牽牛

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiānniú

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢㄋㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hin¹ ngau⁴
Min Nan (POJ): khan-gû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiānniú
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢㄋㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciannióu
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-niu²
  - Yale: chyān-nyóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianniou
  - Palladius: цяньню (cjanʹnju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰjɛn⁵⁵ njoʊ̯³⁵/
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/
Min Nan
- (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

牽牛

Alternative term for 牽牛花／牵牛花 (qiānniúhuā).
(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

牽牛

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

Verb

牽牛

(Min Nan) to pull or bring a cow forward

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