<p>Never heard of 郭先生, But it is obviously a transliteration (more like 'sound-alike') of "Mr. Cock" </p>

<p>'Cock'(male chick- 公雞) is a nickname for 'penis' in English.</p>

<p><em>Coincidentally, '雞巴' is also a nickname for penis in Chinese</em></p>

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<p>From what I could find,</p>

<ul>
<li>「郭先生」is a Southern Chinese topolect word for「角先生」; I suppose that's believable as「郭」and「角」sound more similar in Southern topolects than northern ones (and they appear to be identically pronounced in Hakka). This makes「郭」a euphemism for「角」.</li>
<li>Folk etymology has「角」relating to <em>dildo</em> due to either

<ol>
<li>Dildos being originally made of animal horns, hence「角」;</li>
<li>Dildos being literally called <em>ramming devices</em> (<strong>觸器</strong>), and character explanations for「觸」are something like <strong>从角</strong>蜀聲.</li>
</ol></li>
</ul>

<p>「郭」sounding like <em>cock</em> is probably a coincidence. Although the expression「角先生」seems to have arisen (or become more widespread) during the latter half of the Qing dynasty and according to dictionaries English was using <em>cock</em> as a slang for <em>penis</em> by that time, dildos existed for centuries before that, and it is unlikely that a word for <em>dildo</em> would come from British slang but wasn't first introduced by the British.</p>

<p>See also <a href="https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E8%A7%92%E5%85%88%E7%94%9F/3038625" rel="nofollow noreferrer">the Baidu article; <strong>CAUTION: NSFW, has a picture of a dildo on the top</strong></a> (all other sites trying to describe this seem to use the same explanations).</p>

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dROOOze
<p><strong>ABC</strong></p>
<blockquote>
<p>郭先生</p>
<p>Guō xiānsheng</p>
<p>N.</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Mr. Guo</p>
</li>
<li><p>(slang) dildo</p>
</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
<ul>
<li>Is this correct?</li>
</ul>
<p>Aside from an <a href="https://www.almaany.com/en/dict/en-zh/%E9%83%AD%E5%85%88%E7%94%9F/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Almaany</a> dictionary entry:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Translation and Meaning of 郭先生 in Almaany English-Chinese Dictionary</p>
<p>dildo</p>
<p>郭先生 ( 女子手淫用的人造男性生殖器 ), 振动器 , ( 为性欢愉的 ) 人造阳具</p>
</blockquote>
<p>I'm not really finding any corroborating evidence.</p>
<ul>
<li>And, if 郭先生 really does mean <code>dildo</code> how did it get it's name?</li>
</ul>

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Where -and- how does 郭先生 mean dildo?
# Where -and- how does 郭先生 mean dildo?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-04-22)

**ABC**

> 郭先生
>
> Guō xiānsheng
>
> N.
>
> 1. Mr. Guo
> 2. (slang) dildo

* Is this correct?

Aside from an [Almaany](https://www.almaany.com/en/dict/en-zh/%E9%83%AD%E5%85%88%E7%94%9F/) dictionary entry:

> Translation and Meaning of 郭先生 in Almaany English-Chinese Dictionary
>
> dildo
>
> 郭先生 ( 女子手淫用的人造男性生殖器 ), 振动器 , ( 为性欢愉的 ) 人造阳具

I'm not really finding any corroborating evidence.

* And, if 郭先生 really does mean `dildo` how did it get it's name?

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2018-04-22. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

From what I could find,

* 「郭先生」is a Southern Chinese topolect word for「角先生」; I suppose that's believable as「郭」and「角」sound more similar in Southern topolects than northern ones (and they appear to be identically pronounced in Hakka). This makes「郭」a euphemism for「角」.
* Folk etymology has「角」relating to *dildo* due to either
  1. Dildos being originally made of animal horns, hence「角」;
  2. Dildos being literally called *ramming devices* (**觸器**), and character explanations for「觸」are something like **从角**蜀聲.

「郭」sounding like *cock* is probably a coincidence. Although the expression「角先生」seems to have arisen (or become more widespread) during the latter half of the Qing dynasty and according to dictionaries English was using *cock* as a slang for *penis* by that time, dildos existed for centuries before that, and it is unlikely that a word for *dildo* would come from British slang but wasn't first introduced by the British.

See also [the Baidu article; **CAUTION: NSFW, has a picture of a dildo on the top**](https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E8%A7%92%E5%85%88%E7%94%9F/3038625) (all other sites trying to describe this seem to use the same explanations).


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### Answer by username_1 on 2018-04-22. Score: 0

Never heard of 郭先生, But it is obviously a transliteration (more like 'sound-alike') of "Mr. Cock"

'Cock'(male chick- 公雞) is a nickname for 'penis' in English.

*Coincidentally, '雞巴' is also a nickname for penis in Chinese*


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