# 鹿仔
## Chinese

* Lu̍k-é (Hakka)

### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): luk$^{6-2}$ zai$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): lu̍k-é
    (Hailu, HRS): lug$^ˋ$ er
    (Meixian, Guangdong): lug$^6$ ê$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lo̍k-á
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: luk$^{6-2}$ zai$^2$
*** Yale: lúk jái
*** Cantonese Pinyin: luk$^{9-2}$ dzai$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lug$^{6-2}$ zei$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /lʊk̚²⁻³⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lu̍k-é
*** Hakka Romanization System: lug e$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: lug$^6$ e$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /luk̚⁵ e³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: lug$^ˋ$ er
*** Sinological IPA: /luk² ə⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: lug$^6$ ê$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /lʊk̚⁵ e³¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Taipei, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Hsinchu, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan, Kinmen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍k-á
*** Tâi-lô: lo̍k-á
*** Phofsit Daibuun: log'ar
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² a⁴¹/
*** IPA (Kinmen): /lɔk̚⁵⁴⁻³² a⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² a⁵³/
*** IPA (Yilan): /lɔk̚⁵⁻² a⁵³/
*** IPA (Lukang): /lɔk̚³⁵⁻² a⁵⁵/

### Noun

鹿仔
* (Hakka, Hokkien) deer (Classifier: 隻／只 mn)
* (Cantonese, Hokkien) fawn; young deer (Classifier: 隻／只 c mn)
** 1933, Thomas Barclay, transl., 《廈門音羅馬字聖經》 [Amoy Romanized Bible]; republished as 《聖經：台語漢字本》 [The Holy Bible: Taiwanese Han Character Edition], Taipei: 台灣聖經公會 [The Bible Society in Taiwan], 1996, 雅歌 [Song of Songs] 2:17:
       Góa só͘ loân-ài-ê ah, goān lí ji̍t liâng-léng, iáⁿ chhun-tn̂g ê sî, tò-tńg lâi. Chhin-chhiūⁿ lêng-iông á-sī lo̍k-á, Tī Pek-te̍k ê soaⁿ--nih. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       Until the day is cool, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be like a roe or a young deer on the mountains of Bether. [World English Bible]
* (Taiwanese Hokkien) male prostitute (hired by wealthy and powerful men before)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 鹿 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 鹿 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 鹿 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 鹿 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 鹿 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 鹿 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 鹿 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 鹿 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 鹿 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 鹿 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 鹿 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 鹿子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 鹿, 板鹿 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 鹿 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 鹿 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 鹿 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 鹿 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 鹿 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 鹿 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 鹿 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 鹿 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 鹿 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 鹿 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 鹿 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 鹿 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 鹿 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 鹿仔 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 鹿 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 鹿 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 鹿仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 鹿仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 鹿仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 鹿 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 鹿 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 鹿仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 鹿仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 鹿 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 鹿仔, 鹿 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 鹿 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 鹿 |
| Hakka | Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 鹿 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 鹿 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 鹿 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 鹿兒 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 鹿 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 鹿 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 鹿 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 鹿 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 鹿 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 鹿仔 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 鹿 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 鹿仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 鹿仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 鹿, 鹿仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 鹿仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 鹿 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 鹿仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 鹿仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 鹿仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 鹿 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 鹿仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 鹿仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 鹿仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 鹿仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 鹿仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 鹿仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 鹿 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 鹿仔 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 鹿 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 鹿仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 鹿仔, 鹿 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 鹿 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 鹿 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 鹿 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 鹿 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 鹿 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 鹿 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 鹿 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 鹿 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 鹿 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 鹿 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 鹿 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 鹿 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 鹿 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 鹿 |
| Wu | Danyang | 鹿頭 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 鹿 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 鹿 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 鹿 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 鹿 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 鹿 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 鹿 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 男妓, 妓男, 男娼 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 老泡兒, 兔兒爺, 妞兒夾子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 男妓, 牛郎, 鴨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 鴨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | 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 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 男妓, 鴨 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 鴨 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 鴨 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 桃脯 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 契弟, 阿倌 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 龜精 GT, 鹿仔 GT |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 鴨, 阿倌 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 屁精, 兔子 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 相公 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 雄婊子 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 幺它 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |

#### Derived terms

* 鹿仔樹／鹿仔树
* 鹿仔港 (Lùzǐgǎng)
* 鹿仔草
* 鹿仔菜
* 鹿仔蹄