▁level ▁of ▁" you ▁old ▁f art ," ▁i . e ., ▁not ▁really ▁so ▁very ▁off ensive , ▁but ▁indicating ▁a ▁passing ▁m ood ▁of ▁ag gra v ation ▁on ▁the ▁speaker ' s ▁part . ▁Nevertheless , ▁the ▁general ▁meaning ▁is ▁probably ▁closer ▁to ▁" old ▁que er ." ▁ ▁N án ▁f ē ng ▁( ), ▁male ▁custom , ▁is ▁hom oph on ous ▁with ▁( , ▁southern ▁custom .) ▁The ▁first ▁writing ▁of ▁the ▁term ▁would ▁fairly ▁easily ▁be ▁picked ▁out ▁as ▁referring ▁to ▁sexual ▁interactions , ▁whereas ▁the ▁second ▁term ▁could ▁just ▁mean ▁" the ▁custom s ▁of ▁the ▁southern ▁part ▁of ▁China ." ▁ ▁T ó ng zh ì ▁() ▁( lit . ▁" com rade ") ▁was ▁recently ▁adopted ▁in ▁Hong ▁Kong ▁and ▁Taiwan ▁to ▁mean ▁hom osex ual , ▁and ▁is ▁sometimes ▁used ▁on ▁the ▁main land . ▁Liter ally ▁the ▁term ▁means ▁" one ▁having ▁same ▁asp ir ations ". ▁ ▁T ù zi ▁( <0xE5> <0x85> <0x94> 子 ) ▁lit ., ▁" b un ny ," ▁but ▁used ▁to ▁refer ▁to ▁cat am ites . ▁( See ▁Herbert ▁A . ▁G iles , ▁A ▁Chinese - English ▁Dictionary , ▁entry ▁ 1 2 , 1 2 2 ) ▁See ▁also ▁Tu ▁Er ▁Sh en . ▁ ▁Since ▁the ▁success ▁of ▁Ang ▁Lee ' s ▁Bro ke back ▁Mountain , ▁du à nb è i ▁( , ▁lit . ▁" B roke back ") ▁has ▁also ▁become ▁popular . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁▁▁ ▁Ba