犛牛

See also: 牦牛

Chinese

		black ox; yak	ox; cow; bull
trad. (犛牛/氂牛/牦牛/髦牛)		犛/氂/牦/髦	牛
simp. (牦牛)		牦	牛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): máoniú, líniú

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ ㄋㄧㄡˊ, ㄌㄧˊ ㄋㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁴ ngau⁴ / mou⁴ ngau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mô͘-gû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: máoniú
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: máonióu
    • Wade–Giles: mao²-niu²
    • Yale: máu-nyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mauniou
    • Palladius: маоню (maonju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: líniú
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: línióu
    • Wade–Giles: li²-niu²
    • Yale: lí-nyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liniou
    • Palladius: линю (linju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lei⁴ ngau⁴ / mou⁴ ngau⁴
    • Yale: lèih ngàuh / mòuh ngàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁴ ngau⁴ / mou⁴ ngau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁴ ngeo⁴ / mou⁴ ngeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯²¹ ŋɐu̯²¹/, /mou̯²¹ ŋɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘-gû
    • Tâi-lô: môo-gû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mo'guu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² ɡu²⁴/

Noun

犛牛

1. yak (Classifier: 頭／头)