牛記

Chinese

		ox; cow; bull	to remember; to note; mark to remember; to note; mark; sign; to record
trad. (牛記)		牛	記
simp. (牛记)		牛	记

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau⁴ gei³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngau⁴ gei³
    • Yale: ngàuh gei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁴ gei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁴ géi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ kei̯³³/

Noun

牛記

1. (Cantonese, colloquial) jeans (Classifier: 條／条 c)
   • 2018 January, 佬訊, 列佬傳, Hong Kong: 小明文創, →ISBN, page 59:

     而Obama穿的那條鬆身牛記，自然就是Dad Jeans了。這條Dad Jeans的污名跟足了Obama整個任期，就算他轉回深色合身牛記，仍然時不時會被人拿出來恥笑。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     而Obama穿的那条松身牛记，自然就是Dad Jeans了。这条Dad Jeans的污名跟足了Obama整个任期，就算他转回深色合身牛记，仍然时不时会被人拿出来耻笑。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     ji⁴ Obama cyun¹ dik¹ naa⁵ tiu⁴ sung¹ san¹ ngau⁴ gei³, zi⁶ jin⁴ zau⁶ si⁶ Dad Jeans liu⁵. ze² tiu⁴ Dad Jeans dik¹ wu¹ ming⁴ gan¹ zuk¹ liu⁵ Obama zing² go³ jam⁶ kei⁴, zau⁶ syun³ taa¹ zyun² wui⁴ sam¹ sik¹ hap⁶ san¹ ngau⁴ gei³, jing⁴ jin⁴ si⁴ bat¹ si⁴ wui⁵ bei⁶ jan⁴ naa⁴ ceot¹ loi⁴ ci² siu³. [Jyutping]

     That pair of baggy jeans that Obama wore were of course dad jeans. The bad name of this pair of dad jeans followed Obama throughout his entire term [as president]; even when he changed it up to dark slim fit jeans, it would still be brought up as a topic of ridicule from time to time.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 牛仔褲 (“jeans”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		牛仔褲
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	牛仔褲
	Taiwan	牛仔褲
	Chifeng	牛仔褲
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	牛仔兒褲
	Harbin	牛仔褲
	Shenyang	牛仔褲
	Malaysia	牛仔褲
	Singapore	牛仔褲
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	牛仔褲
	Tangshan	牛仔褲
	Cangzhou	牛仔兒褲
	Baoding	牛仔褲
	Shijiazhuang	牛仔褲
	Jinan	牛仔褲
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	牛仔褲兒
	Qingdao	牛仔褲兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	牛仔褲
	Zhengzhou	牛仔褲
	Xi'an	牛仔褲
	Xining	牛仔褲
	Xuzhou	牛仔褲
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	牛仔褲
	Lanzhou	牛仔褲
	Ürümqi	牛仔褲
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	牛仔褲
	Wuhan	牛仔褲
	Guiyang	牛仔褲
	Kunming	牛仔褲
	Guilin	牛仔褲
	Liuzhou	牛仔褲
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	牛仔褲
	Yangzhou	牛仔褲
	Nantong	牛仔褲
	Hefei	牛仔褲
Cantonese	Guangzhou	牛仔褲
	Hong Kong	牛仔褲, 牛記, 老牛
	Taishan	牛仔褲
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	牛仔褲
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	牛仔褲
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	牛仔褲
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	牛仔褲
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	牛仔褲
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	牛仔褲
Huizhou	Shexian	牛仔褲
Jin	Taiyuan	牛仔褲
	Xinzhou	牛仔褲
	Linhe	牛仔褲
	Jining	牛仔褲
	Hohhot	牛仔褲
	Zhangjiakou	牛仔褲
	Handan	牛仔褲
Eastern Min	Fuqing	牛囝褲
	Matsu	牛囝褲
Southern Min	Xiamen	牛仔褲
	Taipei (Wanhua)	拍鐵仔褲
	Kaohsiung	拍鐵仔褲
	Yilan	拍鐵仔褲
	Changhua (Lukang)	牛仔褲
	Taichung	牛仔褲
	Taichung (Wuqi)	牛仔褲
	Tainan	牛仔褲, 拍鐵仔褲
	Taitung	拍鐵仔褲
	Hsinchu	拍鐵仔褲
	Penghu (Magong)	拍鐵仔褲
	Singapore (Hokkien)	牛仔褲
	Manila (Hokkien)	牛仔褲
	Jieyang	牛囝褲
	Haifeng	牛仔褲
	Wenchang	牛囝褲
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	牛仔褲
Wu	Shanghai	牛仔褲
	Suzhou	牛仔褲

Derived terms

• 牛記笠記／牛记笠记