男娼

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Chinese

		male	prostitute
trad. (男娼)		男	娼
simp. ^#(男娼)		男	娼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nánchāng

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄔㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ coeng¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): nàm-chhông

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nánchāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄔㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nánchang
  - Wade–Giles: nan²-chʻang¹
  - Yale: nán-chāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanchang
  - Palladius: наньчан (nanʹčan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    南昌
    男娼
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: naam⁴ coeng¹
  - Yale: nàahm chēung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ tsoeng¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ cêng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːm²¹ t͡sʰœːŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    南昌
    男娼
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nàm-chhông
  - Hakka Romanization System: nam^ˇ cong^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: nam² cong¹
  - Sinological IPA: /nam¹¹ t͡sʰoŋ²⁴/

Noun

男娼

male prostitute (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 名 m c; 位 m c)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 男妓 (“male prostitute”)

Variety	Location	Words edit
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)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (男娼):

→ Japanese: 男(だん)娼(しょう) (danshō)
→ Korean: 남창(男娼) (namchang)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
男	娼
だん Grade: 1	しょう Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) だんしょー (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

男(だん)娼(しょう) • (danshō) ^{←だんしやう (dansyau)^?}

male prostitute

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
男	娼

Noun

男娼 • (namchang) (hangeul 남창)

hanja form^? of 남창 (“male prostitute”)

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