水牛
Chinese edit
water; river | ox; cow; bull | ||
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simp. and trad. (水牛) |
水 | 牛 |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
水牛
- buffalo; water buffalo
- (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Singapore Hokkien, Huizhou) someone who drinks a lot of water
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Dialectal synonyms of 水牛 (“buffalo; water buffalo”) [map]
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Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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水 | 牛 |
すい Grade: 1 |
ぎゅう Grade: 2 |
on’yomi |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
水牛 or 水牛 • (suigyū) ←すいぎう (suigiu) or スイギウ (suigiu)?
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Okinawan edit
Kanji in this term | |
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水 | 牛 |
Grade: 1 | Grade: 2 |
Etymology edit
Compound of 水 (miji, “water”) + 牛 (ushi, “cow”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
水牛 (mijiushi)