青盲牛
Chinese
| blind | ox; cow; bull | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (青盲牛) | 青盲 | 牛 | |
| simp. #(青盲牛) | 青盲 | 牛 | |
| alternative forms | 青瞑牛 眚盲牛 | ||
| Literally: “blind ox”. | |||
Pronunciation
- Eastern Min (BUC): chăng-màng-ngù
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ca1 ma2 gu2 / cann1 ma2 gu2
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien, POJ): chhiⁿ-mî-gû / chheⁿ-mêe-gû / chheⁿ-mê-gû
- (Teochew, Peng'im): cên1 mên5 ghu5
- Eastern Min
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: ca1 ma2 gu2 [Phonetic: ca5 ma5 u2]
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: chaⁿ-má-gú
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰa⁵³³⁻¹¹ ma¹³⁻¹¹ (k-)u¹³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: cann1 ma2 gu2 [Phonetic: cann5 ma5 u2]
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰã⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ma²⁴⁻²¹ (k-)u²⁴/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Jinjiang, Philippines)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiⁿ-mî-gû
- Tâi-lô: tshinn-mî-gû
- Phofsit Daibuun: chvimi'guu
- IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /t͡sʰĩ³³ mĩ²⁴⁻²² ɡu²⁴/
- IPA (Philippines): /t͡sʰĩ³³ mi²⁴⁻²² ɡu²⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ mĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡu²⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² mĩ²⁴⁻²² ɡu²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Penang)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheⁿ-mêe-gû
- Tâi-lô: tshenn-mêe-gû
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² mɛ̃¹³⁻²² ɡu¹³/
- IPA (Penang): /t͡sʰɛ̃³³⁻²¹ mɛ²³⁻²¹ ɡu²³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheⁿ-mê-gû
- Tâi-lô: tshenn-mê-gû
- Phofsit Daibuun: zhveme'guu
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ mẽ²³⁻³³ ɡu²³/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: cên1 mên5 ghu5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsheⁿ mêⁿ gû
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰẽ³³⁻²³ mẽ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ɡu⁵⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Jinjiang, Philippines)
Noun
青盲牛
- (Min) illiterate (Classifier: 個／个 mn; 隻／只 mn)
- 儂家是青盲牛，𣍐仈字。 [Eastern Min, trad.]
- Nàng-gă sê chăng-màng-ngù, mâ̤-*báik-cê. / [nˡaŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ (k-)ŋa⁵⁵ sɛi²⁴² t͡sʰaŋ⁵⁵ maŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ŋu⁵³ mɛ²⁴²⁻²¹ pɛiʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ t͡sɛi²⁴²] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]
- I am illiterate, and I do not know how to read.
侬家是青盲牛，𫧃仈字。 [Eastern Min, simp.]
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 文盲 (“illiterate person”) [map]
References
- “青盲牛”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
- 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “青盲牛”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 72.