地牛

地牛

Chinese

		earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly	ox; cow; bull
trad. (地牛)		地	牛
simp. #(地牛)		地	牛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dìniú

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ

• Min Nan (POJ): tē-gû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dìniú
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dìnióu
    • Wade–Giles: ti⁴-niu²
    • Yale: dì-nyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihniou
    • Palladius: диню (dinju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹ njoʊ̯³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē-gû
    • Tâi-lô: tē-gû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dexguu
    • IPA (Singapore): /te²²⁻²¹ ɡu²⁴/

Proper noun

地牛

1. (southern China, mythology) a bull who lives under the earth and causes earthquakes upon stirring
2. (Singapore Hokkien) banded bullfrog（Kaloula pulchra）

Derived terms

地牛翻身 (dìniúfānshēn)

地牛發威／地牛发威

Noun

地牛

1. (Singapore, historical) inspector who raids unlicensed hawkers

   Hypernym: 稽查員

   跑地牛  ―  pǎo dìniú  ―  to evade inspectors