牛郎

Chinese

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

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/

牛郎

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

From the movie Midnight Cowboy.

牛郎

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)

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