# kai子
## Chinese

| | | foolish; idiotic; to be foolishfoolish; idiotic; to be foolish; to act like an idiot | child; son; (noun suffix)child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight |
| simp. and trad. (kai子) | simp. and trad. (kai子) | kai | 子 |

### Etymology

From Mandarin 凱子／凯子 (kǎizi).

### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): kaai$^1$ zi$^2$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kaai$^1$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: kāai jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kaai$^1$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kai$^1$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰaːi̯⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

### Noun

kai子
* (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang, dated) idiot; fool

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 傻子, 傻瓜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 傻狗兒, 傻蛋, 傻屄 pejorative |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 傻子, 傻瓜, 凱子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 傻子, 傻狍子, 傻錛兒錛兒, 傻蛋, 傻屄 pejorative |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 傻瓜 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 傻瓜, 傻子, 呆子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 傻瓜, 傻屌, 傻膀 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 傻子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 傻子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 哈巴兒, 哈娃兒, 嘻瓜娃兒, 吞兒寶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 哈崽, 哈卵 vulgar |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 傻崽, 哈崽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Luzhai | 傻崽, 哈崽, 憨崽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 痴崽, 癲崽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 楞人 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 傻瓜, 憨包 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 傻瓜, 笨蛋, 憨包, 包人 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 傻瓜, 憨人 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 傻子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 傻瓜, 阿傻, 傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy, 戇居仔 boy |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 傻瓜, 傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy, 傻女 girl, 傻妹 girl, 死蠢, kai子 dated slang, Lulu dated slang, Robert male, dated slang, Robert仔 male, dated slang, 孟加拉 dated slang |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 懵佬 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 傻佬 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 傻佬, 傻仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 傻仔, 蠢仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 傻仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 傻仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 傻佬 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 傻仔, 傻佬 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 傻仔, 傻佬 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 傻佬 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 傻佬 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 吽仔 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 吽仔 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 傻仔 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 傻仔 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy, 傻女 girl, 懵佬 man, 懵婆 woman, 懵仔 boy, 懵女 girl |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 傻瓜 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 傻仔, 傻佬 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 傻佬, 傻婆, 廢佬 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 傻仔, 傻佬 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 傻仔 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 傻仔 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 傻佬 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 傻仔, 傻佬 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 蟬頭 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 傻瓜, 戇牯, 傻貨, 傻仔 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 懵佬 man, 懵婆 woman, 懵仔 boy |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 傻佬 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 傻佬 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 傻子, 傻屄 pejorative |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 傻瓜子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 賴仔, 賴撇仔 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 戇儂, 歁囝 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 戇儂 GT, 戇猴 GT, 宋盼的 GT, 盼仔 GT |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 戇儂, 戇虎的 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 戇儂, 戇居, 柴頭, 戇囝, 傻仔 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 戇囝 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 山猴, 戇戇鬼, 洽洽仔, 三八儂, ka-mú-tī, 大番薯 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 傻瓜, 㦙囝, 傻哥 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 妃松, 老松, 山邁 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 傻囝 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 傻佬 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 傻佬 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 傻崽 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 戇人, 阿戇, 踱頭, 壽頭, 戇浮屍 vulgar |
| Xiang | Changsha | 哈寶, 苕它, 蠢人子, 蠢寶, 痴呆子, 哈卵 vulgar |
| Xiang | Loudi | 哈寶, 哈聖, 哈子 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |

#### Related terms

* kai (kaai1)