母羊

Chinese

		female; mother	caprid
simp. and trad. (母羊)		母	羊
anagram		羊母

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): mǔyáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˇ ㄧㄤˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): муён (mui͡on, II-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ joeng⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǔyáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˇ ㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǔyáng
    • Wade–Giles: mu³-yang²
    • Yale: mǔ-yáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muuyang
    • Palladius: муян (mujan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɑŋ³⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: муён (mui͡on, II-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou⁵¹ iɑŋ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁵ joeng⁴
    • Yale: móuh yèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ joeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ yêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ jœːŋ²¹/

Noun

母羊

1. ewe

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 母羊 (“ewe; nanny”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		母羊
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	母羊
	Taiwan	母羊
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	母羊
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	母羊
	Xining	母羊
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	母羊
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	母羊
	Wuhan	母羊子
	Liuzhou	母羊
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	母羊
	Hefei	母羊
Mandarin	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	母羊
Cantonese	Guangzhou	羊乸
	Hong Kong	羊乸
	Yangjiang	羊乸
Gan	Nanchang	母羊
	Lichuan	羊𡡉兒
Hakka	Meixian	羊嫲
	Yudu	羊婆
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	羊嫲
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	羊嫲
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	羊嫲
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	羊嫲
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	羊嫲
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	羊嫲
Jin	Taiyuan	母羊
Northern Min	Jian'ou	羊嫲
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	羊母
Southern Min	Xiamen	羊母
	Quanzhou	羊母
	Jinjiang	羊母
	Zhangzhou	羊母
	Taipei	羊母
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	羊母
	Kaohsiung	羊母
	Yilan	羊母
	Changhua (Lukang)	羊母
	Taichung	羊母
	Tainan	羊母
	Hsinchu	羊母
	Kinmen	羊母
	Penghu (Magong)	羊母
	Manila (Hokkien)	羊母
	Chaozhou	羊母
	Haikou	羊母
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	母羊
Wu	Suzhou	雌羊
	Danyang	婆羊
	Wenzhou	羊娘
	Jinhua	雌羊
Xiang	Changsha	羊婆子
	Loudi	羊婆子
	Shuangfeng	羊婆子

See also

• 公羊 (gōngyáng)