牛椵

Chinese

		ox; cow; bull	(grapefruit)
simp. and trad. (牛椵)		牛	椵

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gû-kê

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-kê
    • Tâi-lô: gû-kê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gu'kee
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² ke²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡu¹³⁻²² ke¹³/

Noun

牛椵

1. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) yoke; oxbow
2. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) wooden cangue placed on the mouth of a calf (to prevent it from sucking milk while the cow is being milked)

Synonyms

• (yoke): 牛軛／牛轭 (niú'è); (Hokkien) 牛擔／牛担, 牛枷車／牛枷车, 枷擔／枷担, 牛扁擔／牛扁担, 蹺擔／跷担, 牛蹺擔／牛跷担; (Xiang) 牛枷
• (wooden cangue): (Hokkien) 牛椵仔