過繼
simp过继gwo3 gai3guò jì
English
- to adopt
- to adopt a child of a sibling or a cousin
- to give for adoption (usually to a childless relative)
- relative; to let one's child be adopted by a sibling or a cousin
- relative
- to adopt a child from relatives
粵語 — Cantonese
- 本身無子而收養家族親屬或其他人為子女
Examples
我阿媽好細個已經過繼咗俾個遠房親戚做女,所以我係有兩個婆婆。
My mother was adopted by a distant relative in her childhood, so I have two grannies.
Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk