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
• 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/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-nn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: gû-nn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gunngg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² nŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² nŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡu¹³⁻²² nŋ̍¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡu²⁴⁻¹¹ nŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡu²³⁻³³ nŋ̍²³/

Etymology 1

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 牛郎

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

Etymology 2

From the movie Midnight Cowboy.

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 牛郎

1. (slang) male prostitute