靚仔

See also: 靓仔

Chinese

		good-looking	boy
trad. (靚仔)		靚	仔
simp. (靓仔)		靓	仔
alternative forms		靚崽／靓崽

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liàngzǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˋ ㄗㄞˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): leng³ zai²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): liang¹ doi²

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): liang⁴ zai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liàngzǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˋ ㄗㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liàngzǎi
    • Wade–Giles: liang⁴-tsai³
    • Yale: lyàng-dzǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lianqtzae
    • Palladius: лянцзай (ljanczaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ⁵¹ t͡saɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: leng³ zai²
    • Yale: leng jái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: leng³ dzai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: léng³ zei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɛːŋ³³ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: liang¹ doi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liaŋ³³ tᵘɔi⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: liang⁴ zai³
    • Sinological IPA: /liaŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡saɪ³¹/

Noun

靚仔

1. (chiefly Cantonese, Hakka) good-looking boy; handsome man (Classifier: 個／个)
2. (Cantonese, by extension) generic term of address for a young man: young man
3. (Cantonese, restaurant jargon) Alternative name for 白飯／白饭 (báifàn, “plain steamed rice”). (Classifier: 個／个; 碗)
4. (Cantonese, slang) good traffic

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 美男子 (“handsome man”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		美男子, 俊男
Mandarin	Taiwan	帥哥
	Singapore	帥哥
Cantonese	Guangzhou	靚仔
	Hong Kong	靚仔
	Taishan	靚仔
	Kaiping (Chikan)	靚仔
	Dongguan	靚仔
	Yangjiang	靚仔
	Penang (Guangfu)	靚仔
	Singapore (Guangfu)	靚仔
Hakka	Meixian	靚仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	靚仔
Southern Min	Anxi	緣投的
	Tainan	緣投仔桑
	Penang (Hokkien)	緣投峇
	Jieyang	雅囝

Adjective

靚仔

1. (Cantonese) handsome; good-looking

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 英俊 (“handsome”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		英俊, 帥氣
Mandarin	Taiwan	帥
	Jinan	帥
	Yangzhou	帥
	Malaysia	英俊
	Singapore	帥
Cantonese	Guangzhou	靚仔
	Hong Kong	靚仔
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	靚仔
	Penang (Guangfu)	靚仔
	Singapore (Guangfu)	靚仔
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	緣投
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	緣投
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	緣投
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	派頭, 緣投
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	緣投
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	緣投
	Singapore (Dabu)	緣投
Southern Min	Xiamen	緣投
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	緣投
	Quanzhou	緣投
	Jinjiang	緣投
	Anxi	緣投
	Zhangzhou	緣投, 燦頭, 燦才
	Tainan	緣投
	Penang (Hokkien)	緣投
	Singapore (Hokkien)	緣投
	Manila (Hokkien)	緣投
	Wenchang	帥
Wu	Shanghai	帥
Xiang	Changsha	帥

Descendants

• → English: leng zai

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 靚仔 – see 𡃁仔 (“kid; mischievous boy; rascal; chap”). (This term is a variant form of 𡃁仔).