黃牛
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See also: 黄牛
Chinese
| yellow | ox; cow; bull | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (黃牛) | 黃 | 牛 | |
| simp. (黄牛) | 黄 | 牛 | |
| anagram | 牛黃／牛黄 | ||
Etymology
Sense 5 most likely derived by analogy of 黑牛. Compare 白牛, formed similarly.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): huang2 nyiu2
- Cantonese (Jyutping): wong4 ngau4
- Gan (Wiktionary): 'uong4 nyiu4
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): huon1 niou1
- Northern Min (KCR): uâng-niû
- Eastern Min (BUC): uòng-ngù
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6waon-gnieu
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): uan2 nyiou2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: huángnióu
- Wade–Giles: huang2-niu2
- Yale: hwáng-nyóu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwangniou
- Palladius: хуанню (xuannju)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: huang2 nyiu2
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xuongniu
- Sinological IPA (key): /xuaŋ²¹ nʲiəu²¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: wong4 ngau4
- Yale: wòhng ngàuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: wong4 ngau4
- Guangdong Romanization: wong4 ngeo4
- Sinological IPA (key): /wɔːŋ²¹ ŋɐu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: 'uong4 nyiu4
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˈuɔŋ³⁵ n̠ʲiu³⁵/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vòng-ngiù
- Hakka Romanization System: vongˇ ngiuˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: vong2 ngiu2
- Sinological IPA: /voŋ¹¹ ŋi̯u¹¹/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: huon1 niou1
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /xuɒ̃¹¹ niəu¹¹/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: uâng-niû
- Sinological IPA (key): /uaŋ³³ niu³³/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: uòng-ngù
- Sinological IPA (key): /uoŋ⁵³⁻³³ ŋu⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- Wu
- Xiang
- (Changsha)
- Wiktionary: uan2 nyiou2
- Sinological IPA (key): /u̯an¹³ n̠ʲi̯əu̯¹³/
- (Changsha)
Noun
黃牛
- ox; cattle
- ticket scalper
- (Taiwan) one who bribes and speaks on someone else's behalf to illegally gain benefits
- (Liuzhou Mandarin) quack; charlatan
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, Macau Cantonese) cream soda float
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 庸醫 (“quack; charlatan”)
Derived terms
Verb
黃牛