| ox; cow; bull | cheat; swindle; earn cheat; swindle; earn; make a profit |
child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (牛賺子) | 牛 | 賺 | 子 | |
| simp. (牛赚子) | 牛 | 赚 | 子 | |
Taboo of mentioning 牛舌子 (nyou2 she6 zr, “ox tongue”), as 舌 (she6, “tongue”) is homophonous with 折 (she6, “to lose (money)”).
牛賺子
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 牛舌頭, 牛舌 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 牛舌 |
| Singapore | 牛舌 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 牛口條, 牛舌頭 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 牛舌頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 牛舌頭 |
| Xi'an | 牛舌頭 | |
| Xining | 牛舌頭 | |
| Xuzhou | 牛舌頭 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 牛舌頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 牛脷子, 牛舌頭兒 |
| Wuhan | 牛舌頭, 牛賺頭 dated | |
| Guiyang | 牛舌條 | |
| Liuzhou | 牛脷錢 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 牛舌頭 |
| Yangzhou | 牛舌頭 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 牛脷 |
| Hong Kong | 牛脷 | |
| Dongguan | 牛脷 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 牛脷 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 牛舌頭 |
| Pengze | 牛舌頭 | |
| Lichuan | 牛納兒 | |
| Pingxiang | 牛舌頭 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 牛脷, 牛舌嫲 |
| Xingning | 牛脷, 牛舌嫲 | |
| Yudu | 牛脷子, 牛舌頭 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 牛口舌 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 牛舌頭 |
| Xinzhou | 牛舌頭 | |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 牛喙舌 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 牛舌 |
| Quanzhou | 牛舌 | |
| Zhangzhou | 牛舌 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 牛舌 | |
| Haikou | 牛舌 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 牛脷, 牛脷錢 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 牛舌頭 |
| Suzhou | 牛舌頭 | |
| Danyang | 牛舌頭 | |
| Wenzhou | 牛口舌 | |
| Jinhua | 牛口舌 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 牛舌子, 牛賺子 |
| Loudi | 牛舌子 | |