凱子

Chinese

		triumphant; victorious	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (凱子)		凱	子
simp. (凯子)		凯	子

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kǎizi

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄞˇ ˙ㄗ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² zi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kǎizi
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄞˇ ˙ㄗ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kǎizi̊h
  - Wade–Giles: kʻai³-tzŭ⁵
  - Yale: kǎi-dz
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kae.tzy
  - Palladius: кайцзы (kajczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoi² zi²
  - Yale: hói jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: hoi² ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

凱子

(slang) fool; idiot
(chiefly Taiwan, slang) rich, good-looking guy
(chiefly Taiwan, slang) gigolo

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 傻子 (“fool; idiot”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		傻子, 傻瓜
Mandarin	Beijing	傻狗兒, 傻蛋, 傻屄 pejorative
	Taiwan	傻子, 傻瓜, 凱子
	Harbin	傻子, 傻狍子, 傻錛兒錛兒, 傻蛋, 傻屄 pejorative
	Jinan	傻瓜, 傻子, 呆子
	Luoyang	傻瓜, 傻屌, 傻膀
	Yinchuan	傻子
	Chengdu	哈巴兒, 哈娃兒, 嘻瓜娃兒, 吞兒寶
	Guilin	哈崽, 哈卵 vulgar
	Liuzhou	傻崽, 哈崽
	Luzhai	傻崽, 哈崽, 憨崽
	Nanning (Wuming)	痴崽, 癲崽
	Xuzhou	傻子
	Nanjing	傻子
	Singapore	傻瓜
	Dagudi (Maliba)	楞人
	Reshuitang (Longling)	傻瓜, 憨包
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	傻瓜, 笨蛋, 憨包, 包人
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	傻瓜, 憨人
Cantonese	Guangzhou	傻瓜, 阿傻, 傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy, 戇居仔 boy
	Hong Kong	傻瓜, 傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy, 傻女 girl, 傻妹 girl, 死蠢, kai子 dated slang, Lulu female, dated slang, Robert male, dated slang
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	懵佬
	Macau	傻佬
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy
	Foshan	傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy
	Foshan (Shunde)	傻佬, 傻仔
	Foshan (Sanshui)	傻仔, 蠢仔
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	傻仔
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	傻仔
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	傻佬
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	傻仔, 傻佬
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	傻仔, 傻佬
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	傻佬
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	傻佬
	Taishan	吽仔
	Kaiping (Chikan)	吽仔
	Enping (Niujiang)	傻仔
	Heshan (Yayao)	傻仔
	Dongguan	傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy, 傻女 girl, 懵佬 man, 懵婆 woman, 懵仔 boy, 懵女 girl
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy
	Beihai	傻瓜
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	傻仔, 傻佬
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	傻佬, 傻婆, 廢佬
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	傻仔, 傻佬
	Penang (Guangfu)	傻仔
	Singapore (Guangfu)	傻仔
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	傻佬
	Móng Cái	傻仔, 傻佬
Gan	Nanchang	蟬頭
Hakka	Meixian	傻瓜, 戇牯, 傻貨, 傻仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	懵佬 man, 懵婆 woman, 懵仔 boy
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	傻佬
Jin	Taiyuan	傻子, 傻屄 pejorative
Jin	Xinzhou	傻瓜子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	賴仔, 賴撇仔
Southern Min	Xiamen	戇儂, 歁囝
	Taipei	戇儂 GT, 戇猴 GT, 宋盼的 GT, 盼仔 GT
	Tainan	戇儂, 戇虎的
	Penang (Hokkien)	戇儂, 戇居, 柴頭, 戇囝, 傻仔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	戇囝
	Manila (Hokkien)	山猴, 戇戇鬼, 洽洽仔, 三八儂, ka-mú-tī, 大番薯
	Shantou	傻瓜, 㦙囝, 傻哥
	Leizhou	妃松, 老松, 山邁
	Haikou	傻囝
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	傻佬
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	傻佬
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	傻崽
Wu	Shanghai	戇人, 阿戇, 踱頭, 壽頭, 戇浮屍 vulgar
Xiang	Changsha	哈寶, 苕它, 蠢人子, 蠢寶, 痴呆子, 哈卵 vulgar
Xiang	Loudi	哈寶, 哈聖, 哈子
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Derived terms

釣凱子／钓凯子 (diào kǎizi)

Descendants

→ Cantonese: kai子 (kaai¹ zi²)

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