牛犅螢

Chinese

		bull; bullock; steer	firefly
trad. (牛犅螢)		牛犅	螢
simp. (牛𰠫萤)		牛𰠫	萤
alternative forms		牛牨螢／牛牨萤

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gû-káng-iâⁿ

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-káng-iâⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: gû-káng-iânn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gu'kafng'viaa
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡu¹³⁻²² kaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iã¹³/

Noun

牛犅螢

1. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) longhorn beetle; longicorn

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 牽牛／牵牛
• (Teochew) 柑蛘, 蛀角蛘, 苦楝牛

Dialectal synonyms of 天牛 (“longhorn beetle; longicorn”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		天牛
Mandarin	Taiwan	天牛
	Jinan	老牛, 天牛
	Luoyang	天牛郎
	Yinchuan	天牛
	Nanjing	水牯牛
Gan	Nanchang	天牛
	Lichuan	天牛
Hakka	Meixian	山羊角, 仙牛角, 天牛
	Yudu	天牛
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	山牛牯
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	天牛牯
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	天牛
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	天牛
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	山牛
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	山牛牯
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	山牛精
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	山牛牯
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	山牛牯
Huizhou	Jixi	天牛
Southern Min	Zhangzhou	牛犅螢
	Zhao'an	牛角𨂿
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	水牛, 水牛犅
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	水牛犅
	Kaohsiung	水牛
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	水牛
	Yilan (Luodong)	牛角𨂿
	Yilan (Toucheng)	牛角𨂿
	Tainan (Anping)	水牛犅
Xiang	Changsha	鐵牯牛