牛仔褲

See also: 牛仔裤

Chinese

		cowboy; calf	drawers; trousers; pants
trad. (牛仔褲)		牛仔	褲
simp. (牛仔裤)		牛仔	裤
alternative forms		牛崽褲／牛崽裤
Literally: “cowboy pants”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niúzǎikù, niúzǐkù

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄗㄞˇ ㄎㄨˋ, ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄗˇ ㄎㄨˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ngau⁴ zai² fu³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ngeu³ doi² fu⁴

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngiù-chṳ́-fu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gû-á-khò͘
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶gnieu-tse-khu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niúzǎikù
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄗㄞˇ ㄎㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nióuzǎikù
    • Wade–Giles: niu²-tsai³-kʻu⁴
    • Yale: nyóu-dzǎi-kù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nioutzaekuh
    • Palladius: нюцзайку (njuczajku)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ t͡saɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰu⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niúzǐkù
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄗˇ ㄎㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nióuzǐhkù
    • Wade–Giles: niu²-tzŭ³-kʻu⁴
    • Yale: nyóu-dž-kù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nioutzyykuh
    • Palladius: нюцзыку (njuczyku)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngau⁴ zai² fu³
    • Yale: ngàuh jái fu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁴ dzai² fu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁴ zei² fu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ t͡sɐi̯³⁵ fuː³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ngeu³ doi² fu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵑɡeu²² tᵘɔi⁵⁵ fu²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiù-chṳ́-fu
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngiuˇ zii` fu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngiu² zi³ fu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯u¹¹ t͡sɨ³¹ fu⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-á-khò͘
    • Tâi-lô: gû-á-khòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gu'afqox
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Singapore): /ɡu²⁴⁻²¹ a⁴²⁻²⁴ kʰɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡu²⁴⁻³³ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰɔ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡu²³⁻³³ a⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰɔ²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶gnieu-tse-khu
    • MiniDict: nyeu^去 tse khu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyieu-tse-khu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲiɤ²² t͡se⁵⁵ kʰu²¹/

Noun

牛仔褲

1. jeans; blue jeans (Classifier: 條／条 m c)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 牛仔褲 (“jeans”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		牛仔褲
Mandarin	Beijing	牛仔褲
	Taiwan	牛仔褲
	Tianjin	牛仔褲
	Tangshan	牛仔褲
	Cangzhou	牛仔兒褲
	Baoding	牛仔褲
	Shijiazhuang	牛仔褲
	Chifeng	牛仔褲
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	牛仔兒褲
	Harbin	牛仔褲
	Shenyang	牛仔褲
	Yantai (Muping)	牛仔褲兒
	Qingdao	牛仔褲兒
	Jinan	牛仔褲
	Wanrong	牛仔褲
	Zhengzhou	牛仔褲
	Xi'an	牛仔褲
	Yinchuan	牛仔褲
	Lanzhou	牛仔褲
	Xining	牛仔褲
	Ürümqi	牛仔褲
	Wuhan	牛仔褲
	Chengdu	牛仔褲
	Guiyang	牛仔褲
	Kunming	牛仔褲
	Guilin	牛仔褲
	Liuzhou	牛仔褲
	Xuzhou	牛仔褲
	Yangzhou	牛仔褲
	Nanjing	牛仔褲
	Hefei	牛仔褲
	Nantong	牛仔褲
	Malaysia	牛仔褲
	Singapore	牛仔褲
Cantonese	Guangzhou	牛仔褲
	Hong Kong	牛仔褲, 牛記, 老牛
	Taishan	牛仔褲
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	牛仔褲
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	牛仔褲
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	牛仔褲
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	牛仔褲
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	牛仔褲
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	牛仔褲
Huizhou	Shexian	牛仔褲
Jin	Taiyuan	牛仔褲
	Xinzhou	牛仔褲
	Linhe	牛仔褲
	Jining	牛仔褲
	Hohhot	牛仔褲
	Zhangjiakou	牛仔褲
	Handan	牛仔褲
Eastern Min	Fuqing	牛囝褲
	Matsu	牛囝褲
Southern Min	Xiamen	牛仔褲
	Taipei (Wanhua)	拍鐵仔褲
	Kaohsiung	拍鐵仔褲
	Yilan	拍鐵仔褲
	Changhua (Lukang)	牛仔褲
	Taichung	牛仔褲
	Taichung (Wuqi)	牛仔褲
	Tainan	牛仔褲, 拍鐵仔褲
	Taitung	拍鐵仔褲
	Hsinchu	拍鐵仔褲
	Penghu (Magong)	拍鐵仔褲
	Singapore (Hokkien)	牛仔褲
	Manila (Hokkien)	牛仔褲
	Jieyang	牛囝褲
	Haifeng	牛仔褲
	Wenchang	牛囝褲
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	牛仔褲
Wu	Shanghai	牛仔褲
	Suzhou	牛仔褲

References

• “Entry #1236”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.