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做牛做馬
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Chinese
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to do; to make; to produce
ox; cow; bull
to do; to make; to produce
horse;
surname
trad.
(
做牛做馬
)
做
牛
做
馬
simp.
(
做牛做马
)
做
牛
做
马
Literally:
“to be a cow and be a horse”.
Pronunciation
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Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
zuòniúzuòmǎ
(
Zhuyin
)
:
ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄚˇ
Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
zou
6
ngau
4
zou
6
maa
5
Southern Min
(
Hokkien
,
POJ
)
:
chò-gû-chò-bé
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
)
+
Hanyu Pinyin
:
zuòniúzuòmǎ
Zhuyin
:
ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄚˇ
Tongyong Pinyin
:
zuònióuzuòmǎ
Wade–Giles
:
tso
4
-niu
2
-tso
4
-ma
3
Yale
:
dzwò-nyóu-dzwò-mǎ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
tzuohnioutzuohmaa
Palladius
:
цзонюцзома
(czonjuczoma)
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
–
Hong Kong
)
+
Jyutping
:
zou
6
ngau
4
zou
6
maa
5
Yale
:
jouh ngàuh jouh máh
Cantonese Pinyin
:
dzou
6
ngau
4
dzou
6
maa
5
Guangdong Romanization
:
zou
6
ngeo
4
zou
6
ma
5
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/t͡sou̯²² ŋɐu̯
²¹
t͡sou̯²² maː¹³/
Southern Min
(
Hokkien
)
Pe̍h-ōe-jī
:
chò-gû-chò-bé
Tâi-lô
:
tsò-gû-tsò-bé
Phofsit Daibuun
:
zoirguzoirbea
IPA
(
Xiamen
)
:
/t͡so²¹⁻⁵³ ɡu²⁴⁻²² t͡so²¹⁻⁵³ be⁵³/
IPA
(
Quanzhou
)
:
/t͡so⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɡu²⁴⁻²² t͡so⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ be⁵⁵⁴/
IPA
(
Zhangzhou
)
:
/t͡so²¹⁻⁵³ ɡu¹³⁻²² t͡so²¹⁻⁵³ be⁵³/
IPA
(
Taipei
)
:
/t͡so¹¹⁻⁵³ ɡu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡so¹¹⁻⁵³ be⁵³/
IPA
(
Kaohsiung
)
:
/t͡sɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ ɡu²³⁻³³ t͡sɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ be⁴¹/
Idiom
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做牛做馬
to
work one's butt off
; to
work
extremely
hard
to
lower
one's
dignity
to do everything and anything for someone