封牛

Chinese

		to confer; to grant; to seal to confer; to grant; to seal; (a measure word)	ox; cow; bull
simp. and trad. (封牛)		封	牛

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fēngniú

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄥㄋㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fung¹ ngau⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fēngniú
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄥㄋㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fongnióu
  - Wade–Giles: fêng¹-niu²
  - Yale: fēng-nyóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fengniou
  - Palladius: фэнню (fɛnnju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fung¹ ngau⁴
  - Yale: fūng ngàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fung¹ ngau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: fung¹ ngeo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵ ŋɐu̯²¹/

Noun

封牛

alternative form of 犎牛 (fēngniú, “zebu; bison”)
- （罽賓國）出封牛、水牛、象、大狗、沐猴、孔爵、珠璣、珊瑚、虎魄、璧流離。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  （罽宾国）出封牛、水牛、象、大狗、沐猴、孔爵、珠玑、珊瑚、虎魄、璧流离。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE
  (Jìbīn guó) chū fēngniú, shuǐniú, xiàng, dàgǒu, mùhóu, kǒngjué, zhūjī, shānhú, hǔpò, bìliúlí. [Pinyin]
  (The country of Jibin in the Western Regions) produces zebus, buffalo, elephants, big dogs (kuchis?), macaques, peacocks, jewels, corals, ambers and cat's eyes.