仔

Etymology 1
Cognate with and.

Definitions

 * 1)  young
 * 2)  meticulous; fine
 * 1)  meticulous; fine
 * 1)  meticulous; fine

Definitions

 * 1)  son
 * 2)  child
 * 3)  boyfriend
 * 4)  (young) male
 * 1)  boyfriend
 * 2)  (young) male
 * 1)  (young) male

Etymology 2
is a weak form of, as evidenced in older, less reduced forms such as giá (Dictionario Hispanico Sinicum; 彚音妙悟) or iá (Dictionario Hispanico Sinicum; Medhurst, 1832). (Mandarin and Cantonese pronunciations in words borrowed from Southern Min are from etymology 1.)

Usage notes
Tone sandhi before differ from the normal rules in some dialects of Hokkien. In Taiwanese Hokkien, only the rules for tones 1, 2, 4 (-p/t/k) and 8 (-p/t/k) remain unchanged:
 * tone 3 → tone 1 (instead of tone 2):
 * tone 4 (-h) → tone 1 (instead of tone 2):
 * tone 5 → tone 7 (instead of tone 3 in northern Taiwan):
 * tone 7 does not change (instead of changing to tone 3):
 * tone 8 (-h) → tone 7 (instead of tone 3):

Etymology 3
Weak form of.

Etymology 4
Weak form of.

Etymology 5
Weak form of.

Etymology 7
Cognate with.

Etymology 8
From.

Usage notes
In some lects, such as Shanghainese, is a lot more common nowadays. To distinguish between it,, and , see 脫了

Kanji

 * 1) offspring (animal)
 * 2) detailed, fine