牛仔

Chinese

Etymology 1

ox; cow; bull boy
simp. and trad.
(牛仔)

Calque of English cowboy.

Pronunciation


Noun

牛仔

  1. cowboy (Classifier: m c)
Derived terms
  • 牛仔布 (niúzǎibù)
  • 牛仔服
  • 牛仔舞
  • 牛仔衣
  • 牛仔衫
  • 牛仔裙
  • 牛仔裝牛仔装
  • 牛仔褲牛仔裤 (niúzǎikù, “jeans”)

Etymology 2

ox; cow; bull dimunitive suffix
simp. and trad.
(牛仔)
alt. forms 牛囝 Min Dong; Min Nan
牛子 Min Bei

Pronunciation


Noun

牛仔

  1. (Cantonese, Min) calf (young cow or bull) (Classifier: c)
  2. (Hakka) cattle; cow
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 小牛 (“calf”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 牛犢小牛
Mandarin Beijing 牛犢兒、牛犢子
Taiwan 牛犢小牛
Jinan 牛犢
Xi'an 牛犢子、牛娃兒
Wuhan 小牛、牛㹙子
Chengdu 小牛兒、牛兒子
Yangzhou 小牛
Hefei 小牛
Cantonese Guangzhou 牛仔
Hong Kong 牛仔
Yangjiang 牛仔
Gan Nanchang 牛崽子
Hakka Meixian 細牛仔
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 牛子、細牛仔
Liudui (S. Sixian) 牛子、細牛仔
Hsinchu (Hailu) 牛子、細牛仔
Dongshi (Dabu) 牛子、細牛
Zhuolan (Raoping) 牛子、細牛仔、細牛
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 牛幺
Jin Taiyuan 牛犢子、牛娃子
Min Bei Jian'ou 牛仔
Min Dong Fuzhou 牛囝
Min Nan Xiamen 牛仔、牛仔囝
Quanzhou 牛仔
Zhangzhou 牛仔、牛仔囝
Taipei 牛仔囝
Kaohsiung 牛仔囝
Penang 牛囝
Chaozhou 牛囝
Wu Suzhou 小牛
Wenzhou 牛兒、㹙兒、牛童兒
Xiang Changsha 牛崽子
Shuangfeng 牛崽基
Dialectal synonyms of (“cattle; cow”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
Taxonomic name
Mandarin Beijing
Jinan
Xi'an
Wuhan
Chengdu
Yangzhou
Hefei
Cantonese Guangzhou
Hong Kong
Yangjiang
Gan Nanchang
Hakka Meixian
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 牛仔
Liudui (S. Sixian) 牛仔
Hsinchu (Hailu)
Dongshi (Dabu)
Zhuolan (Raoping)
Yunlin (Zhao'an)
Jin Taiyuan 、牛兒
Min Bei Jian'ou
Min Dong Fuzhou
Min Nan Xiamen
Quanzhou
Zhangzhou
Taipei
Kaohsiung
Chaozhou
Wu Suzhou
Wenzhou
Xiang Changsha 、寶耕
Shuangfeng
Derived terms
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