兔子
Chinese
| rabbit | child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (兔子) |
兔 | 子 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): tou3 zi2
- Gan (Wiktionary): tu3 zi
- Wu (Northern, Wugniu): 5thu-tsy; 1thu-tsy / 1thou5-tsy3
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: tùzi
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˋ ˙ㄗ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tùzi̊h
- Wade–Giles: tʻu4-tzŭ5
- Yale: tù-dz
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuh.tzy
- Palladius: туцзы (tuczy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰu⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
- (Dungan)
- Cyrillic and Wiktionary: тўзы (twzɨ, III-I) / тўзы (twzɨ, III-0)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰu⁴⁴ t͡sz̩²⁴/, /tʰu⁴⁴ t͡sz̩⁰/
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tou3 zi2
- Yale: tou jí
- Cantonese Pinyin: tou3 dzi2
- Guangdong Romanization: tou3 ji2
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰou̯³³ t͡siː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Gan
- Wu
Noun
兔子
- rabbit; hare (Classifier: 隻/只)
- (slang) gay man
- (slang) male prostitute
- (Harbin Mandarin) female rascal or prostitute
- (neologism, Internet slang) China
- (sports) pacemaker; pacesetter; pacer
Synonyms
- (rabbit):
Dialectal synonyms of 兔子 (“rabbit; hare”) [map]
- (male prostitute):
Dialectal synonyms of 男妓 (“male prostitute”) [map]
| 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) | |
- (female prostitute):
Dialectal synonyms of 妓女 (“female prostitute”) [map]