天牛
Chinese
| day; sky; heaven | ox; cow; bull | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (天牛) |
天 | 牛 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: tiānniú
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tiannióu
- Wade–Giles: tʻien1-niu2
- Yale: tyān-nyóu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianniou
- Palladius: тяньню (tjanʹnju)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tin1 ngau4
- Yale: tīn ngàuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: tin1 ngau4
- Guangdong Romanization: tin1 ngeo4
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ ŋɐu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
Noun
天牛
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 天牛 (“longhorn beetle; longicorn”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 天牛 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 天牛 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 老牛, 天牛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 天牛郎 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 天牛 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 水牯牛 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 天牛 |
| Pengze | 水牛 | |
| Lichuan | 天牛 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 山羊角, 仙牛角, 天牛 |
| Yudu | 天牛 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 山牛牯 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 天牛牯 | |
| Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 天牛 | |
| Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 天牛 | |
| Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 山牛 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 山牛牯 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 山牛精 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 山牛牯 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 山牛牯 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 天牛 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 牛犅螢 |
| Zhao'an | 牛角𨂿 | |
| New Taipei (Tamsui) | 水牛, 水牛犅 | |
| New Taipei (Pingxi) | 水牛犅 | |
| Kaohsiung | 水牛 | |
| Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 水牛 | |
| Yilan (Luodong) | 牛角𨂿 | |
| Yilan (Toucheng) | 牛角𨂿 | |
| Changhua (Yongjing) | 牛角𨂿 | |
| Tainan (Anping) | 水牛犅 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 鐵牯牛 |