掌牛哥仔
Chinese
| to graze cattle; to put cattle out to pasture | young man; lad; you | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (掌牛哥仔) |
掌牛 | 哥仔 | |
Pronunciation
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chóng-ngiù-kô-é
- Hakka Romanization System: zongˋ ngiuˇ goˊ eˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: zong3 ngiu2 go1 e3
- Sinological IPA: /t͡soŋ³¹ ŋi̯u¹¹ ko²⁴ e³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: zhongˊ ngiu goˋ er
- Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃoŋ²⁴⁻³³ ŋiu⁵⁵ ko⁵³ ə⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
Noun
掌牛哥仔
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 牧童 (“shepherd boy”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 牧童 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 牧童 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 睇牛仔 |
| Taishan | 睇牛仔 | |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 䁐牛倈 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 掌牛阿哥 |
| Xingning | 掌牛細哩 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 掌牛哥仔 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 掌牛哥仔 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 掌牛哥仔 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 掌牛哥, 掌牛倈 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 掌牛哥仔 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 攔牛哥 | |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 掌牛囝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 牽牛囝 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 看牛郎 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 放牛伢子, 看牛伢子 |
| Hengyang | 養牛倈子 | |
References
- “掌牛哥仔”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Mandarin and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.