牛牛

Chinese

		ox; cow; bull	ox; cow; bull
simp. and trad. (牛牛)		牛	牛

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): niúniu

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˊ ˙ㄋㄧㄡ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nyiu² nyiu²
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau⁴ ngau^4-2
Jin (Wiktionary): niou¹ niou^1-3

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: niúniu
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ˙ㄋㄧㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nióunio̊u
  - Wade–Giles: niu²-niu⁵
  - Yale: nyóu-nyou
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niou.niou
  - Palladius: нюню (njunju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ ni̯oʊ̯³/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: nyiu² nyiu²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: niuniu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nʲiəu²¹ nʲiəu²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngau⁴ ngau^4-2
  - Yale: ngàuh ngáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁴ ngau^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁴ ngeo^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ ŋɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: niou¹ niou^1-3
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /niəu¹¹ niəu¹¹⁻⁴⁵/

Noun

牛牛

(childish) cow
- 妞妞趕牛河邊走，牛牛要吃河邊柳 [MSC, trad.]
  妞妞赶牛河边走，牛牛要吃河边柳 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 《妞妞趕牛》
  niūniu gǎn niú hébiān zǒu, niúniu yào chī hébiān liǔ [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
(Sichuanese) land snail
(Sichuanese) spinning top
(Jin) insect; worm
(Jin) breast

Synonyms

(land snail):

Dialectal synonyms of 蝸牛 (“land snail”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蝸蜒
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蝸牛
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	水牛兒, 牛兒
	Taiwan	蝸牛
	Langfang	蝸牛
	Chifeng	蝸牛
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	蛤蜊牛
	Harbin	蝸牛, 水摸牛兒
	Shenyang	蝸牛, 水牛兒
	Singapore	蝸牛
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	蝸牛
	Tangshan	蝸牛, 牛磨磨兒
	Cangzhou	蝸牛
	Baoding	牛兒
	Shijiazhuang	蝸牛兒, 劉劉出門兒
	Jinan	蛤拉蚰, 蛤拉蚰子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Qingdao	蝸牛
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	蝸子
	Daming	蝸牛兒
	Wanrong	蝸牛
	Zhengzhou	阿子
	Xi'an	蝸蝸牛, 蝸蝸牛兒
	Xining	拔牛兒
	Xuzhou	蝸牛, 烏斗牛兒, 烏斗牛
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	蝸牛
	Lanzhou	蝸蝸牛, 蝸牛
	Ürümqi	蝸蝸牛兒, 蝸蝸牛, 蝸蝸子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	牛牛兒, 牛牛, 蝸牛
	Chongqing	山螺螄, 牛牛兒
	Wuhan	蝸牛, 天螺螄
	Guiyang	蝸牛
	Kunming	蝸牛
	Guilin	蝸牛
	Liuzhou	蝸牛
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	蝸牛
	Yangzhou	蝸牛
	Nantong	蝸牛
	Hefei	旱螺螄, 蝸牛
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蝸牛, 田螺摩, 田螺蟲
	Hong Kong	蝸牛
	Taishan	緣牛, 蝸牛
	Dongguan	蝸牛
	Yangjiang	蝸牛
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	鼻涕蟲
	Hepu (Shatian)	屎坑螺
	Beihai	蝸牛
	Beihai (Nankang)	蝸牛
	Beihai (Yingpan)	山螺
Gan	Nanchang	蝸牛
	Lichuan	蝸牛
	Pingxiang	天螺頭
Hakka	Meixian	螔螺哥, 螔螺仔
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	螔螺哩
	Yudu	蝸牛
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	螔螺仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	螔螺仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	蝓螺
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蝓螺
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蝓螺
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	露螺
Huizhou	Jixi	蜒蚰
Huizhou	Shexian	螺螄
Jin	Taiyuan	蝸牛
	Xinzhou	蝸牛, 海螺子
	Linhe	蝸牛
	Jining	蝸牛
	Hohhot	蝸牛
	Zhangjiakou	蝸牛, 水牛
	Handan	蝸牛, 巴牛, 牤牛
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鉗螺
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	牛母牛囝
Southern Min	Xiamen	露螺
	Zhangzhou	鼻痕螺, 鼻痕
	Zhao'an	𧌄花螺
	Dongshan	紅螺螺
	Taipei	露螺
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	露螺
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	露螺
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	露螺
	Kaohsiung	露螺
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	露螺
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	露螺
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	露螺
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	露螺
	Yilan	露螺
	Yilan (Toucheng)	露螺
	Changhua (Lukang)	露螺
	Taichung	露螺
	Taichung (Wuqi)	露螺
	Tainan	露螺
	Tainan (Anping)	露螺
	Taitung	露螺
	Hsinchu	露螺
	Kinmen	露螺
	Penghu (Magong)	露螺
	Penghu (Xiyu)	露螺
	Singapore (Hokkien)	露螺
	Chaozhou	庵螺
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	庵螺蟲
	Jieyang	庵螺
	Bangkok (Teochew)	蝸牛
	Leizhou	麻露螺
	Wenchang	過路螺
	Haikou	毛露螺
Puxian Min	Putian	蝸牛
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	咚咚螺, 狗囝螺螺
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	螺螄蟲
Wu	Shanghai	蝸牛
	Shanghai (Chongming)	蝸牛
	Suzhou	蝸牛, 背包蜒蚰
	Hangzhou	蝸牛
	Ningbo	蜒蚰螺, 蜒螺
	Wenzhou	蜒蚰螺
	Jinhua	蚰蚰螺
Xiang	Changsha	蝸牛, 天螺陀
	Loudi	山螺頭
	Shuangfeng	蝸牛, 山田螺

