牛頭
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]ox; cow; bull | head; (noun suffix) | ||
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trad. (牛頭) | 牛 | 頭 | |
simp. (牛头) | 牛 | 头 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau4 tau4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngiù-thèu
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gû-thâu
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄊㄡˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: nióutóu
- Wade–Giles: niu2-tʻou2
- Yale: nyóu-tóu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nioutour
- Palladius: нютоу (njutou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ngau4 tau4
- Yale: ngàuh tàuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: ngau4 tau4
- Guangdong Romanization: ngeo4 teo4
- Sinological IPA (key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiù-thèu
- Hakka Romanization System: ngiuˇ teuˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: ngiu2 teu2
- Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯u¹¹ tʰeu̯¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- Middle Chinese: ngjuw duw
Noun
[edit]牛頭
- oxhead
- (humorous) Daoist priest
- (rugby, informal) forward in a scrum
- (Taiwan) leader of a class of underachievers (someone who always leads classmates in fooling around)
Synonyms
[edit]- (Taoist priest):
See also
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]牛頭
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “牛頭” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].
Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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牛 | 頭 |
ご Grade: 2 |
ず Grade: 2 |
on'yomi |
Etymology
[edit]Calque of Sanskrit गोशीर्ष (gośīrṣa).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]See also
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- zh:Rugby
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- zh:Buddhism
- zh:Taoism
- zh:Chinese mythology
- zh:Japanese mythology
- Japanese terms spelled with 牛 read as ご
- Japanese terms spelled with 頭 read as ず
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