous
	Quanzhou	鴨, 鴨仔, 闊喙婆 humorous
	Jinjiang	鴨
	Yongchun	鴨
	Zhangzhou	鴨, 鴨仔, 鴨咪 childish, 闊喙婆 humorous
	Dongshan	鴨
	Taipei	鴨仔
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	鴨仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	鴨仔
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	鴨仔
	Kaohsiung	鴨仔
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	鴨仔
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	鴨仔
	Yilan	鴨仔
	Yilan (Luodong)	鴨仔
	Yilan (Toucheng)	鴨仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	鴨仔
	Changhua (Yongjing)	鴨仔
	Taichung	鴨
	Tainan	鴨仔
	Tainan (Anping)	鴨仔
	Hsinchu	鴨
	Miaoli (Houlong)	鴨仔
	Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	鴨仔
	Kinmen	鴨
	Penghu (Magong)	鴨
	Penghu (Xiyu)	鴨仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	鴨
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鴨
	Manila (Hokkien)	鴨
	Longyan	鴨仔
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	鴨
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	鴨
	Pingnan (Sijie)	鴨
	Pingle (Zhoutang)	鴨
	Lechang (Tatou)	鴨
	Yingde (Yuzui)	鴨
	Yunan (Liantan)	鴨
	Chaozhou	鴨
	Shantou	鴨
	Jieyang	鴨
	Haifeng	鴨咪
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	鴨
	Singapore (Teochew)	鴨
	Haikou	鴨
	Singapore (Hainanese)	鴨
Puxian Min	Putian	鴨咪
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	鴨
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	鴨
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	鴨, 鴨咪
	Xianyou	鴨, 鴨咪
	Xianyou (Fengting)	鴨, 鴨咪
	Xianyou (Youyang)	鴨, 鴨咪
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	鴨
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	鴨
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	鴨, 老扁 secret language
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	鴨
Shehua	Fu'an	鴨
	Fuding	鴨
	Luoyuan	鴨
	Sanming	鴨
	Shunchang	鴨
	Hua'an	鴨
	Guixi (Zhangping)	鴨
	Cangnan	鴨
	Jingning (Hexi)	鴨
	Lishui	鴨
	Longyou	鴨
	Chaozhou	鴨
	Fengshun	鴨
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	鴨
Waxiang	Yuanling (Shaojiwan)	鴨
Wu	Shanghai	鴨子, 鴨, 鴨里里 childish
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	鴨
	Shanghai (Jiading)	鴨, 鴨里里 childish
	Shanghai (Chongming)	鴨
	Suzhou	鴨, 鴨連連
	Wuxi	鴨, 鴨連連
	Danyang	鴨子, 鴨
	Hangzhou	鴨兒
	Ningbo	鴨, 鴨兒, 茄茄鴨 childish
	Wenzhou	水雞, 鴨, 嘎嘎 childish, 嘎嘎囉 childish
	Jinhua	鴨, 鴨兒
Xiang	Changsha	鴨
	Loudi	鴨
	Shuangfeng	鴨
	Quanzhou	鴨
Xiangnan Tuhua	Jiangyong	鴨
Xiangnan Tuhua	Dong'an	鴨唧
Yuebei Tuhua	Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang)	鴨
	Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang)	鴨
	Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang)	鴨
	Renhua (Zhoutian)	鴨
	Renhua (Shitang)	鴨
	Ruyuan (Songwei, Guitou)	鴨
	Lechang (Changlai)	鴨
	Lechang (Beixiang)	鴨
	Lechang (Huangpu)	鴨婆
	Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi)	鴨
	Lechang (Sanxi)	鴨

Derived terms