龜精

Chinese

		tortoise; turtle	energy; perfect; excellent energy; perfect; excellent; refined; very; proficient
trad. (龜精)		龜	精
simp. (龟精)		龟	精

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ku-chiⁿ / ku-chiaⁿ

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ku-chiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: ku-tsinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kucvy
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ku³³ t͡sĩ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ku⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sĩ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ku-chiaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: ku-tsiann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kucviaf
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ku⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ku⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siã⁴⁴/

Noun

龜精

1. (Hokkien) cunning and crafty person
2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) male prostitute
3. (Taiwanese Hokkien) person that wears bizarre or exotic clothing

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
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
	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)