奶牛

Chinese

		breast; lady; milk	ox; cow; bull
trad. (奶牛)		奶	牛
simp. #(奶牛)		奶	牛
alternative forms		𬂌牛 Northern Min
anagram		牛奶

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): nǎiniú

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄞˇ ㄋㄧㄡˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): нэню (neni͡u, II-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naai⁵ ngau⁴
• Northern Min (KCR): nâing-niû
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): leng-gû / ni-gû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǎiniú
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄞˇ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nǎinióu
    • Wade–Giles: nai³-niu²
    • Yale: nǎi-nyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: naeniou
    • Palladius: найню (najnju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: нэню (neni͡u, II-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɛ⁵¹ niou²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naai⁵ ngau⁴
    • Yale: náaih ngàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naai⁵ ngau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: nai⁵ ngeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːi̯¹³ ŋɐu̯²¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: nâing-niû
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naiŋ³³ niu³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: leng-gû
    • Tâi-lô: ling-gû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lengguu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡu²³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ni-gû
    • Tâi-lô: ni-gû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ni'guu
    • IPA (Taipei): /nĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡu²⁴/

Noun

奶牛

1. milk cow; dairy cow; dairy cattle

Synonyms

• 乳牛 (rǔniú)

Derived terms

• 奶牛場／奶牛场 (nǎiniúchǎng)