鹿仔
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Chinese
| deer | minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (鹿仔) | 鹿 | 仔 | |
| simp. #(鹿仔) | 鹿 | 仔 | |
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: luk6-2 zai2
- Yale: lúk jái
- Cantonese Pinyin: luk9-2 dzai2
- Guangdong Romanization: lug6-2 zei2
- Sinological IPA (key): /lʊk̚²⁻³⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lu̍k-é
- Hakka Romanization System: lug eˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: lug6 e3
- Sinological IPA: /luk̚⁵ e³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: lugˋ er
- Sinological IPA: /luk² ə⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
Noun
鹿仔
- (Hakka, Hokkien) deer (Classifier: 隻／只 mn)
- (Cantonese, Hokkien) fawn; young deer (Classifier: 隻／只 c mn)
- 1933, Thomas Barclay, transl., 《廈門音羅馬字聖經》 ; republished as 《聖經：台語漢字本》 , Taipei: 台灣聖經公會 , 1996, 雅歌 2:17:
- 我所戀愛者啊，願你日涼冷，影伸長的時，倒轉來，親像羚羊，抑是鹿仔佇比特的山裡。
- Góa só͘ loân-ài-ê ah, goān lí ji̍t liâng-léng, iáⁿ chhun-tn̂g ê sî, tò-tńg lâi. Chhin-chhiūⁿ lêng-iông á-sī lo̍k-á, Tī Pek-te̍k ê soaⁿ--nih.
- Until the day is cool, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be like a roe or a young deer on the mountains of Bether.
我所恋爱者啊，愿你日凉冷，影伸长的时，倒转来，亲像羚羊，抑是鹿仔伫比特的山里。
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) male prostitute (hired by wealthy and powerful men before)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 鹿 (“deer”)
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, 賣屁兒的, 賣溝子的, 半截腸子不裝屎的, 相公, 相姑 |
| Chengdu (Xindu) | 賣屁兒的, 賣溝子的 | |
| Chengdu (Pidu) | 賣屁兒的, 賣溝子的, 屁股蟲 | |
| Chengdu (Wenjiang) | 賣屁兒的, 賣溝子的 | |
| Chengdu (Shuangliu) | 賣屁兒的, 賣溝子的, 妖哥子, 妖童 | |
| Chengdu (Xinjin) | 賣屁兒的, 賣溝子的, 妖哥子, 妖童, 屁兒蟲 | |
| Jintang | 㚻子, 賣溝子的, 賣籮篼的, 妖童, 妖哥子, 相公 | |
| Pengzhou | 賣屁兒的, 賣溝子的, 妖哥子 | |
| Dujiangyan | 賣屁兒的, 相公 | |
| Chongzhou | 妖哥, 妖兒童 | |
| Dayi | 賣溝子的, 妖哥子, 屁兒蟲 | |
| Pujiang | 賣屁兒的, 賣溝子的 | |
| Qionglai | 賣溝子的, 妖哥子, 屁兒蟲, 跩哥 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 契弟, 脂粉大相 |
| 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, 鹿仔 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) | |