水牛
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水牛
Chinese
| water; river | ox; cow; bull | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (水牛) |
水 | 牛 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): sui3 nyiu2
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): seoi2 ngau4
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): sui2 ngeu3
- Gan (Wiktionary): 'sui3 nyiu4
- Hakka
- Northern Min (KCR): sṳ̌-niû
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5sy-nieu
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shuěinióu
- Wade–Giles: shui3-niu2
- Yale: shwěi-nyóu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeiniou
- Palladius: шуйню (šujnju)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: sui3 nyiu2
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sui niu
- Sinological IPA (key): /suei⁵³ nʲiəu²¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: seoi2 ngau4
- Yale: séui ngàuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: soey2 ngau4
- Guangdong Romanization: sêu2 ngeo4
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɵy̯³⁵ ŋɐu̯²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: sui2 ngeu3
- Sinological IPA (key): /sui⁵⁵ ᵑɡeu²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: 'sui3 nyiu4
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˈsui²¹³⁻¹³ n̠ʲiu³⁵/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: súi-ngiù
- Hakka Romanization System: suiˋ ngiuˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: sui3 ngiu2
- Sinological IPA: /su̯i³¹ ŋi̯u¹¹/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sṳ̌-niû
- Sinological IPA (key): /sy²¹ niu³³/
- (Jian'ou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Penang, Singapore)
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Yongchun, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen)
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: súiⁿ-gû
- Tâi-lô: suínn-gû
- Phofsit Daibuun: svuy'guu
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /suĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡu¹³/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: zui2 ghu5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsúi gû
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sui⁵²⁻³⁵ ɡu⁵⁵/
- Wu
Noun
水牛
- buffalo; water buffalo
- (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Singapore Hokkien, Huizhou) someone who drinks a lot of water
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Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 水 | 牛 |
| すい Grade: 1 |
ぎゅう Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi | |
Pronunciation
Noun
水牛 or 水牛 • (suigyū) ←すいぎう (suigiu) or スイギウ (suigiu)?
Synonyms
- 呉牛 (gogyū)
Derived terms
References
Okinawan
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 水 | 牛 |
| Grade: 1 | Grade: 2 |
Etymology
Compound of 水 (miji, “water”) + 牛 (ushi, “cow”).
Pronunciation
Noun
水牛 (mijiushi)