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
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	老泡兒, 兔兒爺, 妞兒夾子
	Taiwan	男妓, 牛郎, 鴨
	Malaysia	鴨
	Singapore	鴨
Lanyin Mandarin	Lanzhou	崽娃子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	㚻子, 鴨子, 兔兒, 吃相飯的, 吃相公飯的
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, 鹿仔 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

Usage notes

Used by some online users to mock China's close ties with Russia.

Coordinate terms

• 契哥 (kai³ go¹)