牛軛礁

Chinese

		yoke; oxbow	reef; shoal rock
trad. (牛軛礁)		牛軛	礁
simp. (牛轭礁)		牛轭	礁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Niú'èjiāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄜˋ ㄐㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau⁴ aak¹ ziu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Niú'èjiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄜˋ ㄐㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Nióu-èjiao
    • Wade–Giles: Niu²-o⁴-chiao¹
    • Yale: Nyóu-è-jyāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Niouehjiau
    • Palladius: Нюэцзяо (Njueczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ ˀɤ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngau⁴ aak¹ ziu¹
    • Yale: ngàuh āak jīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁴ aak⁷ dziu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁴ ag¹ jiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ aːk̚⁵ t͡siːu̯⁵⁵/

Proper noun

牛軛礁

1. Whitsun Reef (a reef at the northeast extreme limit of the Union Banks in the Spratly Islands of the South China Sea)