乾女兒 [干－儿]

Jyutping gon1 neoi5 ji4
Pinyin gān nǚ ěr

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    adoptive daughter; goddaughter
    (syn.) 契女, 干闺女, 義女, 义女, 乾閨女

乾女兒 [干－儿]

Jyutping gon1 neoi5 ji4
Pinyin gān nǚ ér

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. adopted daughter (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    但他是来向其中一个干女儿讨回被“借”去的钱，以免“衰过年”？还是要包红包给另一个干女儿压岁？或者两者都有？
    但他是來向其中一個乾女兒討回被“借”去的錢，以免“衰過年”？還是要包紅包給另一個乾女兒壓歲？或者兩者都有？
    dàn tā shì lái xiàng qí zhōng yī ge gān nǚ ér tǎo huí bèi “ jiè ” qù de qián ， yǐ miǎn “ shuāi guò nián ” ？ hái shì yào bāo hóng bāo gěi lìng yī ge gān nǚ ér yā suì ？ huò zhě liǎng zhě dōu yǒu ？
    • But did he come to get back from one of his goddaughter the money that he "lent" so that he would not "get bad luck in the New Year"? Or did he want to give a red envelope to his other goddaughter as a Chinese New Year's gift? Or is it both?