牛高馬大

Chinese

		ox; cow; bull	high; tall	horse; surname	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
trad. (牛高馬大)		牛	高	馬	大
simp. (牛高马大)		牛	高	马	大
Literally: “as tall as a bull, as large as a horse”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niúgāomǎdà

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄍㄠ ㄇㄚˇ ㄉㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau⁴ gou¹ maa⁵ daai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niúgāomǎdà
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄍㄠ ㄇㄚˇ ㄉㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nióugaomǎdà
    • Wade–Giles: niu²-kao¹-ma³-ta⁴
    • Yale: nyóu-gāu-mǎ-dà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niougaumaadah
    • Palladius: нюгаомада (njugaomada)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngau⁴ gou¹ maa⁵ daai⁶
    • Yale: ngàuh gōu máh daaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁴ gou¹ maa⁵ daai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁴ gou¹ ma⁵ dai⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ kou̯⁵⁵ maː¹³ taːi̯²²/

Idiom

牛高馬大

1. (of a person) robust and tall