牛賺子

Chinese

		ox; cow; bull	cheat; swindle; earn cheat; swindle; earn; make a profit	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (牛賺子)		牛	賺	子
simp. (牛赚子)		牛	赚	子

Etymology

Taboo of mentioning 牛舌子 (nyou² she⁶ zr, “ox tongue”), as 舌 (she⁶, “tongue”) is homophonous with 折 (she⁶, “to lose (money)”).

Pronunciation

• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): nyou² zan⁵ zr

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• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: nyou² zan⁵ zr
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲəu̯¹³ t͡san²¹⁻¹¹ t͡sz̩³/

Noun

牛賺子

1. (Xiang) ox tongue

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 牛舌頭 (“ox tongue”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		牛舌頭, 牛舌
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	牛舌
	Singapore	牛舌
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	牛口條, 牛舌頭
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	牛舌頭
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	牛舌頭
	Xi'an	牛舌頭
	Xining	牛舌頭
	Xuzhou	牛舌頭
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	牛舌頭
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	牛脷子, 牛舌頭兒
	Wuhan	牛舌頭, 牛賺頭 dated
	Guiyang	牛舌條
	Liuzhou	牛脷錢
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	牛舌頭
	Yangzhou	牛舌頭
Cantonese	Guangzhou	牛脷
	Hong Kong	牛脷
	Dongguan	牛脷
	Singapore (Guangfu)	牛脷
Gan	Nanchang	牛舌頭
	Pengze	牛舌頭
	Lichuan	牛納兒
	Pingxiang	牛舌頭
Hakka	Meixian	牛脷, 牛舌嫲
	Xingning	牛脷, 牛舌嫲
	Yudu	牛脷子, 牛舌頭
Huizhou	Jixi	牛口舌
Jin	Taiyuan	牛舌頭
	Xinzhou	牛舌頭
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	牛喙舌
Southern Min	Xiamen	牛舌
	Quanzhou	牛舌
	Zhangzhou	牛舌
	Singapore (Hokkien)	牛舌
	Haikou	牛舌
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	牛脷, 牛脷錢
Wu	Shanghai	牛舌頭
	Suzhou	牛舌頭
	Danyang	牛舌頭
	Wenzhou	牛口舌
	Jinhua	牛口舌
Xiang	Changsha	牛舌子, 牛賺子
	Loudi	牛舌子