羊牯

Chinese

		caprid	bullock; cow
simp. and trad. (羊牯)		羊	牯

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁴ gu²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yòng-kú
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): iên⁵ gou² / ion⁵ gou²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: joeng⁴ gu²
    • Yale: yèuhng gú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁴ gu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁴ gu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ²¹ kuː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yòng-kú
    • Hakka Romanization System: iongˇ gu`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yong<sup>2</sup> gu<sup>3</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯oŋ¹¹ ku³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yòng-kú
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iongˇ gu`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yong² gu³
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯oŋ¹¹ ku³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: iên⁵ gou² / ion⁵ gou²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iêⁿ kóu / iôⁿ kóu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ĩẽ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kou⁵²/, /ĩõ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kou⁵²/

Note:

• ion5 gou2 - Jieyang;
• iên5 gou2 - Chaozhou.

Noun

羊牯

1. (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew) ram (male sheep)
2. (Cantonese) gullible person; fool; pushover

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 公羊 (“ram; buck”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		公羊
Mandarin	Beijing	公羊
	Taiwan	公羊
	Harbin	羊扒子
	Jinan	公羊, 種羊 ‡
	Wanrong	羯子, 羯羊 †, 圪羝 ‡,#
	Xi'an	公羊
	Yinchuan	騷狐, 羯羊 †, 羯子 †
	Lanzhou	騷羊 ‡, 羝羊 ‡, 羯羊 †
	Xining	公羊
	Ürümqi	羯羊 †
	Wuhan	公羊子
	Chengdu	公羊, 騷羊 ‡
	Liuzhou	羊牯
	Yangzhou	公羊
	Nanjing	種羊 ‡
	Hefei	公羊
Cantonese	Guangzhou	羊公, 羊牯
	Hong Kong	羊公, 公羊
	Yangjiang	羊公
Gan	Nanchang	公羊
	Lichuan	羊公兒
Hakka	Meixian	羊牯
	Yudu	羊牯
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	羊牯
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	羊牯仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	羊牯
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	羊牯
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	羊牯
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	羊牯
Jin	Taiyuan	公羊, 羝羊 ‡,*, 老騷狐 ‡,#, 羯羊 †,*, 羯𦎠𦎑 †,#
	Xinzhou	羝羊 ‡,*, 羯羊 ‡,*, 騷狐 #
Northern Min	Jian'ou	羊牯
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	羊犅
Southern Min	Xiamen	羊犅, 羊角
	Quanzhou	羊角
	Zhangzhou	羊犅
	Taipei	羊犅
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	羊哥
	Kaohsiung	羊犅
	Yilan	羊犅
	Changhua (Lukang)	羊犅
	Taichung	羊公
	Tainan	羊犅
	Hsinchu	羊犅
	Kinmen	羊犅
	Penghu (Magong)	羊犅
	Chaozhou	羊牯
	Jieyang	羊牯
	Haikou	羊公, 羊牯
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	公羊
Wu	Suzhou	雄羊
	Danyang	騷羊
	Wenzhou	羊牯
	Jinhua	羊牯, 羯羊 †
Xiang	Changsha	羊牯子
	Loudi	羯牯子 †
	Shuangfeng	羊牯子
Note	† - wether; ‡ - for breeding; * - ram; # - buck