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English

  1. Cowherd of the folk tale Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女
  2. cowherd boy
  3. the Cowherd, the male protagonist in the "The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl" folk tale; it is said that he and the Weaver Girl were a couple, but were only allowed to meet once a year during the 7th day of the 7th lunar month
  4. Altair (star)
  5. (slang) male prostitute

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 神話人物；傳説牛郎趁織女沖涼嗰陣偷走佢件羽衣，等佢返唔到上天，留低並成婚產子；其後被天庭處罰，同織女分隔於銀河兩岸，只可以每年一次喺七夕相見

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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