# 拐子佬
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gwaai$^2$ zi$^2$ lou$^2$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): gai$^2$ du$^2$ lau$^2$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gwaai$^2$ zi$^2$ lou$^2$
*** Yale: gwáai jí lóu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gwaai$^2$ dzi$^2$ lou$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: guai$^2$ ji$^2$ lou$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʷaːi̯³⁵ t͡siː³⁵ lou̯³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: gai$^2$ du$^2$ lau$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kai⁵⁵ tu⁵⁵ lau⁵⁵/

### Noun

拐子佬
* (Guangzhou Cantonese, Taishanese, Nanning Pinghua) kidnapper
* (Hong Kong Cantonese, Liuzhou Mandarin) child kidnapper
* (Nanning Pinghua, Liuzhou Mandarin) cheat; trickster; swindler

#### Synonyms

* (cheat; trickster):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 騙子, 騙徒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 騙子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 騙子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 騙子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 騙子, 拐子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 騙子手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 騙子手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 騙子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 騙子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 騙子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 騙子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 騙子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 騙子手 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 騙子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 騙子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 騙子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 騙子手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 騙子手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 騙子, 騙子手, 撇子手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 騙子手, 撇子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 騙子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 騙子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 騙子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 騙子, 騙騙 derogatory |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 騙子, 撇子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 騙子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 騙子手, 撇家拐子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 騙子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 騙子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 騙子, 騙子手, 拐子, 撇家拐子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 騙子, 編編匠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 騙子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 騙子, 拐子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 騙子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 騙子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 騙子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 騙子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 騙子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 騙子, 標子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 騙子, 騙子手, 白撮子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 騙子, 騙子手, 拐子手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 騙子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 騙子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 騙子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 騙子手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 騙子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 騙子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 騙子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 騙子, 拐子, 拐子佬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 騙子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 騙子手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 騙子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 大騙子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 騙子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 騙子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 騙子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 騙子, 拐子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 騙子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 騙子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 騙子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 騙子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 騙子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 騙子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 騙子, 白撮子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 光棍, 撞棍, 老千, 千友, 滾友 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 老千, 撞棍, 拆白黨 dated |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 拐子佬 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 呃人個 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 傻人個 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 呃人 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 老千 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 撞棍, 光棍佬, 滾友, 老千 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 騙子 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 騙仔 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 騙子 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 呃人嘅 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 騙子 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 騙子 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 騙子 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 騙子 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 老千 |
| Cantonese | Sarikei (Xinhui) | 老千 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 老千 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 欺騙人 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 騙子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 騙子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 騙仔, 撮仔賊 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 騙子 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 呃人精, 老千 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) | 呃人咧 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) | 呃人唉 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua) | 撮仔 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 騙仔 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 撮咧 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) | 騙依 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) | 騙哎 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 騙子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 騙仔, 落仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 騙個 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 諞仙仔 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 虎𡳞王 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 騙子 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 落仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 落人個 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 落仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 落子 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 撮仔 |
| Hakka | Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 騙子 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 老千 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 騙子, 騙鬼 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 騙子 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 騙子, 撇子 |
| Jin | Datong | 騙子手 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 騙子 |
| Jin | Linhe | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Jin | Jining | 騙子手 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Jin | Handan | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 騙了 |
| Jin | Suide | 騙子, 騙子手 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 騙仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 光棍 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 佬仔, 甪仔, 大佬, 白賊七, 白賊七仔 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 佬仔, 甪仔, 白賊七 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 甪仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 佬仔, 甪仔, 白賊七, 白賊七仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 諞仙仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 諞仙仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 術仔, 諞仙仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 術仔, 諞仙仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 諞仙仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 諞仙仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 諞仙仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 諞仙仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 諞仙仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 佬仔, 諞仙仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 諞仙仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 諞仙 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 諞仙仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 諞仙仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 諞仙仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 諞仙仔 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 諞仙, 騙子 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 諞仙 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 騙囝 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 佬囝, 騙囝 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 騙儂個 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 光棍 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 光棍 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 騙子, 拐子佬 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 騙子 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 拐子 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 騙子 |
| Wu | Danyang | 騙子, 騙鬼郎中 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 騙子 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 騙子, 拐子, 騙賊拐子 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 拐兒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 騙子, 拐子兒 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 辵巴子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 騙子手, 拐子 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 騙子手 |

#### Coordinate terms

* (child kidnapper): 拐子婆