綿羊

綿羊

See also: 绵羊

Chinese

		cotton; incessant; soft cotton; incessant; soft; downy	caprid
trad. (綿羊)		綿	羊
simp. (绵羊)		绵	羊

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): miányáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˊ ㄧㄤˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic): мянён (mi͡ani͡on, I-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁴ joeng^4-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mièn-yòng
• Min Nan (POJ): mî-iûⁿ / mî-iôⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: miányáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˊ ㄧㄤˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mianyang
    • IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn³⁵ i̯ɑŋ³⁵/
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  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic: мянён (mi͡ani͡on, I-II)
    • IPA ^(key): /miæ̃²⁴ jɔ̃⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: min⁴ joeng^4-2
    • Yale: mìhn yéung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: min⁴ joeng^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: min⁴ yêng²
    • IPA ^(key): /miːn²¹ jœ̽ːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mièn-yòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: mienˇ iongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mian² yong²
    • IPA: /mi̯en¹¹ i̯oŋ¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mièn-yòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: mienˇ (r)iongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mian² yong²
    • IPA: /mi̯en¹¹ (j)i̯oŋ¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mî-iûⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: mî-iûnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mi'viuu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mĩ²³⁻³³ iũ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /mĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ iũ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /mĩ²⁴⁻²² iũ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mî-iôⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: mî-iônn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mi'viooi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mĩ¹³⁻²² iɔ̃¹³/

Noun

綿羊 (classifier 隻／只 (zhī))

1. sheep

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
綿	羊
めん Grade: 5	よう Grade: 3
goon

Etymology

From Chinese 綿羊

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Goon
  • (Tokyo) めんよー [mèń'yóó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [mẽ̞ɰ̃jo̞ː]

Noun

綿羊 (hiragana めんよう, rōmaji men'yō, historical hiragana めんやう)

1. Synonym of 羊 (hitsuji, “sheep”)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
綿	羊

Noun

綿羊 • (myeonyang) (hangeul 면양)

1. Hanja form^? of 면양 (“sheep”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
綿	羊

Proper noun

綿羊

1. Hán tự form of Miên Dương (“Aries”).