契弟

Chinese

		contract	younger brother
trad. (契弟)		契	弟
simp. ^#(契弟)		契	弟

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/

契弟

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.

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/

契弟

(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.
  He just wanted to get to know some gay men.
(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 / [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA] ― poor; terrible

做契弟 [Eastern Min] ― có̤ kié-dâ̤ / [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA] ― doomed; fucked up

唔去就正契弟。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
m⁴ heoi³ zau⁶ zing³ kai³ dai⁶.
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!
  You bastard, go to hell!
(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.
It must have been snatched by that Ho(-surnamed) guy.

Dialectal synonyms of 男妓 (“male prostitute”)

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
	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)

契弟