(spinning top):

Dialectal synonyms of 陀螺 (“spinning top”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		陀螺
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	漢奸
	Taiwan	陀螺
	Singapore	陀螺
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	地轉轉兒, 地轉子, 牛牛兒, 牛牛, 賤皮子
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	格螺
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	地陀, 下流胚
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	牛
Cantonese	Guangzhou	擰螺, 定螺, 陀螺, 車乜
	Hong Kong	陀螺
	Taishan	菱角, 擰螺
Gan	Nanchang	陀螺
Hakka	Xingning	抽車哩
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	奇樂
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	極樂仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	獨樂
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	缺樂
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	獨樂
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	獨樂
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	極樂仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	極樂
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	極樂仔, 極樂
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	摔
Huizhou	Jixi	賤鞭螺
Jin	Xinzhou	猴兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	榛迷
Southern Min	Xiamen	矸轆
	Quanzhou	矸轆
	Zhangzhou	矸螺
	Taipei	矸轆
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	矸轆
	Kaohsiung	矸轆
	Yilan	矸轆
	Changhua (Lukang)	矸轆
	Taichung	矸轆
	Tainan	矸轆
	Hsinchu	矸轆
	Kinmen	矸轆
	Penghu (Magong)	矸轆, 柴佛
	Manila (Hokkien)	矸轆
	Longyan	陀螺
	Haikou	牛六
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	陀螺
Xiang	Changsha	得螺
Xiang	Loudi	地擂公

(insect):

