囚牛

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (囚牛)		囚	牛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiúniú

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄋㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cau⁴ ngau⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): siû-giû

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ciu⁵ ghu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiúniú
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cióunióu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiu²-niu²
    • Yale: chyóu-nyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyouniou
    • Palladius: цюню (cjunju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cau⁴ ngau⁴
    • Yale: chàuh ngàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsau⁴ ngau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ceo⁴ ngeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯²¹ ŋɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siû-giû
    • Tâi-lô: siû-giû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siu'giuu
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /siu²⁴⁻²² ɡiu²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /siu²⁴⁻²² ɡiu²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu¹³⁻²² ɡiu¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /siu²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡiu²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu²³⁻³³ ɡiu²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ciu⁵ ghu⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiû gû
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ɡu⁵⁵/

Noun

囚牛

1. (Chinese mythology) a mythical creature said to be a hybrid between a cow and a dragon; said to be fond of music, often seen decorating lutes

Coordinate terms

• ("sons of the dragon", creatures found in decorations): 贔屭 / 赑屃 (bìxì), 霸下 (bàxià), 𧈢𧏡 (bàxià), 螭虎 (chīhǔ), 饕餮 (tāotiè), 蜥蜴 (xīyì), 睚眥 / 睚眦 (yázì), 鴟吻 / 鸱吻 (chīwěn), 虭蛥 (diāoshé), 嘲風 / 嘲风 (cháofēng), 狻猊 (suānní), 蒲牢 (púláo), 狴犴 (bì'àn), 椒圖 / 椒图 (jiāotú), 金吾 (jīnwú)