牛蒡

Chinese

		ox; cow; bull
trad. (牛蒡)		牛	蒡
simp. ^#(牛蒡)		牛	蒡

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): niúbàng
(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄅㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau⁴ bong²
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): giû-pông / gû-pông / gû-bō / gō͘-bō͘ / gō-bō
(Teochew, Peng'im): ghu⁵ pang⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: niúbàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄅㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nióubàng
  - Wade–Giles: niu²-pang⁴
  - Yale: nyóu-bàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nioubanq
  - Palladius: нюбан (njuban)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /njoʊ̯³⁵ pɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngau⁴ bong²
  - Yale: ngàuh bóng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁴ bong²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁴ bong²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ pɔːŋ³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giû-pông
  - Tâi-lô: giû-pông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: giu'poong
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiu²³⁻³³ pɔŋ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡiu²⁴⁻¹¹ pɔŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-pông
  - Tâi-lô: gû-pông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gu'poong
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡu²⁴⁻¹¹ pɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡu²³⁻³³ pɔŋ²³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-bō
  - Tâi-lô: gû-bō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gu'boi
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡu²⁴⁻¹¹ bo³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡu²³⁻³³ bɤ³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gō͘-bō͘
  - Tâi-lô: gōo-bōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goxbo
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡɔ³³⁻¹¹ bɔ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡɔ³³⁻²¹ bɔ³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gō-bō
  - Tâi-lô: gō-bō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goixboi
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡɤ³³⁻²¹ bɤ³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡo³³⁻¹¹ bo³³/

Note: gû-bō/gō͘-bō͘/gō-bō - from Japanese.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ghu⁵ pang⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: gû phâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɡu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pʰaŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

牛蒡

burdock

Synonyms

牛子 (niúzǐ)

References

Governor-General of Taiwan (1931–1932), “gû-bō”, in 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor, 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese and Min Nan), volume 1, Taihoku: 同府 (Dōfu), OCLC 25747241, page 398
“Entry #31034”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
牛	蒡
ご Grade: 2	ぼう Hyōgaiji
kan’yōon

For pronunciation and definitions of 牛蒡 – see the following entry.

【ごぼうゴボウ】

[noun] burdock (Arctium lappa)

[noun] burdock root

Alternative spellings
牛蒡, 午蒡, 牛房, 午房, ごぼう

(This term, 牛蒡, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)