Dialectal synonyms of 蟲子 (“insect; bug; worm (general term)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蟲, 蟲豸
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蟲, 蟲子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	蟲子, 蟲兒
	Chengde	蟲
	Chifeng	蟲子, 蟲
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	蟲
	Heihe	蟲子
	Qiqihar	蟲子
	Harbin	蟲子
	Jiamusi	蟲兒
	Baicheng	蟲
	Changchun	蟲子
	Tonghua	蟲子
	Shenyang	蟲子
	Jinzhou	蟲
	Singapore	蟲
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	蟲子
	Tangshan	蟲
	Cangzhou	蟲子
	Baoding	蟲兒, 蟲子
	Shijiazhuang	蟲
	Lijin	蟲子
	Jinan	蟲, 蟲蟻兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	蟲兒
	Dandong	蟲
	Yantai	蟲子
	Qingdao	蟲子
	Zhucheng	蟲子
Central Plains Mandarin	Lingbao	蟲
	Jining	蟲兒
	Wanrong	蟲
	Linfen	蟲
	Shangqiu	蟲
	Yuanyang	蟲
	Zhengzhou	蟲
	Xinyang	蟲
	Baihe	蟲
	Xi'an	蟲
	Baoji	蟲
	Tianshui	蟲
	Xining	蟲
	Xuzhou	蟲子, 蟲
	Fuyang	蟲
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	蟲
	Lanzhou	蟲
	Dunhuang	蟲
	Hami	蟲
	Ürümqi	蟲
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	蟲蟲兒
	Nanchong	蟲
	Dazhou	蟲蟲兒
	Hanyuan	蟲
	Xichang	蟲
	Zigong	蟲
	Chongqing	蟲
	Wuhan	蟲
	Yichang	蟲
	Xiangyang	蟲
	Tianmen	蟲, 蟲豸
	Guiyang	蟲蟲
	Zunyi	蟲
	Bijie	蟲
	Liping	蟲
	Zhaotong	蟲
	Dali	蟲
	Kunming	蟲
	Mengzi	蟲
	Guilin	蟲
	Liuzhou	蟲
	Jishou	蟲
	Changde	蟲
	Hanzhong	蟲
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	蟲
	Yangzhou	蟲
	Lianyungang	蟲
	Lianshui	蟲
	Nantong	蟲子, 蟲
	Anqing	蟲
	Wuhu	蟲子, 蟲
	Hefei	蟲
	Hong'an	蟲
Cantonese	Hong Kong	蟲
Gan	Nanchang	蟲蟻子
Huizhou	Shexian	蟲
Jin	Taiyuan	蟲子, 牛牛
	Yangyuan	蟲子
	Datong	蟲
	Xinzhou	蟲子, 蟲蟲牛牛, 牛子, 牛牛子
	Lüliang (Lishi)	蟲
	Changzhi	蟲子, 圪蟲兒
	Linhe	蟲子
	Jining	蟲, 圪蟲
	Hohhot	蟲, 圪蟲
	Erenhot	蟲子, 圪蟲
	Pingshan	蟲子
	Zhangjiakou	蟲子
	Handan	蟲子
	Linzhou	蟲
	Suide	蟲
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	蟲, 蟲蟻
Southern Min	Xiamen	蟲, 蟲蟻, 蟲豸
	Quanzhou	蟲蟻, 蟲豸
	Jinjiang	蟲豸
	Zhangzhou	蟲蟻, 蟲豸
	Tainan	蟲, 蟲豸
	Singapore (Hokkien)	蟲
Xiang	Changsha	蟲咬咬 childish

(breast):

