牛郎
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: niúláng
- 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
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Hongmaogang, Dalinpu)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-nn̂g
- Tâi-lô: gû-nn̂g
- Phofsit Daibuun: gunngg
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡu¹³⁻²² nŋ̍¹³/
- IPA (Hongmaogang, Dalinpu): /ɡu¹³⁻¹¹ nŋ̍¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /ɡu²⁴⁻¹¹ nŋ̍²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡu²³⁻³³ nŋ̍²³/
- IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² nŋ̍²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Hongmaogang, Dalinpu)
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”) [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) | |