乾爺

Chinese

dry; clean; male
dry; clean; male; strong; one of the Eight Trigrams; surname
 
 grandpa; etc.; old gentleman
trad. (乾爺) 乾 爺
simp. (干爷) 干 爷

Pronunciation

  • Gan
    • (Nanchang)
      • Wiktionary: gon1 ia4
      • Sinological IPA (key): /kɵn⁴² ia³⁵/
  • Wu
  • Xiang
    • (Hengyang)
      • Wiktionary: gan1 ia2
      • Sinological IPA (key): /kan⁴⁴⁵ i̯ä¹¹/

Noun

乾爺

  1. (Gan, Suzhounese, Hangzhounese, Hengyang Xiang) godfather; (nominally) adoptive father

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 乾爸 (“godfather; (nominally) adoptive father”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 乾爸, 乾爹, 義父
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 乾爸爸, 乾爹
Central Plains Mandarin Wanrong 乾爸
Xi'an 乾爸
Xuzhou 乾爺, 乾爹
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 乾爹
Southwestern Mandarin Guiyang 乾爹
Liuzhou 乾爹, 契爺
Cantonese Guangzhou 契爺
Hong Kong 契爺
Dongguan 契爺
Gan Nanchang 乾爺
Lichuan 契爺
Hakka Meixian 契爺
Northern Min Jian'ou 老爹
Eastern Min Fuzhou 義郎爸
Southern Min Xiamen 契爸
Quanzhou 契爸
Jinjiang 契爸
Zhangzhou 契爸
Manila (Hokkien) 契爸
Jieyang 契爸
Puxian Min Putian 結義的老爸
Xianyou 結義的老爸
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 契爺
Wu Suzhou 乾爺
Hangzhou 乾爺
Xiang Hengyang 乾爺
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