六畜

六畜

Chinese

		six	to raise (animals); livestock; domesticated animal to raise (animals); livestock; domesticated animal; domestic animal
simp. and trad. (六畜)		六	畜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liùchù

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄔㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): luk⁶ cuk¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): liuk-hiuk
• Min Nan (POJ): lio̍k-thiok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: liùchù
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄔㄨˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liowchuh
    • IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: luk⁶ cuk¹
    • Yale: luhk chūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: luk⁹ tsuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: lug⁶ cug¹
    • IPA ^(key): /lʊk̚² t͡sʰʊk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liuk-hiuk
    • Hakka Romanization System: liug` hiug`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: liug⁵ hiug⁵
    • IPA: /li̯uk̚² hi̯uk̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lio̍k-thiok
    • Tâi-lô: lio̍k-thiok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liogtiog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɔk̚⁴⁻³² tʰiɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔk̚²⁴⁻²² tʰiɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tʰiɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɔk̚⁴⁻³² tʰiɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɔk̚⁴⁻³² tʰiɔk̚³²/

Noun

六畜

1. six domestic animals
2. (by extension) domestic animals in general
3. (dialectal, offensive) brute; bugger

Hyponyms

• 馬／马 (mǎ, “horses”), 牛 (niú, “cows”), 羊 (yáng, “sheep”), 豬／猪 (zhū, “pigs”), 狗 (gǒu, “dogs”), 雞／鸡 (jī, “fowl”)

Derived terms

六畜不安

六畜興旺／六畜兴旺