封牛

Chinese

		to confer; to grant; to seal to confer; to grant; to seal; (a measure word)	ox; cow; bull
simp. and trad. (封牛)		封	牛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēngniú

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥ ㄋㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fung¹ ngau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēngniú
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fongnióu
    • Wade–Giles: fêng¹-niu²
    • Yale: fēng-nyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fengniou
    • Palladius: фэнню (fɛnnju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fung¹ ngau⁴
    • Yale: fūng ngàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fung¹ ngau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fung¹ ngeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵ ŋɐu̯²¹/

Noun

封牛

1. Alternative form of 犎牛 (fēngniú, “zebu; bison”)

   • （罽賓國）出封牛、水牛、象、大狗、沐猴、孔爵、珠璣、珊瑚、虎魄、璧流離。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     （罽宾国）出封牛、水牛、象、大狗、沐猴、孔爵、珠玑、珊瑚、虎魄、璧流离。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

     (Jìbīn guó) chū fēngniú, shuǐniú, xiàng, dàgǒu, mùhóu, kǒngjué, zhūjī, shānhú, hǔpò, bìliúlí. [Pinyin]

     (The country of Jibin in the Western Regions) produces zebus, buffalo, elephants, big dogs (kuchis?), macaques, peacocks, jewels, corals, ambers and cat's eyes.