牛鞭

Chinese

		ox; cow; bull	a whip or lash; to flog; slash or whip
simp. and trad. (牛鞭)		牛	鞭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niúbiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄅㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau⁴ bin¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gû-pian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niúbiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄅㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nióubian
    • Wade–Giles: niu²-pien¹
    • Yale: nyóu-byān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nioubian
    • Palladius: нюбянь (njubjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngau⁴ bin¹
    • Yale: ngàuh bīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁴ bin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁴ bin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ piːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-pian
    • Tâi-lô: gû-pian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gu'piefn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² piɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² piɛn³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡu¹³⁻²² piɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡu²⁴⁻¹¹ piɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡu²³⁻³³ piɛn⁴⁴/

Noun

牛鞭

1. bull pizzle

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 牛鞭 (“bull pizzle”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		牛鞭
Mandarin	Jinan	牛鞭子
	Luoyang	牛鞭
	Yangzhou	牛鞭
Cantonese	Hong Kong	牛鞭
Gan	Pingxiang	牛鞭, 牛鏢
Southern Min	Xiamen	牛鞭
	Quanzhou	牛鞭
	Zhangzhou	牛鞭
	Tainan	牛鞭
	Leizhou	牛鞭
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	牛鞭
Wu	Shanghai	牛鞭子
	Shanghai (Jiading)	牛鞭子
	Suzhou	牛鞭
	Danyang	牛鞭
	Ningbo	牛鞭子
	Wenzhou	牛鞭

Descendants

• → Vietnamese: ngầu pín