火牛

Chinese

		fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving	ox; cow; bull
trad. (火牛)		火	牛
simp. #(火牛)		火	牛

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “[1]”)

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): fo² ngau⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): fo² ngeu³

• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): huê² ghu⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fo² ngau⁴
    • Yale: fó ngàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fo² ngau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fo² ngeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔː³⁵ ŋɐu̯²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: fo² ngeu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fᵘɔ⁵⁵ ᵑɡeu²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huê² ghu⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hué gû
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hue⁵²⁻³⁵ ɡu⁵⁵/

Noun

火牛

1. (Cantonese, Huicheng dialect, Teochew, electronics, informal) transformer
2. (Cantonese) AC adapter
3. (Cantonese) firefighter

Synonyms

• (transformer):

Dialectal synonyms of 變壓器 (“transformer”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		變壓器
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	變壓器
Cantonese	Guangzhou	火牛
	Hong Kong	火牛
	Taishan	火牛
	Dongguan	火牛
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	火牛
Southern Min	Xiamen	變壓器
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	火牛
	Jieyang	火牛
Wu	Shanghai	方棚

• (firefighter): 消防員／消防员 (xiāofángyuán)