牛郎
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Chinese
| ox; cow; bull | youth | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (牛郎) |
牛 | 郎 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau4 long4
- Gan (Wiktionary): nyiu4 long4
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gû-nn̂g
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄌㄤˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: nióuláng
- Wade–Giles: niu2-lang2
- Yale: nyóu-láng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nioulang
- Palladius: нюлан (njulan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ lɑŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ngau4 long4
- Yale: ngàuh lòhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: ngau4 long4
- Guangdong Romanization: ngeo4 long4
- Sinological IPA (key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ lɔːŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: nyiu4 long4
- Sinological IPA (key): /n̠ʲiu³⁵ lɔŋ³⁵/
- (Nanchang)
- Southern Min
Etymology 1
Proper noun
牛郎
- Niu Lang, the lowly cowherd in Chinese mythology; see The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl
- Short for 牛郎星.
Etymology 2
From the movie Midnight Cowboy.
Noun
牛郎
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 男妓 (“male prostitute”)
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 男妓, 妓男, 男娼 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 老泡兒, 兔兒爺, 妞兒夾子 |
| Taiwan | 男妓, 牛郎, 鴨 | |
| Malaysia | 鴨 | |
| Singapore | 鴨 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 崽娃子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 㚻子, 鴨子, 兔兒, 吃相飯的, 吃相公飯的 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 契弟 |
| Hong Kong | 男妓, 鴨 | |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 鴨 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 鴨 | |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 桃脯 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 契弟, 阿倌 |
| Taipei | 龜精 GT | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 鴨, 阿倌 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 屁精, 兔子 |
| Suzhou | 相公 | |
| Jinhua | 雄婊子 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 幺它 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | |