閹牛
Chinese
| castrate | ox; cow; bull | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (閹牛) | 閹 | 牛 | |
| simp. (阉牛) | 阉 | 牛 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yānniú
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄢ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yannióu
- Wade–Giles: yen1-niu2
- Yale: yān-nyóu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ianniou
- Palladius: яньню (janʹnju)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɛn⁵⁵ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jim1 ngau4
- Yale: yīm ngàuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: jim1 ngau4
- Guangdong Romanization: yim1 ngeo4
- Sinological IPA (key): /jiːm⁵⁵ ŋɐu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
閹牛
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 犍牛 (“bullock; steer; ox”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 犆, 牯, 犍, 犗 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 犍牛, 閹牛 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 犍牛 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 犍子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 犍牛 |
| Zhengzhou | 老犍 | |
| Xi'an | 犍牛 | |
| Xining | 犍牛 | |
| Xuzhou | 牤犍, 犍子 | |
| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 犍牛 | |
| Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 犍牛 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 犍牛 |
| Lanzhou | 犍牛 | |
| Ürümqi | 犍牛 | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 騸了的牛 |
| Liuzhou | 閹牯 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 公牛 |
| Nantong | 驐牛 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 牛牯 |
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 牛牯 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 驐牯子 |
| Lichuan | 結牛 | |
| Pingxiang | 閹牛牯 | |
| Guixi | 閹牯 | |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 牛牯 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 驐牛 |
| Qimen | 犍牯 | |
| Fuliang | 牯牛 | |
| Dexing | 肉牛 | |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 羯牯 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 牛犅 |
| Leizhou | 牛閹 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 閹過嘅牛 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 驐牛 |
| Shanghai (Jiading) | 驐牛 | |
| Ningbo | 羯牛 | |
| Jinhua | 羯牛 | |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 閹牛 |