龜精
Chinese
| tortoise; turtle | energy; perfect; excellent energy; perfect; excellent; refined; very; proficient | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (龜精) | 龜 | 精 | |
| simp. (龟精) | 龟 | 精 | |
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ku-chiⁿ / ku-chiaⁿ
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ku-chiⁿ
- Tâi-lô: ku-tsinn
- Phofsit Daibuun: kucvy
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ku³³ t͡sĩ³³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /ku⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sĩ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ku-chiaⁿ
- Tâi-lô: ku-tsiann
- Phofsit Daibuun: kucviaf
- IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ku⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siã⁴⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ku⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siã⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
Noun
龜精
- (Hokkien) cunning and crafty person
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) male prostitute
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) person that wears bizarre or exotic clothing
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) | |