牛郎

Chinese

		ox; cow; bull	youth
simp. and trad. (牛郎)		牛	郎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niúláng

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄌㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau⁴ long⁴
• Gan (Wiktionary): nyiu⁴ long⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gû-nn̂g

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niúláng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄌㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nióuláng
    • Wade–Giles: niu²-lang²
    • Yale: nyóu-láng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nioulang
    • Palladius: нюлан (njulan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ lɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngau⁴ long⁴
    • Yale: ngàuh lòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁴ long⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁴ long⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ lɔːŋ²¹/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: nyiu⁴ long⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲiu³⁵ lɔŋ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Hongmaogang, Dalinpu)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-nn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: gû-nn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gunngg
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡu¹³⁻²² nŋ̍¹³/
    • IPA (Hongmaogang, Dalinpu): /ɡu¹³⁻¹¹ nŋ̍¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡu²⁴⁻¹¹ nŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡu²³⁻³³ nŋ̍²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² nŋ̍²⁴/

Etymology 1

Proper noun

牛郎

1. Niu Lang, the lowly cowherd in Chinese mythology; see The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl
2. Short for 牛郎星.

Etymology 2

From the movie Midnight Cowboy.

Noun

牛郎

1. (chiefly Taiwan, slang) male prostitute; host (Classifier: 個／个 m)

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)