犎牛

Chinese

			ox; cow; bull
simp. and trad. (犎牛)		犎	牛
alternative forms		封牛 峰牛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēngniú

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥ ㄋㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fung¹ ngau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēngniú
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fongnióu
    • Wade–Giles: fêng¹-niu²
    • Yale: fēng-nyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fengniou
    • Palladius: фэнню (fɛnnju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fung¹ ngau⁴
    • Yale: fūng ngàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fung¹ ngau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fung¹ ngeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵ ŋɐu̯²¹/

Noun

犎牛

1. bison; zebu

Japanese

Kanji in this term
犎	牛
ほう Hyōgai	ぎゅう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 犎牛 (pɨoŋ ŋɨu).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ほーぎゅう [hòógyúú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ho̞ːɡʲɨː]

Noun

犎(ほう)牛(ぎゅう) • (hōgyū) ^{←ほうぎう (fougiu)?}

1. zebu

Synonyms

• 瘤牛(こぶうし) (kobuushi), インド牛(うし) (indoushi), ゼブ (zebu)