兔兒爺

Chinese

		rabbit; hare; female rascal or prostitute	grandpa; etc.; old gentleman
trad. (兔兒爺)		兔兒	爺
simp. (兔儿爷)		兔儿	爷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tùryé

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˋㄦ ㄧㄝˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tùryé
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˋㄦ ㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tùryé
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu⁴-ʼrh-yeh²
    • Yale: tùr-yé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tullye
    • Palladius: туре (ture)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰuɻʷ⁵¹ jɛ³⁵/

Noun

兔兒爺

1. Tu'er Ye (deity of Chinese folk religion unique to Beijing)
2. (Beijing Mandarin) catamite; male prostitute

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 男妓 (“male prostitute”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		男妓, 妓男, 男娼
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	老泡兒, 兔兒爺, 妞兒夾子
	Taiwan	男妓, 牛郎, 鴨
	Malaysia	鴨
	Singapore	鴨
Lanyin Mandarin	Lanzhou	崽娃子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	㚻子, 鴨子, 兔兒, 吃相飯的, 吃相公飯的, 賣屁兒的, 賣溝子的, 半截腸子不裝屎的, 相公, 相姑
	Chengdu (Xindu)	賣屁兒的, 賣溝子的
	Chengdu (Pidu)	賣屁兒的, 賣溝子的, 屁股蟲
	Chengdu (Wenjiang)	賣屁兒的, 賣溝子的
	Chengdu (Shuangliu)	賣屁兒的, 賣溝子的, 妖哥子, 妖童
	Chengdu (Xinjin)	賣屁兒的, 賣溝子的, 妖哥子, 妖童, 屁兒蟲
	Jintang	㚻子, 賣溝子的, 賣籮篼的, 妖童, 妖哥子, 相公
	Pengzhou	賣屁兒的, 賣溝子的, 妖哥子
	Dujiangyan	賣屁兒的, 相公
	Chongzhou	妖哥, 妖兒童
	Dayi	賣溝子的, 妖哥子, 屁兒蟲
	Pujiang	賣屁兒的, 賣溝子的
	Qionglai	賣溝子的, 妖哥子, 屁兒蟲, 跩哥
Cantonese	Guangzhou	契弟
	Hong Kong	男妓, 鴨
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	鴨
	Singapore (Guangfu)	鴨
Northern Min	Jian'ou	桃脯
Southern Min	Xiamen	契弟, 阿倌
	Taipei	龜精 GT, 鹿仔 GT
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鴨, 阿倌
Wu	Shanghai	屁精, 兔子
	Suzhou	相公
	Jinhua	雄婊子
Xiang	Changsha	幺它
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)