牛痘

Chinese

		ox; cow; bull	small pox
simp. and trad. (牛痘)		牛	痘

Etymology

First attested in 𠸄咭唎國新出種痘奇書 [1805], a short treatise on the smallpox vaccine written by English physician Dr. Alexander Pearson and translated into Chinese by Sir George Thomas Staunton (Chng, 2012).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niúdòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄉㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau⁴ dau⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): gû-tāu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ghu⁵ dao⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niúdòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄉㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nióudòu
    • Wade–Giles: niu²-tou⁴
    • Yale: nyóu-dòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nioudow
    • Palladius: нюдоу (njudou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ toʊ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngau⁴ dau⁶
    • Yale: ngàuh dauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁴ dau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁴ deo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ tɐu̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-tāu
    • Tâi-lô: gû-tāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gu'dau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² tau²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² tau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡu¹³⁻²² tau²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ghu⁵ dao⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: gû tāu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɡu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tau¹¹/

Noun

牛痘

1. cowpox
2. smallpox pustule; vaccine pustule

Derived terms

• 牛痘苗 (niúdòumiáo)
• 種牛痘／种牛痘 (zhòng niúdòu)