Chinese
Etymology
call (“to call; to summon”) + G (“female prostitute”), from English call + Mandarin 雞 / 鸡 (jī). Compare 召妓 (ziu6 gei6, “to visit a female prostitute”, literally “to summon a prostitute”).
Pronunciation
Verb
call⫽G (verb-object)
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang, neologism) to visit a female prostitute
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
嫖娼 (“to visit prostitutes”)
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| Variety
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Location
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Words
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| Classical Chinese
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冶遊
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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嫖娼, 嫖妓, 狎妓, 宿娼
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| Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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逛窯子, 打野雞
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| Taiwan
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嫖妓, 打炮
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| Harbin
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逛窯子, 打兔兒, 打兔子
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| Singapore
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嫖妓, 叫雞
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| Central Plains Mandarin
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Xi'an
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逛窯子
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| Xining
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嫖妓
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| Xuzhou
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鑽狗洞
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| Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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逮貓兒
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| Liuzhou
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嫖騇
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| Jianghuai Mandarin
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Yangzhou
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嫖媽媽, 打野食
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| Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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嫖老舉, 嫖騇, 叫雞, 食雞
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| Hong Kong
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叫雞, 召妓, 撳鐘仔, call G
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| Singapore (Guangfu)
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叫雞
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| Hakka
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Changting
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睡鴨子, 搞鴨子
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| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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開細妹仔
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| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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開細妹仔
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| Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)
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開細妹
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| Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)
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屌細妹仔
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| Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)
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開細妹仔
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| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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開細妹仔
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| Huizhou
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Jixi
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打茶會
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| Jin
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Xinzhou
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逛窯子
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| Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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𢫦炮
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| Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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嫖白面, 食雞
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| Southern Min
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Xiamen
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開查某, 開銷
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| Quanzhou
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開查某, 開銷
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| Zhangzhou
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開查某, 開銷
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| New Taipei (Tamsui)
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開查某
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| New Taipei (Pingxi)
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開查某
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| Kaohsiung (Cijin)
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開查某
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| Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)
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開查某
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| Yilan (Toucheng)
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開查某
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| Tainan
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開查某
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| Tainan (Anping)
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開查某
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| Penghu (Xiyu)
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開查某
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| Singapore (Hokkien)
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叫雞
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| Leizhou
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放娘
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| Zhongshan Min
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Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
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搵雞, 嫖老舉
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| Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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嫖騇
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| Wu
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Shanghai
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打野雞, 斬鹹肉
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| Danyang
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打野雞
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