執牛耳

Chinese

		execute (a plan); grasp
trad. (執牛耳)		執	牛耳
simp. (执牛耳)		执	牛耳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhí niú'ěr

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˊ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄦˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zap¹ ngau⁴ ji⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhí niú'ěr
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˊ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄦˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhíh nióu-ěr
    • Wade–Giles: chih² niu²-êrh³
    • Yale: jŕ nyóu-ěr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyr nioueel
    • Palladius: чжи нюэр (čži njuer)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zap¹ ngau⁴ ji⁵
    • Yale: jāp ngàuh yíh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzap⁷ ngau⁴ ji⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeb¹ ngeo⁴ yi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐp̚⁵ ŋɐu̯²¹ jiː¹³/

Verb

執⫽牛耳 (verb-object)

1. to be a leader