牽牛囝

Chinese

		longhorn beetle; longicorn	child
trad. (牽牛囝)		牽牛	囝
simp. (牵牛囝)		牵牛	囝

Pronunciation

Puxian Min (Putian, Pouseng Ping'ing): keng¹ gu² gyor³

Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: keng¹ gu² gyor³ [Phonetic: keng⁵ ngu⁵ yor³]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: keng-gú-giô̤ⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɛŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ ^(k-)ŋu¹³⁻¹¹ ^(k-)yɒ⁴⁵³/

Noun

牽牛囝

(Putian Puxian Min) shepherd boy; cowboy; buffalo boy

Synonyms

掌牛仔 (Teochew)
掌牛倈 / 掌牛俫 (Hakka)
掌牛哥 (Hakka)
掌牛哥仔 (Hakka)
掌牛阿哥 (Hakka)
放牛伢子 (fan⁴ nyiou² nga² zr) (Xiang)
牧童 (mùtóng)
看牛伢子 (kan⁴ nyiou² nga² zr) (Xiang)
看牛郎 (¹khoe-gnieu-laon) (Wu)
睇牛仔 (Cantonese)
養牛倈子 / 养牛俫子 (Xiang)

References

莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “牵牛囝”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 317.