牽牛囝
Chinese
| longhorn beetle; longicorn | child | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (牽牛囝) | 牽牛 | 囝 | |
| simp. (牵牛囝) | 牵牛 | 囝 | |
Pronunciation
- Puxian Min (Putian, Pouseng Ping'ing): keng1 gu2 gyor3
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: keng1 gu2 gyor3 [Phonetic: keng5 ngu5 yor3]
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: keng-gú-giô̤ⁿ
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰɛŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ (k-)ŋu¹³⁻¹¹ (k-)yɒ⁴⁵³/
- (Putian)
Noun
牽牛囝
- (Putian Puxian Min) shepherd boy; cowboy; buffalo boy
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
- 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “牵牛囝”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 317.