地牛

Chinese edit

		earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly	ox; cow; bull
trad. (地牛)		地	牛
simp. ^#(地牛)		地	牛

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dìniú

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tē-gû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dìniú
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dìnióu
  - Wade–Giles: ti⁴-niu²
  - Yale: dì-nyóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihniou
  - Palladius: диню (dinju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē-gû
  - Tâi-lô: tē-gû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dexguu
  - IPA (Singapore): /te²²⁻²¹ ɡu²⁴/

Noun edit

地牛

(southern China, mythology) a bull who lives under the earth and causes earthquakes upon stirring
(Singapore Hokkien) banded bullfrog (Kaloula pulchra)
(Singapore, historical) inspector who raids unlicensed hawkers
Hypernym: 稽查員／稽查员 (jīcháyuán)

跑地牛 ― pǎo dìniú ― to evade inspectors

Derived terms edit

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