牛子
Chinese
ox; cow; bull | child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight | ||
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simp. and trad. (牛子) |
牛 | 子 | |
alternative forms | 牛仔 Northern Min |
Pronunciation
Noun
牛子
- (literary) ox; cattle
- (archaic, derogatory or humorous) villager; bumpkin; brute
- 那人大怒道:「這牛子好生無禮。」 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 馮夢龍 (Feng Menglong), 醒世恆言 (Xǐngshì Héngyán) (Stories to Awaken the World), 十五貫戲言成巧禍 (Over Fifteen Strings of Cash, a Jest Leads to Dire Disasters)
- Nà rén dànù dào: “Zhè niúzǐ hǎoshēng wúlǐ.” [Pinyin]
- That person said furiously, “This brute is really rude.”
那人大怒道:「这牛子好生无礼。」 [MSC, simp.]
- (traditional Chinese medicine) Alternative name for 牛蒡 (niúbàng, “burdock”).
- (dialectal Gan, Hakka, Northern Min, dialectal Wu) calf
- (Mancheng Mandarin) snail
- (Xinzhou Jin) insect; bug
- (Taiwanese Hakka, derogatory, figurative) someone naughty and disobedient
- (dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Wu) rice weevil
- (Sichuanese, gold panning jargon) large pebble
- (Northeastern Mandarin) penis
Synonyms
- (bumpkin):
Dialectal synonyms of 小牛 (“calf”) [map]
Dialectal synonyms of 蝸牛 (“land snail”) [map]
Dialectal synonyms of 蟲子 (“insect; bug; worm (general term)”) [map]
Dialectal synonyms of 陰莖 (“penis; male genitalia”) [map]
Derived terms
- 牛嫲過崗毋知牛子噭/牛嫲过岗毋知牛子噭
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