豬仔

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See also: 猪仔

Chinese

hog; pig; swine
minutely; young; duty
minutely; young; duty; responsibility
 
trad. (豬仔)
simp. (猪仔)

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Noun

豬仔

  1. (chiefly Cantonese; Quanzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) piglet
  2. (Hakka; Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) pig
    豬仔猪仔 [Meixian Hakka]  ―  giung4 zu1 ê3 [Hakka Transliteration Scheme]  ―  to feed pigs
  3. (figurative, dialect) someone sold into indentured servitude of forced labour
    豬仔猪仔 [Cantonese]  ―  maai6 zyu1 zai2   ―  to sell someone into indentured servitude of forced labour

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