特牛

Chinese

		special; unusual; extraordinary special; unusual; extraordinary; male animal	ox; cow; bull
trad. (特牛)		特	牛
simp. ^#(特牛)		特	牛

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tèniú

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄜˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tèniú
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄜˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tènióu
  - Wade–Giles: tʻê⁴-niu²
  - Yale: tè-nyóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tehniou
  - Palladius: тэню (tɛnju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɤ⁵¹ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/

Noun

特牛

(literary) one bull or cow
- 諸侯舉以特牛，祀以太牢；卿舉以少牢，祀以特牛 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  诸侯举以特牛，祀以太牢；卿举以少牢，祀以特牛 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 《國語·楚語下》
  zhūhóu jǔ yǐ tèniú, sì yǐ tàiláo; qīng jǔ yǐ shàoláo, sì yǐ tèniú [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
(literary) bull