牛仔

Chinese

Etymology 1

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

Calque of English cowboy.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): niúzǎi, niúzǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄗㄞˇ, ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄗˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau⁴ zai²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngiù-chṳ́ / ngiù-chái
Min Nan (POJ): gû-á

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: niúzǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄗㄞˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nioutzae
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nióuzǎi
  - IPA ^(key): /njoʊ̯³⁵ t͡saɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, variant)
  - Pinyin: niúzǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄗˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nioutzyy
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nióuzǐh
  - IPA ^(key): /njoʊ̯³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    牛仔
    牛子
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngau⁴ zai²
  - Yale: ngàuh jái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁴ dzai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁴ zei²
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiù-chṳ́
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngiuˇ zii`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngiu² zi³
  - IPA: /ɲi̯u¹¹ t͡sɨ³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiù-chái
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngiuˇ zai`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngiu² zai³
  - IPA: /ɲi̯u¹¹ t͡sai̯³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-á
  - Tâi-lô: gû-á
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gu'ar
  - IPA (Xiamen): /gu²⁴⁻²² a⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /gu²⁴⁻²² a⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /gu¹³⁻²² a⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /gu²⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /gu²³⁻³³ a⁴¹/

Noun

牛仔

cowboy (Classifier: 個／个 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)		牛	仔
variant forms		牛囝 Min Dong; Min Nan 牛子 Min Bei

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau⁴ zai²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngiù-é
Min Dong (BUC): ngù-giāng
Min Nan (POJ): gû-á

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngau⁴ zai²
  - Yale: ngàuh jái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁴ dzai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁴ zei²
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiù-é
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngiuˇ e`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngiu² e³
  - IPA: /ɲi̯u¹¹ e³¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ngù-giāng
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋu⁵³⁻³³ ^(k-)iaŋ³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-á
  - Tâi-lô: gû-á
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gu'ar
  - IPA (Xiamen): /gu²⁴⁻²² a⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /gu²⁴⁻²² a⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /gu¹³⁻²² a⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /gu²⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /gu²³⁻³³ a⁴¹/

Noun

牛仔

(Cantonese, Min) calf (young cow or bull) (Classifier: 隻／只 c)
(Hakka) cattle; cow

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 小牛 (“calf”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		犢
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		牛犢, 小牛
Mandarin	Beijing	牛犢兒, 牛犢子
	Taiwan	牛犢, 小牛
	Harbin	牛犢子
	Jinan	牛犢, 牛犢子, 牛犢兒
	Muping	牛犢子, 牛犢兒
	Luoyang	牛犢
	Wanrong	牛犢
	Xi'an	牛犢子, 牛犢兒, 牛娃兒
	Xining	牛犢子, 尕牛犢兒
	Xuzhou	小牛犢兒, 牛犢兒, 小牛犢子, 牛犢子
	Yinchuan	牛巴郎, 牛巴郎郎, 牛犢子, 小牛娃娃
	Lanzhou	牛犢子
	Ürümqi	牛娃子
	Wuhan	小牛, 牛㹙子, 㹙子
	Chengdu	小牛兒, 牛崽崽, 牛兒子
	Guiyang	小牛崽, 小牛兒
	Liuzhou	牛崽
	Yangzhou	小牛
	Nanjing	牛犢子, 牛秧子
	Hefei	小牛
Cantonese	Guangzhou	牛仔
	Hong Kong	牛仔
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	牛仔
	Dongguan	牛仔
	Yangjiang	牛仔
	Kuala Lumpur	牛仔
Gan	Nanchang	牛崽子
	Lichuan	牛崽兒
	Pingxiang	牛崽仔
Hakka	Meixian	細牛仔
	Changting	細牛子
	Wuping	細牛子
	Ninghua	牛仔
	Yudu	牛子
	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
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	牛子, 細牛仔, 細牛
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	牛幺
	Hong Kong	牛仔
	Senai	牛仔
Huizhou	Jixi	細牛
Jin	Taiyuan	牛犢子, 牛娃子
Jin	Xinzhou	牛犢子, 小牛子
Min Bei	Jian'ou	牛仔
Min Dong	Fuzhou	牛囝
	Changle	牛囝
	Fuqing	牛囝
	Yongtai	牛囝
	Gutian	牛囝
	Fu'an	牛囝
	Ningde	牛囝
	Shouning	牛囝
	Zhouning	牛囝
	Fuding	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
	Tainan	牛仔囝
	Taichung	牛仔囝
	Wuqi	牛仔囝
	Hsinchu	牛仔囝
	Taitung	牛仔囝
	Lukang	牛仔囝
	Yilan	牛仔囝
	Magong	牛仔囝
	Penang	牛囝
	Chaozhou	牛囝
	Shantou	牛囝
	Johor Bahru	牛囝
	Wenchang	牛囝
	Haikou	牛囝
	Leizhou	牛囝
Puxian Min	Putian	牛囝
Puxian Min	Xianyou	牛囝
Pinghua	Nanning	牛崽
Wu	Suzhou	小牛
	Hangzhou	小牛
	Wenzhou	牛兒, 牛㹙兒, 㹙兒, 牛童兒
	Chongming	小牛
	Danyang	小牛
	Jinhua	小牛
	Ningbo	㹙
Xiang	Changsha	牛崽子
	Shuangfeng	牛崽唧
	Xiangtan	牛崽唧
	Loudi	牛崽唧

Dialectal synonyms of 牛 (“cattle; cow”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		牛
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		牛
Taxonomic name		牛
Mandarin	Beijing	牛
	Jinan	牛
	Xi'an	牛
	Wuhan	牛
	Chengdu	牛
	Yangzhou	牛
	Hefei	牛
Cantonese	Guangzhou	牛
	Hong Kong	牛
	Yangjiang	牛
Gan	Nanchang	牛
Hakka	Meixian	牛
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	牛仔
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	牛仔
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	牛
	Dongshi (Dabu)	牛
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	牛
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	牛
Jin	Taiyuan	牛, 牛兒
Min Bei	Jian'ou	牛
Min Dong	Fuzhou	牛
Min Nan	Xiamen	牛
	Quanzhou	牛
	Zhangzhou	牛
	Taipei	牛
	Kaohsiung	牛
	Chaozhou	牛
Wu	Suzhou	牛
Wu	Wenzhou	牛
Xiang	Changsha	牛, 寶耕
Xiang	Shuangfeng	牛

Derived terms

牛仔毋捌虎 (gû-á m̄-pat hó͘)

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