牽牛

Chinese

		lead along	ox; cow; bull
trad. (牽牛)		牽	牛
simp. (牵牛)		牵	牛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiānniú

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ ㄋㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hin¹ ngau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khan-gû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiānniú
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciannióu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-niu²
    • Yale: chyān-nyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianniou
    • Palladius: цяньню (cjanʹnju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hin¹ ngau⁴
    • Yale: hīn ngàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hin¹ ngau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hin¹ ngeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːn⁵⁵ ŋɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khan-gû
    • Tâi-lô: khan-gû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qan'guu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻²² ɡu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰan³³ ɡu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻²² ɡu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡu²³/

Noun

牽牛

1. Alternative term for 牽牛花／牵牛花 (qiānniúhuā).
2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) longhorn beetle; longicorn

Synonyms

• (longhorn beetle): (Teochew) 柑蛘, 蛀角蛘, 苦楝牛

Dialectal synonyms of 天牛 (“longhorn beetle; longicorn”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		天牛
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	天牛
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	老牛, 天牛
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	天牛郎
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	天牛
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	水牯牛
Gan	Nanchang	天牛
	Lichuan	天牛
Hakka	Meixian	山羊角, 仙牛角, 天牛
	Yudu	天牛
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	山牛牯
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	天牛牯
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	天牛
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	天牛
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	山牛
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	山牛牯
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	山牛精
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	山牛牯
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	山牛牯
Huizhou	Jixi	天牛
Southern Min	Zhangzhou	牛犅螢
	Zhao'an	牛角𨂿
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	水牛, 水牛犅
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	水牛犅
	Kaohsiung	水牛
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	水牛
	Yilan (Luodong)	牛角𨂿
	Yilan (Toucheng)	牛角𨂿
	Tainan (Anping)	水牛犅
Xiang	Changsha	鐵牯牛

Proper noun

牽牛

1. Alternative term for 牽牛星／牵牛星 (Qiānniúxīng).

Verb

牽牛

1. (Southern Min) to pull or bring a cow forward