四仔

Chinese

		four	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
simp. and trad. (四仔)		四	仔

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei³ zai²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei³ zai²
    • Yale: sei jái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei³ dzai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi³ zei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³³ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/

Etymology 1

From the sense of being even more erotic than level-three pornographic movies according to Hong Kong's movie rating system. See 三級片／三级片 for more details.

Noun

四仔

1. (Cantonese) uncensored pornographic film

   • 賣翻版VCD，我已經覺得好惡頂，家吓仲要我走嚟賣四仔，萬一撞到熟人我真係唔知捐去邊度好。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     卖翻版VCD，我已经觉得好恶顶，家吓仲要我走嚟卖四仔，万一撞到熟人我真系唔知捐去边度好。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2015, 阿煩, 《黑色社會》, Hong Kong: 點子出版, page 110

     maai⁶ faan¹ baan² wi¹ si¹ di¹, ngo⁵ ji⁵ ging¹ gok³ dak¹ hou² ok³ ding², gaa¹ haa⁵ zung⁶ jiu³ ngo⁵ zau² lai⁴ maai⁶ sei³ zai², maan⁶ jat¹ zong⁶ dou^3-2 suk⁶ jan⁴ ngo⁵ zan¹ hai⁶ m⁴ zi¹ gyun¹ heoi³ bin¹ dou⁶ hou². [Jyutping]

     Selling pirated VCD, I feel, was already very hard to stand. Now he wants me to come and sell uncensored porn. If I bump into an acquaintance, I really don't know where to hide.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 色情片 (“pornographic film”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		色情片
Mandarin	Taiwan	A片, AV, 動作片, 謎片
	Singapore	色情片
Cantonese	Hong Kong	鹹片, 三級片, A片, AV, 愛情動作片, 甜片, 三仔, 四仔 uncensored
Wu	Shanghai	三級片, 毛片

Related terms

• 三仔 (saam¹ zai²)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “四號粉?”)

Noun

四仔

1. (Cantonese, slang) heroin

   • 在掃毒方面，油尖警區特別職務隊人員根據線報及經深入調查後，傍晚約6時則進行反毒品行動，搜查彌敦道83號一大廈單位，在單位發現約180懷疑大麻精、約94克懷疑大麻花、約10克懷疑四仔、8粒懷疑搖頭丸及毒品包裝工具。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     在扫毒方面，油尖警区特别职务队人员根据线报及经深入调查后，傍晚约6时则进行反毒品行动，搜查弥敦道83号一大厦单位，在单位发现约180怀疑大麻精、约94克怀疑大麻花、约10克怀疑四仔、8粒怀疑摇头丸及毒品包装工具。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2017 August 10, 53人大埔上水街頭聚賭被捕, in 《成報》, page A04

     zoi⁶ sou³ duk⁶ fong¹ min⁶, jau⁴ zim¹ ging² keoi¹ dak⁶ bit⁶ zik¹ mou⁶ deoi^6-2 jan⁴ jyun⁴ gan¹ geoi³ sin³ bou³ kap⁶ ging¹ sam¹ jap⁶ diu⁶ caa⁴ hau⁶, pong⁴ maan⁵ joek³ luk⁶ si⁴ zak¹ zeon³ hang⁴ faan² duk⁶ ban² hang⁴ dung⁶, sau² caa⁴ nei⁴ deon¹ dou⁶ 83 hou⁶ jat¹ daai⁶ haa⁶ daan¹ wai^6-2, zoi⁶ daan¹ wai^6-2 faat³ jin⁶ joek³ 180 waai⁴ ji⁴ daai⁶ maa⁴ zing¹, joek³ 94 hak¹ waai⁴ ji⁴ daai⁶ maa⁴ faa¹, joek³ 10 hak¹ waai⁴ ji⁴ sei³ zai², 8 lap¹ waai⁴ ji⁴ jiu⁴ tau⁴ jyun^4-2 kap⁶ duk⁶ ban² baau¹ zong¹ gung¹ geoi⁶. [Jyutping]

     With respect to cracking down on drugs, members of the Special Duty Team of the Yau Tsim District conducted an anti-narcotics operation at around 6 o'clock in the evening based on a tip-off and after thorough investigation. They raided a flat in 83 Nathan Road, where they discovered about 180 [grams?] of suspected hash, about 94 grams of suspected cannabis buds, about 10 grams of suspected heroin, 8 suspected ecstasy pills, and tools for packaging drugs.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 海洛因 (“heroin”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		海洛因, 海洛英
Mandarin	Beijing	白麵兒, 老海
	Taiwan	海洛因, 白粉
	Luoyang	白麵兒, 老海
	Xi'an	白麵兒
	Ürümqi	白麵兒
	Yangzhou	白麵子
	Singapore	白粉
	Dagudi (Maliba)	白粉
	Reshuitang (Longling)	白粉, 粉藥
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	白粉, 粉藥
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	白粉
Cantonese	Guangzhou	白粉
	Hong Kong	海洛英, 白粉, 粉, 灰, 四仔
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	白粉
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	白粉
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	白粉
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	海洛英
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	白粉
	Móng Cái	白粉
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	白粉
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	海洛因
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	海洛因
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	海洛因
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	海洛因
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	海洛因
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	海洛因
	Senai (Huiyang)	白粉
Jin	Taiyuan	料子
	Xinzhou	料子
Southern Min	Xiamen	海洛因
	Singapore (Hokkien)	白粉
	Chaozhou	白粉
	Shantou	白粉
	Jieyang	白粉
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	白粉
	Pontianak (Teochew)	下洛因
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	白粉
Wu	Danyang	白粉, 白麵
	Wenzhou	白粉