牛椵
Chinese
| ox; cow; bull | (grapefruit) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (牛椵) |
牛 | 椵 | |
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gû-kê
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-kê
- Tâi-lô: gû-kê
- Phofsit Daibuun: gu'kee
- IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² ke²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡu¹³⁻²² ke¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
Noun
牛椵
- (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) yoke; oxbow
- (Zhangzhou Hokkien) wooden cangue placed on the mouth of a calf (to prevent it from sucking milk while the cow is being milked)
Synonyms
- (yoke):
Dialectal synonyms of 牛軛 (“yoke; oxbow”) [map]
- (wooden cangue): (Hokkien) 牛椵仔