蒙古大夫

Chinese

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Etymology

According to legend, in the early Qing dynasty, veterinarians for horses were mostly Mongols because their culture was closely related to them. When there was lack of doctors in the army, those veterinarians might be asked to cure soldiers.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): měnggǔ dàifu, ménggǔ dàifu

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˇ ㄍㄨˇ ㄉㄞˋ ˙ㄈㄨ, ㄇㄥˊ ㄍㄨˇ ㄉㄞˋ ˙ㄈㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mung⁴ gu² daai⁶ fu¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: měnggǔ dàifu [Phonetic: ménggǔdàifu]
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˇ ㄍㄨˇ ㄉㄞˋ ˙ㄈㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: měnggǔ dàifů
  - Wade–Giles: mêng³-ku³ tai⁴-fu⁵
  - Yale: měng-gǔ dài-fu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meengguu day.fu
  - Palladius: мэнгу дайфу (mɛngu dajfu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ taɪ̯⁵¹ fu¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ménggǔ dàifu
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˊ ㄍㄨˇ ㄉㄞˋ ˙ㄈㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ménggǔ dàifů
  - Wade–Giles: mêng²-ku³ tai⁴-fu⁵
  - Yale: méng-gǔ dài-fu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mengguu day.fu
  - Palladius: мэнгу дайфу (mɛngu dajfu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ taɪ̯⁵¹ fu¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mung⁴ gu² daai⁶ fu¹
  - Yale: mùhng gú daaih fū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mung⁴ gu² daai⁶ fu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mung⁴ gu² dai⁶ fu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊŋ²¹ kuː³⁵ taːi̯²² fuː⁵⁵/

Noun

蒙古大夫

(colloquial) quack; charlatan

Usage notes

This term maybe considered offensive when speaking to people with Mongol descent.

Synonyms

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