睇牛仔
Chinese
| to graze cattle; to put cattle out to pasture | minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (睇牛仔) |
睇牛 | 仔 | |
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tai2 ngau4 zai2
- Yale: tái ngàuh jái
- Cantonese Pinyin: tai2 ngau4 dzai2
- Guangdong Romanization: tei2 ngeo4 zei2
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰɐi̯³⁵ ŋɐu̯²¹ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: hai2 ngeu3 doi2
- Sinological IPA (key): /hai⁵⁵ ᵑɡeu²² tᵘɔi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
睇牛仔
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 | |