犀牛

Chinese

		rhinoceros	ox; cow; bull
simp. and trad. (犀牛)		犀	牛

犀牛
(Dicerorhinus sumatrensis)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīniú

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄋㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ ngau⁴
• Gan (Wiktionary): xi¹ nyiu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sai-gû

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sai¹ ghu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīniú
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinióu
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-niu²
    • Yale: syī-nyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiniou
    • Palladius: синю (sinju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ ngau⁴
    • Yale: sāi ngàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ ngau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ ngeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ ŋɐu̯²¹/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: xi¹ nyiu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁴² n̠ʲiu²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sai-gû
    • Tâi-lô: sai-gû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sai'guu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sai⁴⁴⁻²² ɡu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sai³³ ɡu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sai⁴⁴⁻²² ɡu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sai⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sai⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡu²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sai¹ ghu⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sai gû
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sai³³⁻²³ ɡu⁵⁵/

Noun

犀牛

1. rhinoceros (Classifier: 隻／只 m c; 頭／头 m)

Derived terms

• 犀牛江 (Xīniújiāng)
• 犀牛腳／犀牛脚 (Xīniújiǎo)