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

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): ngau⁴ juk⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ngeu³ nguuk⁵

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngiù-ngiuk
• Min Nan

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

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

• Wu (Wiktionary): nyieu nyioq (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: niúròu
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄖㄡˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niourow
    • IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: nyiu² rou⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: niurhou
    • IPA ^(key): /nʲiəu²¹ zəu²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngau⁴ juk⁶
    • Yale: ngàuh yuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁴ juk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁴ yug⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ jʊk̚²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ngeu³ nguuk⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /ᵑgeu²² ᵑgɵk̚³²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiù-ngiuk
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngiuˇ ngiug`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngiu² ngiug⁵
    • IPA: /ɲi̯u¹¹ ɲi̯uk̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-bah
    • Tâi-lô: gû-bah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gu'baq
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /gu²³⁻³³ baʔ³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /gu¹³⁻²² baʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /gu²⁴⁻¹¹ baʔ³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /gu²⁴⁻²² baʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-mah
    • Tâi-lô: gû-mah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gumaq
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /gu²⁴⁻²² mãʔ⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-hia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: gû-hia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gu'hiak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /gu²⁴⁻²² hiak̚²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ghu⁵ nêg⁸ / ghu⁵ bhah⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: gû ne̍k / gû bah
    • IPA ^(key): /ɡu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ nek̚⁴/, /ɡu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ baʔ²/

Note:

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

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

Noun

牛肉

1. beef

Derived terms

• 山竹牛肉
• 牛肉場／牛肉场
• 牛肉球 (niúròuqiú)

• 牛肉秀
• 牛肉麵／牛肉面 (niúròumiàn, “beef noodle soup”)

Related terms

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

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Japanese

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

Noun

牛肉 (hiragana ぎゅうにく, rōmaji gyūniku)

1. cow meat; beef
   • 今 (きょ)日 (う)、牛肉 (ぎゅうにく)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
• 豚肉 (ぶたにく) (butaniku): pork
• 鶏肉 (とりにく) (toriniku): chicken

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.