<p>&quot;仔&quot; has three pronunciation - &quot;zǐ&quot;,&quot;zǎi&quot;,&quot;zī&quot;. <a href="http://xh.5156edu.com/html3/2760.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://xh.5156edu.com/html3/2760.html</a></p>
<p>It pronounces &quot;zǐ&quot; when used to describe &quot;young living beings&quot;, especially animal, such as 仔兽(野兽的幼仔); 仔猪(猪的幼仔), and used to describe the attitude that &quot;paying attention to the tiniest/fineness detail&quot; - 仔细(细心;详细); 仔密(致密).</p>
<p>It pronounces &quot;zǎi&quot; when used as a noun for the &quot;young living beings&quot;. The original meaning &quot;仔&quot; is &quot;little kid&quot; (小孩), or &quot;young animal&quot; (羊仔;牛仔;猪仔), it has late used in the names for young persons that have a special trait or career - (肥仔;单车仔;牛仔).</p>
<p>Since 牛仔褲 is a &quot;noun&quot;, so I think the correct pronunciation should be &quot;zǎi&quot;.</p>

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<p>It' same thing or not ?</p>
<p>Curious about it</p>

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Difference between 牛仔 ㄗˇ 褲 and 牛仔 ㄗㄞˇ 褲?
# Difference between 牛仔 ㄗˇ 褲 and 牛仔 ㄗㄞˇ 褲?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-01-24)

It' same thing or not ?

Curious about it

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### Answer by username_1 on 2022-01-24. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

"仔" has three pronunciation - "zǐ","zǎi","zī". <http://xh.5156edu.com/html3/2760.html>

It pronounces "zǐ" when used to describe "young living beings", especially animal, such as 仔兽(野兽的幼仔); 仔猪(猪的幼仔), and used to describe the attitude that "paying attention to the tiniest/fineness detail" - 仔细(细心;详细); 仔密(致密).

It pronounces "zǎi" when used as a noun for the "young living beings". The original meaning "仔" is "little kid" (小孩), or "young animal" (羊仔;牛仔;猪仔), it has late used in the names for young persons that have a special trait or career - (肥仔;单车仔;牛仔).

Since 牛仔褲 is a "noun", so I think the correct pronunciation should be "zǎi".

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> **username_0**: NICE Answer. thanks  

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