地牛

Chinese

		earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly	ox; cow; bull
trad. (地牛)		地	牛
simp. #(地牛)		地	牛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dìniú

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tē-gû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dìniú
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dìnióu
    • Wade–Giles: ti⁴-niu²
    • Yale: dì-nyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihniou
    • Palladius: диню (dinju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē-gû
    • Tâi-lô: tē-gû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dexguu
    • IPA (Singapore): /te²²⁻²¹ ɡu²⁴/

Noun

地牛

1. (southern China, mythology) a bull who lives under the earth and causes earthquakes upon stirring
2. (Singapore Hokkien) banded bullfrog (Kaloula pulchra)
3. (Singapore, historical) inspector who raids unlicensed hawkers

   Hypernym: 稽查員 / 稽查员 (jīcháyuán)

   跑地牛  ―  pǎo dìniú  ―  to evade inspectors

Derived terms

• 地牛反肩
• 地牛換肩 / 地牛换肩
• 地牛搖頭 / 地牛摇头
• 地牛發威 / 地牛发威
• 地牛翻身 (dìniú fānshēn)
• 地牛躝側 / 地牛𨅬侧
• 地牛車轉身 / 地牛车转身
• 地牛轉肩 / 地牛转肩
• 地牛過肩 / 地牛过肩