# 契弟
## Chinese
### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qìdì
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˋ ㄉㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kai$^3$ dai$^6$
* Eastern Min (BUC): kié-*diê
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qìdì
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ ㄉㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cìdì
*** Wade–Giles: chʻi$^4$-ti$^4$
*** Yale: chì-dì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chihdih
*** Palladius: циди (cidi)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kai$^3$ dai$^6$
*** Yale: kai daih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kai$^3$ dai$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kei$^3$ dei$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɐi̯³³ tɐi̯²²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: kié-*diê
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰie²¹³⁻⁵³ tiɛ²⁴²/

#### Noun

契弟
* (literary, original meaning) blood brother; sworn brother

##### Usage notes

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.

##### See also

* 契哥 (qìgē)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qìdì
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˋ ㄉㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kai$^3$ dai$^6$
* Eastern Min (BUC): kié-dâ̤
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khòe-tē
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qìdì
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ ㄉㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cìdì
*** Wade–Giles: chʻi$^4$-ti$^4$
*** Yale: chì-dì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chihdih
*** Palladius: циди (cidi)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kai$^3$ dai$^6$
*** Yale: kai daih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kai$^3$ dai$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kei$^3$ dei$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɐi̯³³ tɐi̯²²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: kié-dâ̤
*** Sinological IPA : /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/

#### Noun

契弟
* (dated or regional, including Cantonese, Xiamen Hokkien) gay male or male prostitute
    From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18th century CE
    Zhǐ tú jiéjiāo xiē qìdì. [Pinyin]
    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 / [ia³³ kʰie²¹³⁻⁵³ $^{(t-)}$lɑ²⁴²] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA] ― poor; terrible
    做契弟 [Eastern Min] ― có̤ kié-dâ̤ / [t͡sɔ²¹³ kʰie²¹³⁻⁵³ $^{(t-)}$lɑ²⁴²] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA] ― doomed; fucked up
       m$^4$ heoi$^3$ zau$^6$ zing$^3$ kai$^3$ dai$^6$. [Jyutping]
       You are a dick if you don't go.
    From: 1989, Wong Jing, God of Gamblers (spoken by Chow Yun-fat)
    kai$^3$ dai$^6$, nei$^5$ puk$^1$ gaai$^1$ laa$^1$! [Jyutping]
    You bastard, go to hell!
* (Cantonese, derogatory) fellow; guy (Classifier: 個／个 c; 條／条 c)
       gang$^2$ hai$^6$ ho$^4$ zai$^2$ go$^3$ kai$^3$ dai$^6$ syu$^2$ zo$^2$ heoi$^3$. [Jyutping]
       It must have been snatched by that Ho(-surnamed) guy.

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 男妓, 妓男, 男娼 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 老泡兒, 兔兒爺, 妞兒夾子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 男妓, 牛郎, 鴨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 鴨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | 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 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 男妓, 鴨 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 鴨 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 鴨 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 桃脯 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 契弟, 阿倌 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 龜精 GT, 鹿仔 GT |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 鴨, 阿倌 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 屁精, 兔子 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 相公 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 雄婊子 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 幺它 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |

#### Proper noun

契弟
* (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang, neologism) China

##### Usage notes

Used by some online users to mock China's close ties with Russia.

##### Synonyms

* 中 (abbreviation)
* 中共國 / 中共国 (zhōnggòngguó) (derogatory)
* 中原 (Zhōngyuán)
* 中國 / 中国 (Zhōngguó)
* 中華 / 中华
* 九州 (Jiǔzhōu) (literary)
* 唐山 (Tángshān)
* 域中 (yùzhōng) (literary, figurative)
* 天下 (tiānxià) (lofty)
* 天朝 (Tiāncháo) (historical or Internet slang)
* 德祐 (Déyòu) (Myanmar)
* 支那 (Zhīnà) (obsolete, now usually derogatory or offensive)
* 桃花石 (Táohuāshí) (obsolete)
* 牆國 / 墙国 (qiángguó) (Taiwan, derogatory, sarcastic)
* 猜拿 (Cāiná) (transliteration of English China)
* 祖國 / 祖国 (zǔguó)
* 神州 (Shénzhōu) (literary)
* 種花家 / 种花家 (Zhònghuājiā) (slang, humorous)
* 脂那 (Zhīnà) (obsolete)
* 至那 (Zhìnà) (obsolete)
* 華 / 华 (abbreviation)
* 華夏 / 华夏 (Huáxià)
* 虫國 (Hong Kong, offensive, Internet slang)
* 蚛蟈 / 蚛蝈 (Hong Kong, offensive, Internet slang)
* 諸夏 / 诸夏 (Zhūxià)
* 諸華 / 诸华 (Zhūhuá)
* 貴支 / 贵支 (guìzhī) (Mainland China, Internet slang, neologism, derogatory, sarcastic, offensive)
* 贏國 / 赢国 (Hong Kong, humorous, derogatory, sarcastic)
* 赤縣 / 赤县 (Chìxiàn) (literary)
* 赤縣神州 / 赤县神州 (Chìxiàn Shénzhōu) (literary)
* 震旦 (Zhèndàn) (archaic)

#### Coordinate terms

* 契哥 (kai$^3$ go$^1$)