牛郎

Chinese

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

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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/

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
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	老泡兒, 兔兒爺, 妞兒夾子
	Taiwan	男妓, 牛郎, 鴨
	Malaysia	鴨
	Singapore	鴨
Lanyin Mandarin	Lanzhou	崽娃子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	㚻子, 鴨子, 兔兒, 吃相飯的, 吃相公飯的
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, 鹿仔 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)