對仔

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Chinese

couple; pair; to be opposite
couple; pair; to be opposite; to oppose; to face; for; to; correct (answer); to answer; to reply; to direct (towards something); right
 
minutely; young; duty
minutely; young; duty; responsibility
 
trad. (對仔) 對 仔
simp. (对仔) 对 仔

Pronunciation

Noun

對仔

  1. (Hakka) antithetical couplet, often consisting of two lines of verse written vertically down the opposing sides of a doorway

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 對聯 (“antithetical couplet”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 吊子
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 對聯
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 對聯
Singapore 對聯
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 對子
Central Plains Mandarin Wanrong 對子
Xi'an 對子
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 對子
Southwestern Mandarin Wuhan 對子
Guiyang 對子
Cantonese Guangzhou 對, 對聯
Hong Kong 對, 對聯
Dongguan 對
Gan Nanchang 對子
Lichuan 對子
Pingxiang 對子
Hakka Meixian 對聯, 對仔
Yudu 對子
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 對聯
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 對聯
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 對聯
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 對聯
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 對聯
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 對聯
Jin Taiyuan 對聯, 對子
Xinzhou 對子
Northern Min Jian'ou 對聯
Eastern Min Fuzhou 對聯
Southern Min Xiamen 聯對
Quanzhou 聯對
Zhangzhou 聯對, 門對
Tainan 聯對 GT
Shantou 對聯
Leizhou 對
Haikou 對
Wu Danyang 對聯, 對子
Xiang Changsha 對子
Loudi 對子
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)
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