牧童

Chinese

		shepherd	boy; child; children
simp. and trad. (牧童)		牧	童

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mùtóng

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): muk⁶ tung⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bo̍k-tông

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mùtóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mùtóng
  - Wade–Giles: mu⁴-tʻung²
  - Yale: mù-túng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhtorng
  - Palladius: мутун (mutun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹ tʰʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: muk⁶ tung⁴
  - Yale: muhk tùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: muk⁹ tung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mug⁶ tung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊk̚² tʰʊŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-tông
  - Tâi-lô: bo̍k-tông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bogdoong
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² tɔŋ²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔk̚²⁴⁻² tɔŋ²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tɔŋ¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² tɔŋ²⁴/

Noun

牧童

shepherd boy; cowboy; buffalo boy

Synonyms

掌牛仔 (Teochew)
掌牛倈 / 掌牛俫 (Hakka)
掌牛哥 (Hakka)
掌牛哥仔 (Hakka)
掌牛阿哥 (Hakka)
放牛伢子 (fan⁴ nyiou² nga² zr) (Xiang)
牽牛囝 / 牵牛囝 (Puxian Min)
看牛伢子 (kan⁴ nyiou² nga² zr) (Xiang)
看牛郎 (¹khoe-gnieu-laon) (Wu)
睇牛仔 (tai² ngau⁴ zai²) (Cantonese)
養牛倈子 / 养牛俫子 (Xiang)

Dialectal synonyms of 牧童 (“shepherd boy”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		牧童
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	牧童
Cantonese	Guangzhou	睇牛仔
Cantonese	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
Xiang	Hengyang	養牛倈子

Derived terms

牧童笛 (mùtóngdí)