海牛

Chinese

		ocean; sea	ox; cow; bull
simp. and trad. (海牛)		海	牛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎiniú

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄋㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² ngau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hái-gû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎiniú
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎinióu
    • Wade–Giles: hai³-niu²
    • Yale: hǎi-nyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haeniou
    • Palladius: хайню (xajnju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi² ngau⁴
    • Yale: hói ngàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² ngau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi² ngeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ ŋɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-gû
    • Tâi-lô: hái-gû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hay'guu
    • IPA (Penang): /hai⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ ɡu²³/

Noun

海牛

1. manatee; lamantin; sea cow

Derived terms

• 南海牛 (nánhǎiniú)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
海	牛
うみ Grade: 2	うし Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
海牛 (kyūjitai) ウミウシ

Etymology 1

From 海 (umi, “sea”) +‎ 牛 (ushi, “cattle”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) うみ​うし [ùmíꜜùshì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• (Tokyo) うみうし [ùmíúshí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝmʲiɯ̟ᵝɕi]

Noun

海(うみ)牛(うし) • (umiushi) 

1. a sea slug

See also

• 雨虎(アメフラシ), 雨降(アメフラシ) (amefurashi, “sea hare”)
• クリオネ (kurione, “clione”)
• 蛞蝓(ナメクジ) (namekuji, “slug”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
海	牛
かい Grade: 2	ぎゅう Grade: 2
kan’on

Alternative spellings
海牛 (kyūjitai) カイギュウ

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かいぎゅう [kàígyúú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠iɡʲɨᵝː]

Noun

海(かい)牛(ぎゅう) • (kaigyū) ^{←かいぎう (kaigiu)?}

1. a sea cow

Hyponyms

• ジュゴン (jugon, “dugong”)
• マナティー (manatī, “manatee”)

Derived terms

• 海牛目(かいぎゅうもく) (kaigyūmoku, “order Sirenia”)
• 海牛類(かいぎゅうるい) (kaigyūrui, “sirenian”)
• ステラー海牛(かいぎゅう) (suterā kaigyū, “steller's sea cow”)