娘炮

Chinese

		effeminate	cannon; gun; firecracker
trad. (娘炮/娘砲)		娘	炮/砲
simp. (娘炮)		娘	炮
alternative forms		娘泡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niángpào

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄤˊ ㄆㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): noeng⁴ paau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niángpào
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄤˊ ㄆㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niángpào
    • Wade–Giles: niang²-pʻao⁴
    • Yale: nyáng-pàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niangpaw
    • Palladius: нянпао (njanpao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɑŋ³⁵ pʰɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niángpàor
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄤˊ ㄆㄠˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niángpàor
    • Wade–Giles: niang²-pʻao⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: nyáng-pàur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niangpawl
    • Palladius: нянпаор (njanpaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɑŋ³⁵ pʰaʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: noeng⁴ paau³
    • Yale: nèuhng paau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: noeng⁴ paau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: nêng⁴ pao³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nœːŋ²¹ pʰaːu̯³³/

Noun

娘炮

1. (slang, derogatory, offensive) sissy, femboy

Adjective

娘炮

1. (slang, derogatory, offensive) sissy; effeminate

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 娘娘腔 (“sissy; effeminate”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		娘娘腔
Mandarin	Beijing	母裡母氣
	Taiwan	娘娘腔, 娘炮
	Guiyang	母聲母氣
Cantonese	Guangzhou	乸型, 女人士
	Hong Kong	乸型, camp
Gan	Lichuan	娘娘腔
Hakka	Meixian	半婦人
Northern Min	Jian'ou	阿娘相
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	母相
Southern Min	Xiamen	查某體
	Quanzhou	查某體
	Zhangzhou	查某體, 軟母
	Tainan	查某體
	Manila (Hokkien)	查某體
Wu	Shanghai	娘娘腔
	Hangzhou	娘娘腔