鹿仔

Chinese

		deer	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
trad. (鹿仔)		鹿	仔
simp. ^#(鹿仔)		鹿	仔

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): luk^6-2 zai²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): lu̍k-é

(Hailu, HRS): lug^ˋ er

(Meixian, Guangdong): lug⁶ ê³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lo̍k-á

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: luk^6-2 zai²
  - Yale: lúk jái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: luk^9-2 dzai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: lug^6-2 zei²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊk̚²⁻³⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lu̍k-é
  - Hakka Romanization System: lug e^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lug⁶ e³
  - Sinological IPA: /luk̚⁵ e³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: lug^ˋ er
  - Sinological IPA: /luk² ə⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: lug⁶ ê³
  - Sinological IPA: /lʊk̚⁵ e³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Hsinchu, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan, Kinmen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍k-á
  - Tâi-lô: lo̍k-á
  - Phofsit Daibuun: log'ar
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² a⁴¹/
  - IPA (Kinmen): /lɔk̚⁵⁴⁻³² a⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² a⁵³/
  - IPA (Yilan): /lɔk̚⁵⁻² a⁵³/
  - IPA (Lukang): /lɔk̚³⁵⁻² a⁵⁵/

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》 [Amoy Romanized Bible]; republished as 《聖經：台語漢字本》 [The Holy Bible: Taiwanese Han Character Edition], Taipei: 台灣聖經公會 [The Bible Society in Taiwan], 1996, 雅歌 [Song of Songs] 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。 [Hokkien, trad.]
  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。 [Hokkien, simp.]
  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. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  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. [World English Bible]
(Taiwanese Hokkien) male prostitute (hired by wealthy and powerful men before)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鹿 (“deer”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鹿
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鹿
Taxonomic name		鹿
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	鹿
	Taiwan	鹿
	Singapore	鹿
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	鹿
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	鹿
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	鹿
	Xi'an	鹿
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	鹿
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	鹿子
	Wuhan	鹿, 板鹿
	Guiyang	鹿
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	鹿
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	鹿
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鹿
	Hong Kong	鹿
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	鹿
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	鹿
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	鹿
	Yangjiang	鹿
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	鹿
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	鹿
Gan	Nanchang	鹿
Gan	Pingxiang	鹿
Hakka	Meixian	鹿仔
	Dabu (Xihe)	鹿
	Jiexi	鹿
	Luhe	鹿仔
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鹿仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鹿仔
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	鹿
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	鹿
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	鹿仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鹿仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	鹿
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鹿仔, 鹿
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鹿
	Hong Kong	鹿
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	鹿
	Senai (Huiyang)	鹿
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	鹿
Jin	Taiyuan	鹿兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鹿
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鹿
Southern Min	Xiamen	鹿
	Quanzhou	鹿
	Jinjiang	鹿
	Zhao'an	鹿仔
	Dongshan	鹿
	Taipei	鹿仔
	Taipei (Wanhua)	鹿仔
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	鹿, 鹿仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	鹿仔
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	鹿
	Kaohsiung	鹿仔
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	鹿仔
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	鹿仔
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	鹿
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	鹿仔
	Yilan	鹿仔
	Yilan (Toucheng)	鹿仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	鹿仔
	Taichung	鹿仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	鹿仔
	Tainan	鹿
	Tainan (Anping)	鹿仔
	Taitung	鹿
	Hsinchu	鹿仔
	Kinmen	鹿仔, 鹿
	Penghu (Magong)	鹿
	Penghu (Xiyu)	鹿
	Penang (Hokkien)	鹿
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鹿
	Manila (Hokkien)	鹿
	Chaozhou	鹿
	Bangkok (Teochew)	鹿
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	鹿
	Leizhou	鹿
Puxian Min	Putian	鹿
Central Min	Yong'an	鹿
Wu	Shanghai	鹿
	Suzhou	鹿
	Wuxi	鹿
	Danyang	鹿頭
	Hangzhou	鹿
	Ningbo	鹿
	Wenzhou	鹿
	Jinhua	鹿
Xiang	Changsha	鹿
Xiang	Shuangfeng	鹿

Dialectal synonyms of 男妓 (“male prostitute”) [map]

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, 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)

Derived terms

鹿仔樹 / 鹿仔树
鹿仔港 (Lùzǐgǎng)
鹿仔草
鹿仔菜
鹿仔蹄