瘤牛

瘤牛

Chinese

		tumor	ox; cow; bull
simp. and trad. (瘤牛)		瘤	牛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liúniú

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄋㄧㄡˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: liúniú
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liouniou
    • IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/

Noun

瘤牛

1. zebu (domesticated ox native to Asia and Africa)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
瘤	牛
こぶ Hyōgaiji	うし Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 瘤 (kobu, “hump”) +‎ 牛 (ushi, “ox”).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) こぶ​うし [kòbúꜜùshì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ko̞bɯ̟ᵝɯ̟ᵝɕi]

Noun

瘤牛 (hiragana こぶうし, katakana コブウシ, rōmaji kobuushi)

1. zebu

Synonyms

• 犎 (ほう)牛 (ぎゅう) (hōgyū), インド牛 (うし) (indoushi), ゼブ (zebu)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN