# 窯子
## Chinese

| | | kiln; oven | child; son; (noun suffix)child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight |
| trad. (窯子/窑子/窰子) | trad. (窯子/窑子/窰子) | 窯/窑/窰 | 子 |
| simp. (窑子) | simp. (窑子) | 窑 | 子 |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yáozi
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˊ ˙ㄗ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu$^4$ zi$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yáozi
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˊ ˙ㄗ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yáozi̊h
*** Wade–Giles: yao$^2$-tzŭ$^5$
*** Yale: yáu-dz
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yau.tzy
*** Palladius: яоцзы (jaoczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɑʊ̯³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jiu$^4$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: yìuh jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jiu$^4$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yiu$^4$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiːu̯²¹ t͡siː³⁵/

### Noun

窯子
* (colloquial) brothel; whorehouse
    逛窯子／逛窑子 ― guàng yáozi ― to visit a brothel
* (dialectal Mandarin) female prostitute

#### Synonyms

* (brothel):
* 個中／个中 (gèzhōng) (secret language, obsolete)
* 勾欄／勾栏 (gōulán) (archaic)
* 半開門／半开门 ($^5$poe-khe-men) (Wu, dated)
* 嚮導社／向导社 ($^5$shian-dau-zo) (Wu, dated)
* 妓樓／妓楼 (jìlóu) (literary)
* 妓院 (jìyuàn)
* 妓館／妓馆 (jìguǎn) (literary)
* 娼寮 (chāngliáo) (dated)
* 娼樓／娼楼 (chānglóu) (literary)
* 娼門／娼门 (chāngmén)
* 書寓／书寓 ($^1$sy-gniu) (Wu, dated)
* 煙花間／烟花间 ($^1$i-ho-ke) (Wu, dated)
* 窯／窑 (yáo) (colloquial)
* 花柳 (huāliǔ) (literary, figurative)
* 青樓／青楼 (qīnglóu) (literary)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 妓院, 妓館, 娼寮 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 窯子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 妓院, 風月場所 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 窯子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 妓院 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 窯子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 窯子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 窯子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 窯班 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 堂子 dated |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 老舉寨, 老舉寮, 寨口 dated, 河下 dated |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 妓院, 雞竇, 妓寨, 老舉寨, 馬檻 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 老舉寨 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 老舉寨 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 老舉寨 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 婊子堂, 堂子把下 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 婊子房 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 老舉寨 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 老舉寨 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 賺食間仔 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 妓院 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 窯子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 妓嫲行 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 婊子場, 白面厝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 查某間, 妓女間, 婊仔間, 婊間, 花間, 間仔底, 間仔, 跤梢間仔 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 查某間, 婊仔間, 花間 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 查某間, 查某孫間, 婊仔間, 花間仔, 花間, 間仔底 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 跤梢間仔, 貓仔間, 蟯仔街 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 跤梢間仔, 跤梢間, 酒家, 妓女戶, 暗間仔, 跤仔間, 茶店仔, 查某間, 大肚夫, 竹篙厝 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 跤梢間仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 查某間, 跤梢間仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 妓女戶, 酒家, 暗間仔, 跤梢間仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 酒家, 跤梢間仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 酒家, 跤梢間仔, 貓仔間 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 酒家, 跤梢間仔, 貓仔間, 妓女戶, 菜店, 查某間仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 酒家, 跤梢間仔, 暗間仔, 妓女戶, 貓仔間 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 妓女戶, 酒家, 暗間仔, 跤梢間仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 妓女戶, 查某間, 暗間仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 查某間, 烏間, 跤梢間 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 跤梢間仔, 查某間 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 酒家, 跤梢間仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 酒家, 跤梢間仔, 菜店 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 跤梢間仔, 趁食間仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 相楗仔, 妓女戶 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 跤梢間, 妓女院 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 跤梢間, 妓女院, 菜店 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 婊間, 摃間 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 查某館 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 娘館 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 老舉寨 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 老妓寨 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 妓院, 堂子 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 堂子 dated |
| Xiang | Changsha | 窯班 |
* (female prostitute):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 娼妓, 妓女, 娼婦 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 妓女, 婊子, 姑娘兒, 窯姐兒, 野花兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 妓女, 婊子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 婊子, 窯子娘們兒, 窯姐兒, 兔兒, 兔子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 雞 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 妓女, 雞 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 窯姐 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 婊子, 賣窯子的 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 窯子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 馬班子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 婊子, 娼婦 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 婊子, 窯子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 婊子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 梭爺子, 婊子婆娘, 婊子, 梭梭, 雞, 貓兒, 野雞, 捨物, 粉臉子 dated |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 婊子, 妖姑, 賣貨, 片 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 婊子, 娼妓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 爛使, 皮旦 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 老舉婆, 老舉, 婊子婆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 賣屄人 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 賣屄人 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 妓女, 賣屄婆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 賣屄人 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 婊子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 婊子, 姑娘 dated |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 老舉, 野雞, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 妓女, 雞, 老舉, 啄地, 鳳, 鳳姐, 女女, G neologism |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 老舉, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 老舉, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 老舉, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 老舉, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 老舉, 妓女, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 老舉, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 老舉, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 老舉, 妓女, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 老妓 |
| Cantonese | Rongxian | 雞 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 老舉婆 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 老契 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Mule) | 雞 |
| Cantonese | Pingnan | 雞 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Gangcheng) | 老舉, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Pingdong) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 老舉婆 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 老舉, 雞婆 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 雞婆 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 妓女, 老舉, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 雞 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Yangon (Taishan) | 妓女, 老舉, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Mandalay (Taishan) | 女妓 |
| Cantonese | Bangkok (Guangfu) | 老舉, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Betong (Rongxian) | 雞 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 姑娘, 婊子, 雀子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 婊子 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 婊子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 婊仔, 火屎, 當賺個, 老舉嫲, 老舉 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 婊哩, 老舉, 老舉嫲, 貨屎, 貨哩 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 老舉, 老舉婆, 雞 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 老舉 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 老舉嫲 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 老舉嫲 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 老舉 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 老舉嫲 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 雞婆, 老舉嫲, 老舉 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 老舉嫲 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 雞婆, 老舉嫲 |
| Hakka | Nanxiong (Zhuji) | 老舉 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 老舉 |
| Hakka | Changting | 鴨子 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 婊姊, 姑娘, 婊子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 賺食嫲 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 菜店嫲 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 菜店嫲 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 賺食嫲 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 賺食嫲 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 賺食嫲 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 趁食夫娘人, 趁食妹子 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 老舉嫲 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 老舉, 雞 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 婊子, 賣屄貨 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 婊子, 窯子裡的 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 婊子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 妓嫲 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 妓嫲 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 婊子 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 白面, 白面哥 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 白面哥 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 婊 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 白面 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 做婊子 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 白面 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 白面 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 婊囝 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 婊囝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 花娘 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 白面 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 婊仔, 娼婊, 水貨, 雞, 趁食查某, 土婊, 間仔查某 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 婊仔, 片仔, 水貨, 雞, 土婊 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 婊仔, 查某孫, 雞, 雞仔, 土婊, 土婊仔, 間仔查某, 間底查某 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 趁食查某, 菜店查某 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 趁食查某 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 趁食查某, 菜店查某, 豆菜底的 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 趁食查某, 豆菜底 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 趁食查某 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 菜店查某, 趁食查某 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 趁食查某, 菜店查某 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 趁食查某, 菜店查某 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 趁食查某, 咧趁的, 菜店查某 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 趁食查某, 菜店查某, 咧趁的 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 菜店查某, 趁食查某 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 趁食查某 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 趁食查某 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 趁食查某 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 趁食查某 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 豆菜底的, 菜店查某, 趁食查某, 貓仔, 咧趁的, 媌仔, 妓女, 路邊花 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 趁食查某, 菜店查某, 歹查某, 咧趁的 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 趁食查某 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 趁食查某 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 趁食查某, 相楗的 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 趁食查某, 菜店查某, 菜店彪, 妓女 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 趁食查某, 菜店查某, 婊囝 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 歹查某, 雞 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 婊仔, 樂洞, 雞 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 婊, 婊仔, 摃婆, 漚摃, 歹查某, 姣查某, 漚查某, 姣婊 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 老妓 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 娼, 雞 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 花娘, 騷婆, 妓女 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 雞, 騷, 騷婆, 查某, 娼囝 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 雞, 查某娼 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 妓女, 雞 |
| Southern Min | Chiang Mai (Teochew) | 老衍 |
| Southern Min | Hat Yai (Teochew) | 妓女 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 妓女 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 娘 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 娘囝, 娘 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 貨𨈘 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 貨𨈘 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 老舉 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 老妓婆, 婊子婆 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 婊子, 妓女, 煤餅 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 婊子, 野雞 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 婊子, 妓女 |
| Wu | Danyang | 婊子 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 婊子, 妓女 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 花佬, 婊子 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 大毛, 嬉老, 花兒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 賣胖貨, 賣胖個, 婊子, 婊子貨 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 妓女, 婊子, 婊子婆 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 婊子, 娼婦 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 妓女 |