# 阿倌
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): a-koaⁿ
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Penang, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-koaⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: a-kuann
*** Phofsit Daibuun: a'kvoaf
*** IPA (Xiamen, Singapore): /a⁴⁴⁻²² kuã⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Penang): /a³³⁻²¹ kuã³³/

### Noun

阿倌
* (Xiamen, Malaysian and Singapore Hokkien) hermaphrodite
* (Xiamen and Singapore Hokkien) male prostitute
* (Singapore Hokkien, derogatory) transgender woman

#### Synonyms

* (hermaphrodite):
* 二尾子 (èryǐzi) (regional, derogatory)
* 二性子 (èrxìngzi)
* 兩性人 / 两性人 (liǎngxìngrén)
* 半公嫲 (Hakka)
* 半陰 / 半阴 (Min Nan)
* 半陰陽 / 半阴阳 (Hokkien, Puxian Min)
* 半陰陽仔 / 半阴阳仔 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
* 間性人 / 间性人 (jiānxìngrén)
* 陰陽人 / 阴阳人 (yīnyángrén)
* 雙性人 / 双性人 (shuāngxìngrén)
* (male prostitute):
| 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, 賣屁兒的, 賣溝子的, 半截腸子不裝屎的, 相公, 相姑 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu (Xindu) | 賣屁兒的, 賣溝子的 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu (Pidu) | 賣屁兒的, 賣溝子的, 屁股蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu (Wenjiang) | 賣屁兒的, 賣溝子的 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu (Shuangliu) | 賣屁兒的, 賣溝子的, 妖哥子, 妖童 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu (Xinjin) | 賣屁兒的, 賣溝子的, 妖哥子, 妖童, 屁兒蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jintang | 㚻子, 賣溝子的, 賣籮篼的, 妖童, 妖哥子, 相公 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Pengzhou | 賣屁兒的, 賣溝子的, 妖哥子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dujiangyan | 賣屁兒的, 相公 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongzhou | 妖哥, 妖兒童 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dayi | 賣溝子的, 妖哥子, 屁兒蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Pujiang | 賣屁兒的, 賣溝子的 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Qionglai | 賣溝子的, 妖哥子, 屁兒蟲, 跩哥 |
| 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) |
* (transgender woman):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 變性人 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 變性人, 人妖 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 人妖 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Lancang | 人妖 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | กะเทย, 變性人, 人妖, 二姨媽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | กะเทย, 變性人, 人妖 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 人妖, กะเทย |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 人妖, กะเทย |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 人妖 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 變性人, 人妖 |
| Cantonese | Rongxian | 人妖 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 人妖 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 人妖 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 人妖 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 人妖 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 變性人 |
| Cantonese | Bangkok (Guangfu) | 人妖, กะเทย |
| Cantonese | Betong (Rongxian) | 人妖, กะเทย |
| Hakka | Meixian | 變性人 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 人妖 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Jiexi) | 人妖, กะเทย, ตุ๊ด |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 阿倌 male to female |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 人妖, 半男女, กะเทย |
| Southern Min | Chiang Mai (Teochew) | 人妖 |
| Southern Min | Hat Yai (Teochew) | 人妖 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 半公母 |

#### Descendants

* → Cantonese: 阿瓜 (aa$^3$ gwaa$^1$)
* → English: ah kua, ah kwa, ah gua, ah qua