孌童

Chinese

		beautiful	boy; child; children
trad. (孌童)		孌	童
simp. (娈童)		娈	童

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luántóng, lüǎntóng, luǎntóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄢˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ, ㄌㄩㄢˇ ㄊㄨㄥˊ, ㄌㄨㄢˇ ㄊㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lyun⁵ tung⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): làn-thùng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luántóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄢˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luántóng
    • Wade–Giles: luan²-tʻung²
    • Yale: lwán-túng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luantorng
    • Palladius: луаньтун (luanʹtun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯än³⁵ tʰʊŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lüǎntóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄩㄢˇ ㄊㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lyuǎntóng
    • Wade–Giles: lüan³-tʻung²
    • Yale: lywǎn-túng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leuantorng
    • Palladius: люаньтун (ljuanʹtun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰʊŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, literary variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luǎntóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄢˇ ㄊㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luǎntóng
    • Wade–Giles: luan³-tʻung²
    • Yale: lwǎn-túng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: loantorng
    • Palladius: луаньтун (luanʹtun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lyun⁵ tung⁴
    • Yale: lyúhn tùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lyn⁵ tung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lün⁵ tung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lyːn¹³ tʰʊŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: làn-thùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: lan^ˇ tung^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lan² tung²
    • Sinological IPA: /lan¹¹ tʰuŋ¹¹/

Noun

孌童

1. (dated) catamite (boy as homosexual partner)

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 牛郎仔, 少年家