牸牛
Chinese
edit| female of domestic animals | ox; cow; bull | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (牸牛) |
牸 | 牛 | |
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: zìhnióu
- Wade–Giles: tzŭ4-niu2
- Yale: dz̀-nyóu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhniou
- Palladius: цзыню (czynju)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zi6 ngau4
- Yale: jih ngàuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzi6 ngau4
- Guangdong Romanization: ji6 ngeo4
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡siː²² ŋɐu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Xiang
Noun
edit牸牛
- (literary or dialectal) female cow
- 臣請陳之，臣故畜牸牛生子而大，賣之而買駒，少年曰：『牛不能生馬。』遂持駒去。傍鄰聞之，以臣為愚，故名此谷為愚公之谷。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Shuoyuan, circa 1st century BCE
- Chén qǐng chén zhī, chén gù xù zìniú shēng zǐ ér dà, mài zhī ér mǎi jū, shàonián yuē: ‘Niú bùnéng shēng mǎ.’ Suì chí jū qù. Bànglín wén zhī, yǐ chén wèi yú, gù míng cǐ gǔ wèi yúgōng zhī gǔ. [Pinyin]
- Allow me to explain! I once raised a cow who birthed a calf, who grew up later; I sold it and bought a colt. A youth said: "A cow cannot birth a horse." Then he took the colt and left. My neighbors heard that and took me as foolish; therefore this valley is named Foolish Old Man's Valley.
臣请陈之，臣故畜牸牛生子而大，卖之而买驹，少年曰：『牛不能生马。』遂持驹去。傍邻闻之，以臣为愚，故名此谷为愚公之谷。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- 堅昆部落非狼種，其先所生之窟在曲漫山北。自謂上代有神與牸牛交於此窟。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Duan Chengshi, Youyang Zazu", published in 9th century CE
- Jiānkūn bùluò fēi láng zhǒng, qí xiān suǒshēng zhī kū zài qūmàn shān běi. Zìwèi shàngdài yǒu shén yǔ zìniú jiāo yú cǐ kū. [Pinyin]
- The Jiankun tribe are not the wolf-kin(s) (i.e. Tujue or/and Gaoche); their ancestor had been born in a cave north of Mount Quman. They themselves say that of yore a god and a cow mated in that cave.
坚昆部落非狼种，其先所生之窟在曲漫山北。自谓上代有神与牸牛交于此窟。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
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