牛丼

Chinese

		ox; cow; bull	bowl of food; well
simp. and trad. (牛丼)		牛	丼

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 牛(ぎゅう)丼(どん) (gyūdon).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niúdǎn, niúdōng, niúdòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄉㄢˇ, ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄉㄨㄥ, ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau⁴ dong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niúdǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄉㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nióudǎn
    • Wade–Giles: niu²-tan³
    • Yale: nyóu-dǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nioudaan
    • Palladius: нюдань (njudanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ tän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niúdōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄉㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nióudong
    • Wade–Giles: niu²-tung¹
    • Yale: nyóu-dūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nioudong
    • Palladius: нюдун (njudun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niúdòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nióudòng
    • Wade–Giles: niu²-tung⁴
    • Yale: nyóu-dùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nioudonq
    • Palladius: нюдун (njudun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngau⁴ dong¹
    • Yale: ngàuh dōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁴ dong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁴ dong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ tɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

牛丼

1. gyūdon (a Japanese rice bowl topped with beef and onion)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
牛	丼
ぎゅう Grade: 2	どん Grade: S
jūbakoyomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぎゅうどん [gyùúdóń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɡʲɨːdõ̞ɴ]

Noun

牛(ぎゅう)丼(どん) • (gyūdon) ^{←ぎうどん (giudon)?}

1. gyudon: a Japanese dish of rice topped with beef and onion simmered in a mildly sweet sauce

Synonyms

• 牛(ぎゅう)飯(めし) (gyūmeshi)

See also

• 天(てん)丼(どん) (tendon)
• 豚丼(ぶたどん) (butadon), 豚丼(とんどん) (tondon)
• 親(おや)子(こ)丼(どん) (oyakodon)