天牛

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	ox; cow; bull
simp. and trad. (天牛)		天	牛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānniú

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄋㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ ngau⁴
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): tiên¹ ngiu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānniú
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiannióu
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-niu²
    • Yale: tyān-nyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianniou
    • Palladius: тяньню (tjanʹnju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ ngau⁴
    • Yale: tīn ngàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ ngau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ ngeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ ŋɐu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: tiên¹ ngiu²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³⁵ ŋiu¹¹/

Noun

天牛

1. longhorn beetle; longicorn

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 牽牛／牵牛
• (Teochew) 柑蛘, 蛀角蛘, 苦楝牛

Dialectal synonyms of 天牛 (“longhorn beetle; longicorn”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		天牛
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	天牛
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	老牛, 天牛
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	天牛郎
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	天牛
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	水牯牛
Gan	Nanchang	天牛
	Lichuan	天牛
Hakka	Meixian	山羊角, 仙牛角, 天牛
	Yudu	天牛
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	山牛牯
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	天牛牯
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	天牛
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	天牛
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	山牛
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	山牛牯
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	山牛精
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	山牛牯
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	山牛牯
Huizhou	Jixi	天牛
Southern Min	Zhangzhou	牛犅螢
	Zhao'an	牛角𨂿
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	水牛, 水牛犅
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	水牛犅
	Kaohsiung	水牛
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	水牛
	Yilan (Luodong)	牛角𨂿
	Yilan (Toucheng)	牛角𨂿
	Tainan (Anping)	水牛犅
Xiang	Changsha	鐵牯牛