牛肉

Chinese

		ox; cow; bull	meat; flesh
simp. and trad. (牛肉)		牛	肉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): niúròu

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄖㄡˋ

  (Chengdu, SP): nyiu² rou⁴

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): нюжу (ni͡uřu, I-III) / нюжу (ni͡uřu, I-II)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): ngau⁴ juk⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ngeu³ nguuk⁵

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ngiù-ngiuk

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ngiu² ngiug⁵

• Min Bei (KCR): niû-nṳ̀
• Min Dong (BUC): ngù-nṳ̆k
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): gû-bah / gû-mah / gû-hia̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ghu⁵ nêg⁸ / ghu⁵ bhah⁴

• Wu (Wiktionary): nyieu nyioq (T3)
• Xiang (Wiktionary): nyiou² rou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: niúròu
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄖㄡˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niourow
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nióuròu
    • Wade–Giles: niu2-jou4
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /njoʊ̯³⁵ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: nyiu² rou⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: niurhou
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nʲiəu²¹ zəu²¹³/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: нюжу (ni͡uřu, I-III) / нюжу (ni͡uřu, I-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niou²⁴ ʐou⁴⁴/, /niou²⁴ ʐou⁵¹/

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

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngau⁴ juk⁶
    • Yale: ngàuh yuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁴ juk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁴ yug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ jʊk̚²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ngeu³ nguuk⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵑɡeu²² ᵑɡɵk̚³²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiù-ngiuk
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngiuˇ ngiug`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngiu² ngiug⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /ɲi̯u¹¹ ɲi̯uk̚²/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ngiu² ngiug⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /ɲiu¹¹ ɲiʊk̚¹/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: niû-nṳ̀
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niu³³ ny⁴²/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ngù-nṳ̆k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋu⁵³⁻³³ nˡyʔ⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Penang, Medan, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-bah
    • Tâi-lô: gû-bah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gu'baq
    • IPA (Singapore): /ɡu²⁴⁻²¹ baʔ³²/
    • IPA (Penang): /ɡu²³⁻²¹ baʔ³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² baʔ³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡu¹³⁻²² baʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡu²³⁻³³ baʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡu²⁴⁻¹¹ baʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-mah
    • Tâi-lô: gû-mah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gumaq
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² mãʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Philippines): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² maʔ⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-hia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: gû-hia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gu'hiak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² hiak̚²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ghu⁵ nêg⁸ / ghu⁵ bhah⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: gû ne̍k / gû bah
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɡu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ nek̚⁴/, /ɡu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ baʔ²/

Note:

• ghu5 nêg8 - China;
• ghu5 bhah4 - overseas.

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wiktionary: nyieu nyioq (T3)
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲiɜ²² n̠ʲi̯ʊʔ⁴⁴/

Xiang

• (Changsha)
  • Wiktionary: nyiou² rou⁶
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲiəu¹³ ʐəu²⁴/

Noun

牛肉

1. beef

   我不吃牛肉。  ―  Wǒ bù chī niúròu.  ―  I don't eat beef.

Derived terms

• 山竹牛肉 (shānzhú niúròu)
• 牛肉場／牛肉场
• 牛肉數／牛肉数
• 牛肉球 (niúròuqiú)

• 牛肉秀
• 牛肉粉 (niúròufěn)
• 牛肉麵／牛肉面 (niúròumiàn)
• 鹹牛肉／咸牛肉 (xiánniúròu)

See also

• 豬肉／猪肉 (zhūròu, “pork”)
• 雞肉／鸡肉 (jīròu, “chicken”)

Further reading

• “Entry #50654”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
牛	肉
ぎゅう Grade: 2	にく Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

牛(ぎゅう)肉(にく) • (gyūniku) 

1. cow meat; beef

   今日(きょう)、牛(ぎゅう)肉(にく)だけ食(た)べてる。

   Kyō, gyūniku dake tabeteru.

   Today, I'm only eating beef.

Synonyms

• ビーフ (bīfu)

See also

• 肉(にく) (niku): meat
• 豚(ぶた)肉(にく) (butaniku): pork
• 鶏(とり)肉(にく) (toriniku): chicken

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.