犏牛

Chinese

			ox; cow; bull
simp. and trad. (犏牛)		犏	牛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): piānniú

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄢ ㄋㄧㄡˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: piānniú
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄢ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: piannióu
    • Wade–Giles: pʻien¹-niu²
    • Yale: pyān-nyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pianniou
    • Palladius: пяньню (pjanʹnju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/

Noun

犏牛

1. hybrid of a bull and a female yak; dzo or dzomo

   • 牦牛與黄牛合，則生犏牛。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     牦牛与黄牛合，则生犏牛。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: 15th century CE, 葉盛 (Yèshèng), 水東日記 Diary from East of the River

     Máoniú yǔ huángniú hé, zé shēng piānniú. [Pinyin]

     When a yak cow mates with a yellow bull, they shall give birth to a dzo.