soon仔

Chinese

			minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
simp. and trad. (soon仔)		soon	仔

Etymology

From the pronunciation of 孫仔／孙仔 (syun¹ zai²) by an elderly person in a television advertisement in 2021, likely influenced by Taishanese.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sun¹ zai²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sun¹ zai²
    • Yale: sūn jái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sun¹ dzai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sun¹ zei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /suːn⁵⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/

Noun

soon仔

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism) grandchild