Dialectal synonyms of 乳房 (“breast”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		乳
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		乳房
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	咂兒, 咂咂兒, 咂兒咂兒, 媽媽, 奶膀子, 奶子, 㜷㜷
	Taiwan	奶子, 咪咪 slang, 長輩 slang
	Langfang	咂咂兒
	Ulanhot	咂兒, 奶頭, 媽媽
	Tongliao	咂兒, 奶頭
	Chifeng	乳房
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	咂咂兒
	Harbin	奶子, 奶膀子, 咂兒, 咂咂兒, 媽兒媽兒
	Singapore	乳房
	Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)	奶膀子
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	個個
	Tangshan	悶兒
	Cangzhou	媽媽
	Baoding	媽媽
	Shijiazhuang	媽媽
	Jinan	媽媽, 奶
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	奶子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Qingdao	奶子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	奶
	Daming	媽媽
	Wanrong	奶
	Zhengzhou	媽
	Xi'an	奶頭, 奶
	Xining	奶頭
	Xuzhou	媽媽
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	高高
	Bayanhot	高高, 奶頭
	Lanzhou	苶苶
	Ürümqi	奶子, 高高
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	奶奶, 包子 humorous
	Wuhan	媽, 媽媽, 奶
	Guiyang	咪咪, 奶
	Kunming	奶
	Guilin	奶
	Liuzhou	奶
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	奶
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	奶
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	奶兒, 奶子
	Yangzhou	奶子
	Nantong	奶子
	Hefei	奶頭
	Chuzhou	媽頭子
Mandarin	Nanping (Yanping)	奶奶
Cantonese	Guangzhou	𢆡
	Hong Kong	𢆡, 胸, 波, 車頭燈
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	媽仔
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	媽仔
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	𢆡姑
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	𢆡姑
	Macau	奶
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	𢆡, 奶
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	𢆡
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	𢆡
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	𢆡
	Foshan	𢆡
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	奶
	Foshan (Shunde)	乳房
	Foshan (Sanshui)	𢆡
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	𢆡
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	𢆡
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	𢆡, 呢仔
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	𢆡, 奄
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	𢆡
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	奶
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	𢆡
	Taishan	𢆡
	Kaiping (Chikan)	𢆡
	Enping (Niujiang)	𢆡
	Heshan (Yayao)	𢆡
	Dongguan	𢆡, 奶
	Shaoguan	奶
	Yunfu	𢆡
	Yangjiang	𢆡
	Xinyi	𢆡
	Nanning	奶
	Wuzhou	奶
	Yulin	𢆡
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	𢆡, 奶
	Singapore (Guangfu)	波
Gan	Nanchang	奶
	Lichuan	奶
	Pingxiang	奶
Hakka	Meixian	奶菇, 奶牯
	Xingning	奶菇, 奶
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	奶
	Huiyang	奶菇
	Huidong (Daling)	奶菇, 奶
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	奶牯
	Boluo (Bendihua)	奶
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	奶牯
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	奶
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	奶菇
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	奶
	Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)	奶牯
	Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua)	奶
	Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua)	奶牯
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	奶
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	奶房, 奶
	Liannan	奶
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	奶
	Jiexi	奶菇
	Changting	奶
	Wuping	奶菇
	Wuping (Pingyu)	奶菇
	Ninghua	奶菇
	Yudu	奶
	Ruijin	奶
	Shicheng	奶菇, 奶
	Shangyou (Shexi)	波
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	奶菇
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	奶菇
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	奶菇
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	奶菇
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	奶菇
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	奶
	Hong Kong	奶菇
	Luchuan	奶
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	奶
	Sabah (Longchuan)	奶
	Senai (Huiyang)	奶菇
	Singkawang	奶, 奶菇
Huizhou	Jixi	奶, 奶脯
	Shexian	奶, 媽
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	奶
Jin	Taiyuan	奶, 奶奶
	Xinzhou	奶, 奶奶, 奶牛, 奶牛牛
	Taibus (Baochang)	奶
	Linhe	奶頭
	Jining	奶
	Hohhot	牛牛
	Baotou	奶
	Dongsheng	奶
	Haibowan	奶頭
	Zhangjiakou	媽媽
	Handan	妹妹
Northern Min	Jian'ou	奶, 奶脬, 奶座
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	奶奶, 奶
	Fuzhou (Changle)	奶奶
	Fuqing	奶奶
	Yongtai	奶
	Gutian	奶
	Fu'an	奶
	Ningde	奶
	Shouning	奶
	Zhouning	奶
	Fuding	奶
Southern Min	Xiamen	奶, 奶仔
	Quanzhou	奶, 奶仔
	Zhangzhou	奶, 奶仔
	Taipei	奶
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	奶仔
	Kaohsiung	奶
	Yilan	奶
	Changhua (Lukang)	奶
	Taichung	奶
	Taichung (Wuqi)	奶
	Tainan	奶
	Taitung	奶
	Hsinchu	奶
	Kinmen	奶
	Penghu (Magong)	奶
	Penang (Hokkien)	奶
	Singapore (Hokkien)	奶, 奶仔, 奶奶
	Manila (Hokkien)	奶仔
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	奶
	Chaozhou	奶
	Shantou	奶
	Jieyang	奶
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	奶
	Singapore (Teochew)	奶
	Wenchang	奶
	Haikou	奶
Puxian Min	Putian	奶
Puxian Min	Xianyou	奶
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	𢆡
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	奶頭
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	奶
Wu	Shanghai	奶, 奶奶
	Shanghai (Chongming)	奶
	Suzhou	奶奶
	Danyang	奶奶
	Hangzhou	奶奶
	Ningbo	奶奶脯, 奶脯, 奶奶
	Wenzhou	奶奶, 奶
	Jinhua	奶, 奶窠
Xiang	Changsha	奶子, 奶, 奶唧唧 childish, 唧唧 childish
	Xiangtan	奶痣婆
	Loudi	奶婆
	Shuangfeng	奶婆
	Hengyang	奶婆
	Quanzhou	奶婆, 奶