溝仔

Chinese

Etymology 1

		ditch; gutter	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
trad. (溝仔)		溝	仔
simp. (沟仔)		沟	仔

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kau-á

Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kau-á
  - Tâi-lô: kau-á
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kau'ar
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kau⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kau³³ a⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kau⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kau⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kau⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹/

(Hokkien) Homophone: 鉤仔 / 钩仔 (kau-á)

Noun

溝仔

(Hokkien) ditch; trench

Synonyms

水溝／水沟 (shuǐgōu)
溝涵／沟涵

Derived terms

Etymology 2

		ditch; gutter	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
trad. (溝仔)		溝	仔
simp. (沟仔)		沟	仔
alternative forms		媾仔

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): kau¹ zai²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kau¹ zai²
  - Yale: kāu jái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kau¹ dzai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: keo¹ zei²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/

Verb

溝⫽仔 (verb-object)

(Cantonese) to hit on boys
- 2001, “至冧情歌”, in 至冧情歌‎^[1], performed by 陳慶祥:
  
  我唔再去睇第啲女仔　你亦都唔好去溝仔 [Cantonese, trad.]
  我唔再去睇第啲女仔　你亦都唔好去沟仔 [Cantonese, simp.]
  ngo⁵ m⁴ zoi³ heoi³ tai² dai⁶ di¹ neoi⁵ zai², nei⁵ jik⁶ dou¹ m⁴ hou² heoi³ kau¹ zai² [Jyutping]
  I won't look at other girls, and you won't hit on boys

Coordinate terms

(Cantonese) 溝女／沟女