和牛

Chinese

		mix together; peace; harmony mix together; peace; harmony; and; with; union; cap (a poem); respond in singing; soft; warm	ox; cow; bull
simp. and trad. (和牛)		和	牛

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 和牛 (wagyū).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): héniú

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄋㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wo⁴ ngau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: héniú
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hénióu
    • Wade–Giles: ho²-niu²
    • Yale: hé-nyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herniou
    • Palladius: хэню (xɛnju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wo⁴ ngau⁴
    • Yale: wòh ngàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wo⁴ ngau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wo⁴ ngeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔː²¹ ŋɐu̯²¹/

Noun

和牛

1. wagyu
2. wagyu beef

Japanese

Kanji in this term
和	牛
わ Grade: 3	ぎゅう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) わぎゅう [wàgyúú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɰᵝa̠ɡʲɨᵝː]

Noun

和(わ)牛(ぎゅう) • (wagyū) ^{←わぎう (wagiu)?}

1. wagyu (Japanese breeds of cattle prone to high fat production)
   • 2019 May 12, “Chūgoku ‘wagyū bokujō’, kisha no hōmon ni piripiri ‘nani shi ni kita’ [China ‘wagyu ranch’ on edge during reporter’s visit: ‘what did you come here for?’]”, in Asahi Shimbun:

     和(わ)牛(ぎゅう)の受(じゅ)精(せい)卵(らん)などを中(ちゅう)国(ごく)へ不(ふ)正(せい)に持(も)ち出(だ)そうとしたとして、運(うん)搬(ぱん)に関(かか)わったとされる男(だん)性(せい)らや受(じゅ)精(せい)卵(らん)を提(てい)供(きょう)したとされる畜(ちく)産(さん)農(のう)家(か)が大(おお)阪(さか)府(ふ)警(けい)に逮(たい)捕(ほ)される事(じ)件(けん)があった。

     Wagyū no juseiran nado o Chūgoku e fusei ni mochidasō to shita to shite, unpan ni kakawatta to sareru dansei-ra ya juseiran o teikyō shita to sareru chikusan nōka ga Ōsaka fukei ni taiho sareru jiken ga atta.

     Osaka Prefectural Police have arrested men allegedly involved in transporting wagyu embryos to China illegally as well as a stock farmer who allegedly supplied the fertilized eggs.

2. the meat of such cattle
   • 2019 May 12, “Chūgoku ‘wagyū bokujō’, kisha no hōmon ni piripiri ‘nani shi ni kita’ [China ‘wagyu ranch’ on edge during reporter’s visit: ‘what did you come here for?’]”, in Asahi Shimbun:

     「和(わ)牛(ぎゅう)」を提(てい)供(きょう)する店(みせ)が、高(こう)層(そう)ビル群(ぐん)の中(なか)にある。

     “Wagyū” o teikyō suru mise ga, kōsō biru gun no naka ni aru.

     There are a number of restaurants in high-rise buildings offering ‘wagyu’.

See also

• 牛(ぎゅう)肉(にく) (gyūniku, “beef”)