盒仔

Chinese

		small box; case	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
simp. and trad. (盒仔)		盒	仔
alternative forms		盒兒／盒儿 Hakka

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hap⁶ zai²
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ha̍p-é

  (Meixian, Guangdong): hab⁶ ê³

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): a̍h-á / a̍p-á

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hap⁶ zai²
    • Yale: hahp jái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hap⁹ dzai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: heb⁶ zei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐp̚² t͡sɐi̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ha̍p-é
    • Hakka Romanization System: hab e`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hab⁶ e³
    • Sinological IPA: /hap̚⁵ e³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: hab⁶ ê³
    • Sinological IPA: /hap̚⁵ pe³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a̍h-á
    • Tâi-lô: a̍h-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: aq'ar
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /a(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²² a⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /a(ʔ)⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /a(ʔ)²⁴⁻² a⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /a(ʔ)⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /a(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ a⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a̍p-á
    • Tâi-lô: a̍p-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ab'ar
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ap̚⁴⁻³² a⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /ap̚⁴⁻³² a⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ a⁵³/

Noun

盒仔

1. (Cantonese, Hokkien) small box (with a lid)
2. (Hakka, Hokkien) case; box (with a lid)
3. (Tainan Hokkien) boxed meal; takeaway meal; bento

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 盒子 (“box; case (with lid, generally smaller)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		盒子
Mandarin	Taiwan	盒子
	Luoyang	盒子
	Xining	盒兒
	Ürümqi	盒兒
	Chengdu	盒盒兒, 盒盒
	Singapore	盒子
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	盒盒子, 盒盒兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	盒
	Hong Kong	盒
	Dongguan	盒
	Singapore (Guangfu)	盒
Gan	Nanchang	盒子
Hakka	Meixian	盒仔
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	盒仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	盒仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	盒仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	盒
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	盒仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	盒
Huizhou	Jixi	盒
Jin	Taiyuan	盒子
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	盒盒
Southern Min	Xiamen	盒仔, 盒, 篋仔
	Quanzhou	盒仔, 盒, 篋仔
	Zhangzhou	盒仔, 盒, 篋仔
	Tainan	盒仔, 篋仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	盒, 箱
	Singapore (Hokkien)	盒
	Manila (Hokkien)	盒仔
	Medan (Hokkien)	盒
	Singapore (Teochew)	盒
	Leizhou	盒
	Haikou	盒
	Singapore (Hainanese)	盒
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	盒
Wu	Shanghai	盒子
	Danyang	盒盒
	Wenzhou	盒兒
	Jinhua	盒兒
Xiang	Loudi	盒

Dialectal synonyms of 盒飯 (“boxed meal; takeaway food”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		盒飯
Mandarin	Taiwan	便當, 飯盒
	Jinan	盒飯
	Guilin	盒飯
	Singapore	飯盒, 便當
Cantonese	Hong Kong	飯盒
	Macau	飯盒
	Dongguan	盒飯, 盒仔飯
Southern Min	Taipei	便當盒仔, 便當 GT, 飯盒仔 GT
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	飯包
	Kaohsiung	便當篋仔, 飯篋仔
	Yilan	便當篋仔
	Taichung	便當盒仔
	Tainan	盒仔, 飯篋仔
	Hsinchu	便當盒仔
	Kinmen	飯盒
	Penghu (Magong)	飯盒
	Penang (Hokkien)	包飯
	Singapore (Hokkien)	飯盒
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Derived terms

• 盒仔茶
• 盒仔餅／盒仔饼