契弟

Chinese

		contract	younger brother
trad. (契弟)		契	弟
simp. #(契弟)		契	弟

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qìdì

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˋ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kai³ dai⁶
• Eastern Min (BUC): kié-*diê

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qìdì
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cìdì
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi⁴-ti⁴
    • Yale: chì-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chihdih
    • Palladius: циди (cidi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kai³ dai⁶
    • Yale: kai daih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kai³ dai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: kei³ dei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐi̯³³ tɐi̯²²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: kié-*diê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰie²¹³⁻⁵³ tiɛ²⁴²/

Noun

契弟

1. (literary, original meaning) blood brother; sworn brother

Usage notes

In Cantonese, it is now rarely used in the original meaning because of the meanings below; 契細佬／契细佬 would be instead.

See also

• 契哥 (qìgē)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qìdì

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˋ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kai³ dai⁶
• Eastern Min (BUC): kié-dâ̤
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khòe-tē

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qìdì
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cìdì
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi⁴-ti⁴
    • Yale: chì-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chihdih
    • Palladius: циди (cidi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kai³ dai⁶
    • Yale: kai daih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kai³ dai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: kei³ dei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐi̯³³ tɐi̯²²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: kié-dâ̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰie²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(t-)lɑ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòe-tē
    • Tâi-lô: khuè-tē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoea'de
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰue²¹⁻⁵³ te²²/

Noun

契弟

1. (dated or regional, including Cantonese, Xiamen Hokkien) gay male or male prostitute

   • 只圖結交些契弟。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     只图结交些契弟。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18^th century CE

     Zhǐ tú jiéjiāo xiē qìdì. [Pinyin]

     He just wanted to get to know some gay men.

2. (Cantonese, Eastern Min, Puxian Min, dialectal Southern Min, offensive, vulgar) bastard; idiot; son of a bitch (Classifier: 個／个 c; 條／条 c)

   野契弟 [Eastern Min]  ―  iā kié-dâ̤ / [ia³³ kʰie²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(t-)lɑ²⁴²] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]  ―  poor; terrible

   做契弟 [Eastern Min]  ―  có̤ kié-dâ̤ / [t͡sɔ²¹³ kʰie²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(t-)lɑ²⁴²] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]  ―  doomed; fucked up

   唔去就正契弟。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   m⁴ heoi³ zau⁶ zing³ kai³ dai⁶. [Jyutping]

   You are a dick if you don't go.

   • 契弟，你仆街啦！ [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

     From: 1989, Wong Jing, God of Gamblers (spoken by Chow Yun-fat)

     kai³ dai⁶, nei⁵ puk¹ gaai¹ laa¹! [Jyutping]

     You bastard, go to hell!

3. (Cantonese, derogatory) fellow; guy (Classifier: 個／个 c; 條／条 c)

   梗係何仔個契弟鼠咗去。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   梗系何仔个契弟鼠咗去。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   gang² hai⁶ ho⁴ zai² go³ kai³ dai⁶ syu² zo² heoi³. [Jyutping]

   It must have been snatched by that Ho(-surnamed) guy.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 男妓 (“male prostitute”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		男妓, 妓男, 男娼
Mandarin	Beijing	老泡兒, 兔兒爺, 妞兒夾子
	Taiwan	男妓, 牛郎, 鴨
	Lanzhou	崽娃子
	Chengdu	㚻子, 鴨子, 兔兒, 吃相飯的, 吃相公飯的
	Malaysia	鴨
	Singapore	鴨
Cantonese	Guangzhou	契弟
	Hong Kong	男妓, 鴨
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	鴨
	Singapore (Guangfu)	鴨
Northern Min	Jian'ou	桃脯
Southern Min	Xiamen	契弟, 阿倌
	Taipei	龜精 GT
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鴨, 阿倌
Wu	Shanghai	屁精, 兔子
	Suzhou	相公
	Jinhua	雄婊子
Xiang	Changsha	幺它
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Proper noun

契弟

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang, neologism) China

Coordinate terms

• 契哥 (kai³ go¹)