鐵牛

See also: 铁牛

Chinese

		iron	ox; cow; bull
trad. (鐵牛)		鐵	牛
simp. (铁牛)		铁	牛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiěniú

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄋㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tit³ ngau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thih-gû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiěniú
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiěnióu
    • Wade–Giles: tʻieh³-niu²
    • Yale: tyě-nyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tieeniou
    • Palladius: теню (tenju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tit³ ngau⁴
    • Yale: tit ngàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tit⁸ ngau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tid³ ngeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːt̚³ ŋɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thih-gû
    • Tâi-lô: thih-gû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tihguu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ɡu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰi(ʔ)⁵ ɡu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ɡu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ɡu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ ɡu²³/

Noun

鐵牛

1. iron ox (thrown into rivers in ancient times as a ritual for warding off floods)
2. (Mainland China, colloquial) tractor (farm vehicle)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 拖拉機 (“tractor”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		拖拉機
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	拖拉機
	Taiwan	拖拉機
	Chifeng	拖拉機
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	拖拉機
	Harbin	拖拉機, 鐵牛
	Shenyang	拖拉機, 鐵牛
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	拖拉機
	Tangshan	拖拉機
	Cangzhou	拖拉機
	Baoding	拖拉機
	Shijiazhuang	拖拉機
	Jinan	拖拉機
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	拖拉機
	Qingdao	拖拉機
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	拖拉機
	Zhengzhou	拖拉機
	Xi'an	拖拉機
	Xining	拖拉機
	Xuzhou	拖拉機
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	拖拉機, 特拉可多利, трактор
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	拖拉機
	Lanzhou	拖拉機
	Ürümqi	拖拉機
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	拖拉機, 打屁車
	Chongqing	拖拉機
	Wuhan	拖拉機
	Guiyang	拖拉機
	Kunming	拖拉機
	Guilin	拖拉機
	Liuzhou	拖拉機
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	拖拉機
	Yangzhou	拖拉機, 老虎
	Nantong	拖拉機
	Hefei	拖拉機
Cantonese	Guangzhou	拖拉機
	Hong Kong	拖拉機
Gan	Lichuan	拖拉機
Hakka	Meixian	拖拉機
Huizhou	Jixi	拖拉機
	Shexian	拖拉機
Jin	Taiyuan	拖拉機
	Xinzhou	拖拉機, 鏈軌車
	Linhe	拖拉機
	Jining	拖拉機
	Hohhot	拖拉機
	Zhangjiakou	拖拉機
	Handan	拖拉機
Southern Min	Xiamen	拖拉機
	Quanzhou	拖拉機
	Zhangzhou	拖拉機
Wu	Jinhua	拖拉機