羊咩

Chinese

		caprid	the bleating of sheep
simp. and trad. (羊咩)		羊	咩

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁴ me¹
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ieo² me¹ / iuⁿ² me¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: joeng⁴ me¹
  - Yale: yèuhng mē
  - Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁴ me¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁴ mé¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ²¹ mɛː⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ieo² me¹ [Phonetic: ieo⁵ me¹]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: á̤uⁿ-ma̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ieu¹³⁻²¹ me⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: iuⁿ² me¹ [Phonetic: iuⁿ⁵ me¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ĩũ¹³⁻²¹ me⁵³³/

Noun

羊咩

(Cantonese, Puxian Min) sheep; goat

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 羊 (“goat; sheep”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		羊
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		羊
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	羊
	Taiwan	羊
	Chifeng	羊
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	羊
	Harbin	羊
	Shenyang	羊
	Singapore	羊
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	羊
	Tangshan	羊
	Cangzhou	羊
	Baoding	羊
	Shijiazhuang	羊
	Jinan	羊
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	羊
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Qingdao	羊
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	羊
	Wanrong	羊
	Zhengzhou	羊
	Xi'an	羊
	Xining	羊
	Xuzhou	羊
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	羊
	Lanzhou	羊
	Ürümqi	羊
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	羊, 羊子
	Chongqing	羊
	Wuhan	羊, 羊子
	Guiyang	羊, 羊子
	Kunming	羊
	Guilin	羊
	Liuzhou	羊, 羊咩
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	羊
	Yangzhou	羊
	Nantong	羊
	Hefei	羊
Cantonese	Guangzhou	羊, 羊咩
	Hong Kong	羊, 羊咩, 羊咩咩 childish
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	羊
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	羊
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	羊
	Dongguan	羊
	Yangjiang	羊, 羊咩
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	羊, 羊咩
	Singapore (Guangfu)	羊
Gan	Nanchang	羊
Gan	Pingxiang	羊
Hakka	Meixian	羊仔
	Dabu (Xihe)	羊
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	羊仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	羊仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	羊仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	羊
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	羊仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	羊
	Hong Kong	羊
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	羊
	Senai (Huiyang)	羊
Huizhou	Jixi	羊
Huizhou	Shexian	羊
Jin	Taiyuan	羊, 羊兒
	Xinzhou	羊
	Linhe	羊
	Jining	羊
	Hohhot	羊
	Baotou	羊
	Zhangjiakou	羊
	Handan	羊
Northern Min	Jian'ou	羊
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	羊
Southern Min	Xiamen	羊, 羊咩咩 childish
	Quanzhou	羊, 羊咩咩 childish
	Zhangzhou	羊咩咩 childish
	Zhao'an	羊仔
	Kaohsiung	羊
	Yilan	羊仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	羊
	Taichung	羊仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	羊
	Tainan	羊
	Taitung	羊
	Hsinchu	羊
	Penghu (Magong)	羊
	Penang (Hokkien)	羊
	Singapore (Hokkien)	羊
	Manila (Hokkien)	羊
	Chaozhou	羊
	Shantou	羊
	Shantou (Chenghai)	羊
	Jieyang	羊
	Bangkok (Teochew)	羊
	Chiang Mai (Teochew)	羊
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	羊
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	羊
	Singapore (Teochew)	羊
	Pontianak (Teochew)	羊
	Haikou	羊, 羊咩
	Singapore (Hainanese)	羊
Puxian Min	Putian	羊咩, 羊
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	羊
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	羊咩
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	羊
	Xianyou	羊, 羊咩
	Xianyou (Fengting)	羊, 羊咩
	Xianyou (Youyang)	羊, 羊咩
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	羊, 羊咩咩 childish
Shehua	Fu'an	羊
	Fuding	羊
	Luoyuan	羊
	Sanming	羊
	Shunchang	羊
	Hua'an	羊
	Guixi (Zhangping)	羊
	Cangnan	羊
	Jingning (Hexi)	羊
	Lishui	羊
	Longyou	羊
	Chaozhou	羊
	Fengshun	羊
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	羊
Wu	Shanghai	羊
	Suzhou	羊, 羊媽媽
	Danyang	羊子
	Hangzhou	羊
	Wenzhou	羊兒
Xiang	Changsha	羊
	Shuangfeng	羊
	Hengyang	羊

Derived terms

References

莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “羊咩”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 302.