蒙古大夫

Chinese

		Mongolia	doctor
trad. (蒙古大夫)		蒙古	大夫
simp. #(蒙古大夫)		蒙古	大夫
Literally: “Mongolian doctor”.

Etymology

According to legend, in the early Qing dynasty, veterinarians for horses were mostly Mongols because their culture was closely related to them. When there was lack of doctors in the army, those veterinarians might be asked to cure soldiers.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): měnggǔ dàifu, ménggǔ dàifu

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˇ ㄍㄨˇ ㄉㄞˋ ˙ㄈㄨ, ㄇㄥˊ ㄍㄨˇ ㄉㄞˋ ˙ㄈㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mung⁴ gu² daai⁶ fu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: měnggǔ dàifu [Phonetic: ménggǔdàifu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˇ ㄍㄨˇ ㄉㄞˋ ˙ㄈㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: měnggǔ dàifů
    • Wade–Giles: mêng³-ku³ tai⁴-fu⁵
    • Yale: měng-gǔ dài-fu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meengguu day.fu
    • Palladius: мэнгу дайфу (mɛngu dajfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ taɪ̯⁵¹ fu¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ménggǔ dàifu
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˊ ㄍㄨˇ ㄉㄞˋ ˙ㄈㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ménggǔ dàifů
    • Wade–Giles: mêng²-ku³ tai⁴-fu⁵
    • Yale: méng-gǔ dài-fu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mengguu day.fu
    • Palladius: мэнгу дайфу (mɛngu dajfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ taɪ̯⁵¹ fu¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mung⁴ gu² daai⁶ fu¹
    • Yale: mùhng gú daaih fū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mung⁴ gu² daai⁶ fu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mung⁴ gu² dai⁶ fu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊŋ²¹ kuː³⁵ taːi̯²² fuː⁵⁵/

Noun

蒙古大夫

1. (colloquial) quack; charlatan

Usage notes

This term may be considered offensive when speaking to people with Mongol descent.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 庸醫 (“quack; charlatan”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		庸醫
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	蒙古大夫
	Harbin	蒙古大夫
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	蒙古大夫
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	黃牛醫生, 黃牛
Cantonese	Guangzhou	黃六醫生, 黃六
	Hong Kong	黃六醫生, 黃六
	Taishan	黃六醫生, 黃六
	Dongguan	黃六醫生
Southern Min	Tainan	赤跤仙仔