牽牛

Chinese

		lead along	ox; cow; bull
trad. (牽牛)		牽	牛
simp. (牵牛)		牵	牛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiānniú

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ ㄋㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hin¹ ngau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khan-gû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiānniú
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciannióu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-niu²
    • Yale: chyān-nyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianniou
    • Palladius: цяньню (cjanʹnju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hin¹ ngau⁴
    • Yale: hīn ngàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hin¹ ngau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hin¹ ngeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːn⁵⁵ ŋɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khan-gû
    • Tâi-lô: khan-gû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qan'guu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻²² ɡu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰan³³ ɡu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻²² ɡu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡu²³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 牽牛

1. Alternative term for 牽牛花／牵牛花 (qiānniúhuā).
2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) longhorn beetle; longicorn

Synonyms

• (longhorn beetle): 天牛 (tiānniú); (Hakka) 山牛牯; (Hokkien) 牛犅螢／牛𰠫萤; (Teochew) 柑蛘, 蛀角蛘, 苦楝牛

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 牽牛

1. Alternative term for 牽牛星／牵牛星 (Qiānniúxīng).

Verb

牽牛

1. (Southern Min) to pull or bring a cow forward