兔兒爺

Chinese

		rabbit; hare; female rascal or prostitute	grandpa; etc.; old gentleman
trad. (兔兒爺)		兔兒	爺
simp. (兔儿爷)		兔儿	爷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tùryé

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˋㄦ ㄧㄝˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tùryé
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˋㄦ ㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tùryé
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu⁴-ʼrh-yeh²
    • Yale: tùr-yé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tullye
    • Palladius: туре (ture)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰuɻʷ⁵¹ jɛ³⁵/

Noun

兔兒爺

1. Tu'er Ye (deity of Chinese folk religion unique to Beijing)
2. (Beijing Mandarin) catamite; male prostitute

Synonyms

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

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		男妓, 妓男, 男娼
Mandarin	Beijing	老泡兒, 兔兒爺, 妞兒夾子
	Taiwan	男妓, 牛郎, 鴨
	Lanzhou	崽娃子
	Chengdu	㚻子, 鴨子, 兔兒, 吃相飯的, 吃相公飯的
	Malaysia	鴨
	Singapore	鴨
Cantonese	Guangzhou	契弟
	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
	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)