雌牛

雌牛

Chinese

		female	ox; cow; bull
simp. and trad. (雌牛)		雌	牛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cíniú, cīniú

  (Zhuyin): ㄘˊ ㄋㄧㄡˊ, ㄘ ㄋㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci¹ ngau⁴
• Wu (Wiktionary): tshr nyieu (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: cíniú
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˊ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyniou
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩³⁵ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: cīniú
    • Zhuyin: ㄘ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyniou
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵⁵ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci¹ ngau⁴
    • Yale: chī ngàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi¹ ngau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi¹ ngeo⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː⁵⁵ ŋɐu̯²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: tshr nyieu (T1)
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵⁵ n̠ʲiɜ²¹/

Noun

雌牛

1. female cow

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 母牛 (“(female) cow”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		牝牛
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		母牛
Mandarin	Beijing	母牛
	Jinan	氏牛, 母牛
	Xi'an	母牛
	Wuhan	母牛
	Chengdu	母牛, 騇牛
	Yangzhou	牸牛, 母牛
	Hefei	母牛, 騇牛
Cantonese	Guangzhou	牛乸
	Hong Kong	牛乸
	Taishan	牛乸
	Yangjiang	牛乸, 牛牸
Gan	Nanchang	牛婆
Hakka	Meixian	牛嫲
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	牛嫲
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	牛嫲
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	牛嫲
	Dongshi (Dabu)	牛嫲
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	牛嫲
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	牛嫲
Jin	Taiyuan	母牛
Min Bei	Jian'ou	牛嫲
Min Dong	Fuzhou	牛母
Min Nan	Xiamen	牛母
	Quanzhou	牛母
	Zhangzhou	牛母
	Taipei	牛母
	Kaohsiung	牛母
	Tainan	牛母
	Taichung	牛母
	Hsinchu	牛母
	Lukang	牛母
	Sanxia	牛母
	Yilan	牛母
	Kinmen	牛母
	Magong	牛母
	Philippines (Manila)	牛母
	Chaozhou	牛母
Wu	Shanghai	雌牛
	Suzhou	雌牛
	Wenzhou	牛娘, 草嘅牛
Xiang	Changsha	牛婆, 牛婆子, 牸牛子
	Shuangfeng	牛婆子, 牸牛

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
雌	牛
め Grade: S	うし Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Noun

雌牛 (hiragana めうし, rōmaji meushi)

1. cow, heifer

Antonyms

• 牡 (おう)牛 (し) (oushi)

Derived terms

• 雌牛 (めうし)に腹突 (はらつ)かれる (meushi ni hara tsukareru, literally “gored by a heifer”): Beware in seemingly safe situations.