牛痘
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]ox; cow; bull | small pox | ||
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simp. and trad. (牛痘) |
牛 | 痘 |
Etymology
[edit]First attested in 𠸄咭唎國新出種痘奇書 [1805], a short treatise on the smallpox vaccine written by English physician Dr. Alexander Pearson and translated into Chinese by Sir George Thomas Staunton (Chng, 2012).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau4 dau6
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄉㄡˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: nióudòu
- Wade–Giles: niu2-tou4
- Yale: nyóu-dòu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nioudow
- Palladius: нюдоу (njudou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ toʊ̯⁵¹/
- Homophones:
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牛痘
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ngau4 dau6
- Yale: ngàuh dauh
- Cantonese Pinyin: ngau4 dau6
- Guangdong Romanization: ngeo4 deo6
- Sinological IPA (key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ tɐu̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
Noun
[edit]牛痘