牛鼻子

Chinese

		ox; cow; bull	nose; snot; mucus
simp. and trad. (牛鼻子)		牛	鼻子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niúbízi

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄅㄧˊ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau⁴ bei⁶ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niúbízi
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄅㄧˊ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nióubízi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: niu²-pi²-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: nyóu-bí-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nioubyi.tzy
    • Palladius: нюбицзы (njubiczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ pi³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngau⁴ bei⁶ zi²
    • Yale: ngàuh beih jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁴ bei⁶ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁴ béi⁶ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ pei̯²² t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

牛鼻子

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 牛 (niú),‎ 鼻子: ox muzzle
2. (figuratively) crux; key element; crucial point
3. (informal, dated) Taoist priest

Synonyms

• (crux):

• 癥結／症结 (zhēngjié) (figurative)
• 肯綮 (figurative)
• 要害 (yàohài)
• 關鍵／关键 (guānjiàn)
• 關鍵之處／关键之处 (guānjiàn zhī chù)