登徒子

Chinese

		Dengtu, a surname	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (登徒子)		登徒	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dēngtúzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄥ ㄊㄨˊ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dang¹ tou⁴ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dēngtúzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄥ ㄊㄨˊ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dengtúzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: têng¹-tʻu²-tzŭ³
    • Yale: dēng-tú-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dengtwutzyy
    • Palladius: дэнтуцзы (dɛntuczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɤŋ⁵⁵ tʰu³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dang¹ tou⁴ zi²
    • Yale: dāng tòuh jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dang¹ tou⁴ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: deng¹ tou⁴ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐŋ⁵⁵ tʰou̯²¹ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

登徒子

1. Deng Tuzi, a Grand Officer from the Warring States Period
2. (literary) lecher; satyr

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 色鬼 (“lecher”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		登徒子
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		色鬼, 色狼, 好色之徒
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	色迷, 色毛, 色迷鬼兒, 迷瞪鬼兒, 色坯子
	Taiwan	色鬼, 色狼
	Harbin	羊扒子
	Singapore	色狼
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	色迷
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鹹濕佬, 鹹濕鬼, 鹹蟲, 雞蟲, 麻甩佬, 色狼, 生雞
	Hong Kong	鹹濕佬, 鹹濕仔, 鹹濕鬼, 狗公, 鹹蟲, 淫蟲, 色狼
	Kaiping (Chikan)	鹹濕佬
	Dongguan	鹹濕佬, 毛騷佬, 鹹蟲, 生雞精, 麻甩佬
	Nanning	鹹濕公, 扒灰佬
	Ipoh (Guangfu)	鹹濕鬼
	Singapore (Guangfu)	鹹濕佬
Hakka	Meixian	沙鬼, 沙骨頭, 色鬼, 鹹濕鬼
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	鹹濕佬, 豺牯, 豺牯佬, 豺鬼, 生雞頭
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	豬哥
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	豬哥
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	豬哥
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	豬哥
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	豬哥
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	豬哥仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	豬哥, 豬哥仙, 痴哥牯, 騷牯
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	豬哥
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	豬哥
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	豬哥
Southern Min	Xiamen	豬哥, 痴哥, 五枝鬚, 痟狗, 臭臊神, 豬哥神
	Quanzhou	豬哥, 五枝鬚, 臭臊神, 豬哥神
	Zhangzhou	豬哥, 五枝鬚, 痟狗, 臭臊神, 豬哥神
	Kaohsiung	不死鬼, 豬哥, 痴哥
	Tainan	豬哥, 痴哥, 痟狗
	Singapore (Hokkien)	痴哥伯, 豬哥
	Manila (Hokkien)	豬哥
	Shantou	痴哥伯, 痴哥鬼
	Shantou (Chenghai)	痴哥伯, 痴哥鬼
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	痴哥伯, 痴哥鬼
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	痴哥伯, 痴哥鬼
	Jieyang	痴哥鱉
	Haifeng	豬哥, 豬哥伯, 利痴哥
	Singapore (Teochew)	痴哥伯
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	鹹濕公, 鹹濕佬
Wu	Shanghai	騷卵