牛肉

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): niúròu

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄖㄡˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ȵiu² rou⁴

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

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ngau⁴ juk⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ngeu³ nguuk⁵

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ngiù-ngiuk

  (Hailu, HRS): ngiu ngiug

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ngiu² ngiug⁵

• Northern Min (KCR): niû-nṳ̀
• Eastern Min (BUC): ngù-nṳ̆k
• Southern Min

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

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

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶gnieu-gnioq₈ / ²gnieu-gnioq₈
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): nyiou² rou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niúròu
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄖㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nióuròu
    • Wade–Giles: niu²-jou⁴
    • Yale: nyóu-ròu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niourow
    • Palladius: нюжоу (njužou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ ɻoʊ̯⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ȵiu² rou⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: niurhou
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nʲiəu²¹ ɹəu²¹³/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: нюжу (niuřu, I-III) / нюжу (niuřu, I-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niou²⁴ ɻou⁴⁴/, /niou²⁴ ɻou⁵¹/

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

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • 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 Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiù-ngiuk
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngiu^ˇ ngiug^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngiu² ngiug⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯u¹¹ ŋi̯uk̚²/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngiu ngiug
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋiu⁵⁵ ŋiuk⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ngiu² ngiug⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋiu¹¹ ŋiʊk̚¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: niû-nṳ̀
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niu³³ ny⁴²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ngù-nṳ̆k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋu⁵³⁻³³ nˡyʔ⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Kinmen, Penang, Medan, Singapore, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-bah
    • Tâi-lô: gû-bah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gu'baq
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡu¹³⁻²² baʔ³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Singapore): /ɡu²⁴⁻²¹ baʔ³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Penang): /ɡu²³⁻²¹ baʔ³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kinmen): /ɡu²⁴⁻¹² baʔ³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² baʔ³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Philippines): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² baʔ⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡu²³⁻³³ baʔ³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ɡu²⁴⁻¹¹ baʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-mah
    • Tâi-lô: gû-mah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gumaq
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² mãʔ⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Philippines): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² maʔ⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-hia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: gû-hia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gu'hiak
    • Sinological 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
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶gnieu-gnioq₈
    • MiniDict: nyeu^去 nyoh^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyieu-nyioq₅
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲiɤ²² n̠ʲioʔ⁴⁴/
  • (Northern: Jiaxing)
    • Wugniu: ²gnieu-gnioq₈
    • MiniDict: nyeu^平 nyoh^入
    • Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /n̠ʲiəu³¹ n̠ʲioʔ⁵⁵/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: nyiou² rou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲi̯əu̯¹³ ɻəu̯²⁴/

Noun

牛肉

1. beef

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

Derived terms

• 小牛肉 (xiǎoniúròu, “veal”)
• 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

• “牛肉”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2026.

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡʲɨːɲ̟ikɯ̟]
• (Tokyo) ぎゅうにく [gyùúníkú] (Heiban – [0])

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

• Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN