牝牛

Chinese

		female	ox; cow; bull
trad. (牝牛)		牝	牛
simp. #(牝牛)		牝	牛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pìnniú

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄣˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pan⁵ ngau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pīn-giû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pìnniú
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄣˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pìnnióu
    • Wade–Giles: pʻin⁴-niu²
    • Yale: pìn-nyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pinnniou
    • Palladius: пиньню (pinʹnju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰin⁵¹ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pan⁵ ngau⁴
    • Yale: páhn ngàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pan⁵ ngau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pen⁵ ngeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɐn¹³ ŋɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pīn-giû
    • Tâi-lô: pīn-giû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pixn'giuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pin²²⁻²¹ ɡiu²⁴/

Noun

牝牛

1. (literary) female cow

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 母牛 (“(female) cow”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		牯, 牝牛
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		母牛
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	母牛
	Taiwan	母牛
	Ulanhot	乳牛
	Tongliao	乳牛
	Chifeng	乳牛
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	乳牛
	Harbin	母牛, 乳牛, 女牛
	Shenyang	女牛
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	氏牛, 母牛
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	牸牛
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	母牛, 牸牛
	Wanrong	騇牛
	Zhengzhou	兕牛
	Xi'an	母牛, 乳牛
	Xining	乳牛
	Xuzhou	母牛, 牸牛
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	乳牛
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	乳牛
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	乳牛
	Bayanhot	乳牛
	Lanzhou	乳牛
	Ürümqi	母牛
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	母牛, 騇牛
	Wuhan	母牛
	Guiyang	母牛, 牸牛
	Kunming	母牛
	Guilin	母牛
	Liuzhou	母牛, 牛婆
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	母牛, 騇牛 suburbs
	Yangzhou	牸牛, 母牛
	Nantong	母牛, 牸牛
	Hefei	母牛, 騇牛
	Huanggang	騇牛
Cantonese	Guangzhou	牛乸
	Hong Kong	牛乸
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	牛乸
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	牛乸
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	牛乸
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	牛乸
	Macau	牛乸
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	牛乸
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	牛乸
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	牛乸
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	牛乸, 牛牸
	Foshan	牛乸
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	牛乸
	Foshan (Shunde)	牛乸
	Foshan (Sanshui)	牛乸
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	牛乸
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	牛乸
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	牛乸
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	牛乸
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	牛乸
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	牛乸
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	牛乸
	Taishan	牛乸
	Kaiping (Chikan)	牛乸
	Enping (Niujiang)	牛乸
	Heshan (Yayao)	牛乸
	Dongguan	牛乸, 牛牸
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	牛乸
	Shaoguan	牛乸
	Yunfu	牛乸
	Yangjiang	牛乸, 牛牸
	Xinyi	牛乸
	Lianjiang	牛乸
	Nanning	牛乸
	Wuzhou	牛乸
	Yulin	牛乸
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	母牛
	Danzhou	母牛
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	牛乸
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	牛乸
Gan	Nanchang	牛婆
	Lichuan	牛𡡉, 𡡉兒
	Pingxiang	牛婆, 牛婆子, 牸牛, 牛牸
Hakka	Meixian	牛嫲
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	牛乸, 牛牸
	Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)	牛乸
	Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)	牛乸
	Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)	牛乸
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	牛嫲, 牛牸仔
	Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)	牛乸
	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	牛乸, 牛嫲, 牛雌
	Boluo (Bendihua)	牛乸
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	牛嫲
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	牛嫲
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	牛嫲
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	牛嫲
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	牛嫲, 牛牸
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	牛乸
	Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)	牛乸
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	牛嫲
	Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)	牛嫲
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	牛嫲
	Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)	牛乸
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	牛嫲
	Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)	牛嫲
	Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)	牛嫲
	Liannan	牛嫲
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	牛嫲
	Jiexi	牛嫲
	Changting	牛嫲
	Wuping	牛嫲
	Ninghua	牛嫲
	Yudu	牛婆
	Shicheng	牛婆
	Shangyou (Shexi)	牛婆
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	牛嫲
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	牛嫲
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	牛嫲
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	牛嫲
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	牛嫲
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	牛嫲
	Hong Kong	牛嫲
	Luchuan	牛嫲
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	牛牳婆
	Senai (Huiyang)	牛嫲
	Singkawang	牛嫲
Huizhou	Jixi	牛婆
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	母牛
	Yixian	母牛
	Qimen	雌牛, 母牛
Jin	Taiyuan	母牛
	Pingyao	母牛
	Xinzhou	母牛, 兕牛子
	Taibus (Baochang)	母牛
	Linhe	乳牛
	Jining	母牛
	Hohhot	乳牛
	Baotou	母牛
	Dongsheng	乳牛
	Haibowan	乳牛
Northern Min	Jian'ou	牛嫲
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	牛嫲
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	牛嫲
	Wuyishan	牛嫲
	Pucheng (Shibei)	牛嫲
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	牛母
	Fuzhou (Changle)	牛母
	Fuqing	牛母
	Yongtai	牛母
	Gutian	牛母
	Fu'an	牛母
	Ningde	牛母
	Shouning	牛母
	Zhouning	牛母
	Fuding	牛母
Southern Min	Xiamen	牛母
	Quanzhou	牛母
	Jinjiang	牛母
	Yongchun	牛母
	Zhangzhou	牛母
	Dongshan	牛母
	Taipei	牛母
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	牛母
	Kaohsiung	牛母
	Yilan	牛母
	Changhua (Lukang)	牛母
	Taichung	牛母
	Tainan	牛母
	Hsinchu	牛母
	Kinmen	牛母
	Penghu (Magong)	牛母
	Manila (Hokkien)	牛母
	Zhangping	牛母
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	牛母, 牛種仔
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	母牛
	Chaozhou	牛母
	Shantou	牛母
	Shantou (Chenghai)	牛母
	Jieyang	牛母
	Haifeng	牛母
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	牛母
	Leizhou	牛母
	Wenchang	牛母
	Haikou	牛母
Puxian Min	Putian	牛母
	Xianyou	牛母
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	母牛
Wu	Shanghai	雌牛
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	雌牛
	Shanghai (Jiading)	母牛
	Suzhou	雌牛
	Wuxi	雌牛
	Danyang	母牛
	Hangzhou	母牛
	Ningbo	牛娘, 雌牛
	Wenzhou	牛娘, 牛牸, 草嘅牛
	Jinhua	雌牛, 牸牛
Xiang	Changsha	牛婆子, 牛婆
	Xiangtan	牛婆子
	Loudi	牛婆子, 牸牛
	Shuangfeng	牛婆子, 牸牛
	Quanzhou	牛婆

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
牝	牛
め Hyōgai	うし Grade: 2
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 牝牛 – see the following entry.

【雌牛めうし】 [noun] cow, heifer

(This term, 牝牛, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
牝	牛
ひん Hyōgai	ぎゅう Grade: 2
kan'yōon

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ひんぎゅう [hìńgyúú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [çĩŋʲɡʲɨː]

Noun

牝(ひん)牛(ぎゅう) • (hingyū) ^{←ひんぎう (fingiu)?}

1. cow, heifer