牛蛙

Chinese

		ox; cow; bull	frog
simp. and trad. (牛蛙)		牛	蛙

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “calque from English bullfrog?”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niúwā

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau⁴ waa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niúwā
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nióuwa
    • Wade–Giles: niu²-wa¹
    • Yale: nyóu-wā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niouua
    • Palladius: нюва (njuva)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ wä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngau⁴ waa¹
    • Yale: ngàuh wā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁴ waa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁴ wa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ waː⁵⁵/

Noun

牛蛙

1. bullfrog

Japanese

Kanji in this term
牛	蛙
うし Grade: 2	かえる > がえる Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology

牛(うし) (ushi, “bull; cow; or the like”) + 蛙(かえる) (kaeru, “frog”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) うしが​える [ùshígáꜜèrù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝɕiɡa̠e̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

牛(うし)蛙(がえる) or 牛蛙(ウシガエル) • (ushigaeru) 

1. an American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus)