牛津

Chinese

		ox; cow; bull	ford
simp. and trad. (牛津)		牛	津

Etymology 1

Calque of English Oxford.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Niújīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau⁴ zeon¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Giû-tin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Niújīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Nióujin
    • Wade–Giles: Niu²-chin¹
    • Yale: Nyóu-jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Nioujin
    • Palladius: Нюцзинь (Njuczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngau⁴ zeon¹
    • Yale: ngàuh jēun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁴ dzoen¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁴ zên¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ t͡sɵn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Giû-tin
    • Tâi-lô: Giû-tin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: giu'dyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡiu²⁴⁻²² tin⁴⁴/

Proper noun

牛津

1. (～市) Oxford (a city in Oxfordshire, England)
2. (～大學) University of Oxford

   牛津英語詞典／牛津英语词典  ―  Niújīn Yīngyǔ Cídiǎn  ―  Oxford English Dictionary

Derived terms

• 牛津逗號 / 牛津逗号 (Niújīn dòuhào)

 

Etymology 2

From the Chinese folktale of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niújīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau⁴ zeon¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niújīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nióujin
    • Wade–Giles: niu²-chin¹
    • Yale: nyóu-jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nioujin
    • Palladius: нюцзинь (njuczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngau⁴ zeon¹
    • Yale: ngàuh jēun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁴ dzoen¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁴ zên¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ t͡sɵn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ngjuw tsin

Rime
Character	牛	津
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	語求切	將鄰切
Baxter	ngjuw	tsin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɨu/	/t͡siɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋiu/	/t͡sin/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiəu/	/t͡sjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋuw/	/t͡sin/
Li Rong	/ŋiu/	/t͡siĕn/
Wang Li	/ŋĭəu/	/t͡sĭĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋi̯ə̯u/	/t͡si̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yóu	jīn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngau4	zan1

Noun

牛津

1. (literary) Milky Way