綿羊

See also: 绵羊

Chinese

		cotton; incessant; soft cotton; incessant; soft; downy	caprid
trad. (綿羊)		綿	羊
simp. (绵羊)		绵	羊
alternative forms		緜羊

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): miányáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˊ ㄧㄤˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): mian³ yang²

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): мянён (mi͡ani͡on, I-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁴ joeng^4-2
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): mièn-yòng

  (Meixian, Guangdong): miên² yong²

• Eastern Min (BUC): mièng-iòng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): mî-iûⁿ / mî-iôⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): min⁵ iên⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶mi-yan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miányáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˊ ㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miányáng
    • Wade–Giles: mien²-yang²
    • Yale: myán-yáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mianyang
    • Palladius: мяньян (mjanʹjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn³⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: mian³ yang²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: mianjang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miɛn⁵³ iaŋ²¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: мянён (mi͡ani͡on, I-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miæ̃²⁴ iɑŋ⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: min⁴ joeng^4-2
    • Yale: mìhn yéung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: min⁴ joeng^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: min⁴ yêng^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːn²¹ jœːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mièn-yòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: mienˇ iongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mian² yong²
    • Sinological IPA: /mi̯en¹¹ i̯oŋ¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mièn-yòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: mienˇ (r)iongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mian² yong²
    • Sinological IPA: /mi̯en¹¹ (j)i̯oŋ¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: miên² yong²
    • Sinological IPA: /miɛn¹¹ iɔŋ¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: mièng-iòng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mieŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^(Ø-)ŋyoŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mî-iûⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: mî-iûnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mi'viuu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mĩ²³⁻³³ iũ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /mĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ iũ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /mĩ²⁴⁻²² iũ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mî-iôⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: mî-iônn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mi'viooi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mĩ¹³⁻²² iɔ̃¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: min⁵ iên⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mîⁿ iêⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mĩ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ĩẽ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶mi-yan
    • MiniDict: mi^去 yan
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³mi-hhian
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mi²² ɦiã⁴⁴/

Noun

綿羊

1. sheep (Classifier: 隻／只 m c)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 綿羊 (“sheep”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		綿羊
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	綿羊
	Taiwan	綿羊
	Chengde	綿羊
	Chifeng	綿羊
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	綿羊
	Heihe	綿羊
	Qiqihar	綿羊
	Harbin	綿羊
	Jiamusi	綿羊
	Baicheng	綿羊
	Changchun	綿羊
	Tonghua	綿羊
	Shenyang	綿羊
	Jinzhou	綿羊
	Singapore	綿羊
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	綿羊
	Tangshan	綿羊
	Cangzhou	綿羊
	Baoding	綿羊
	Shijiazhuang	綿羊
	Lijin	綿羊
	Jinan	綿羊
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	綿羊
	Dandong	綿羊
	Yantai	綿羊
	Yantai (Muping)	綿羊
	Qingdao	綿羊
	Zhucheng	綿羊
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	綿羊
	Lingbao	綿羊
	Jining	綿羊
	Wanrong	綿羊
	Linfen	綿羊
	Shangqiu	綿羊
	Yuanyang	綿羊
	Zhengzhou	綿羊
	Xinyang	綿羊
	Baihe	綿羊
	Xi'an	綿羊
	Baoji	綿羊
	Tianshui	綿羊
	Xining	綿羊
	Xuzhou	綿羊
	Fuyang	綿羊
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	綿羊
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	綿羊
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	綿羊
	Lanzhou	綿羊
	Dunhuang	綿羊, 毛羊
	Hami	綿羊, 毛羊
	Ürümqi	綿羊
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	綿羊
	Nanchong	綿羊
	Dazhou	綿羊
	Hanyuan	綿羊
	Xichang	綿羊
	Zigong	綿羊
	Chongqing	綿羊
	Wuhan	綿羊, 綿羊子
	Yichang	綿羊
	Xiangyang	綿羊
	Tianmen	綿羊
	Guiyang	綿羊
	Zunyi	綿羊
	Bijie	綿羊
	Liping	綿羊
	Zhaotong	綿羊
	Dali	綿羊
	Kunming	綿羊
	Mengzi	綿羊
	Guilin	綿羊
	Liuzhou	綿羊
	Jishou	綿羊
	Changde	綿羊
	Hanzhong	綿羊
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	綿羊
	Yangzhou	綿羊
	Lianyungang	綿羊
	Lianshui	綿羊
	Nantong	綿羊子
	Anqing	綿羊
	Wuhu	綿羊
	Hefei	綿羊
	Hong'an	綿羊
Cantonese	Hong Kong	綿羊
	Dongguan	綿羊
Gan	Nanchang	綿羊
	Lichuan	綿羊
	Pingxiang	綿羊
Hakka	Meixian	綿羊
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	綿羊
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	綿羊
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	綿羊
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	綿羊
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	綿羊
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	綿羊
Huizhou	Jixi	綿羊
	Shexian	綿羊
Jin	Taiyuan	綿羊
	Yangyuan	綿羊
	Datong	綿羊
	Xinzhou	綿羊
	Lüliang (Lishi)	綿羊
	Changzhi	綿羊
	Linhe	綿羊
	Jining	綿羊
	Hohhot	綿羊
	Erenhot	綿羊
	Pingshan	綿羊
	Zhangjiakou	綿羊
	Handan	綿羊
	Linzhou	綿羊
	Suide	綿羊
Northern Min	Jian'ou	綿羊
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	綿羊
Southern Min	Xiamen	綿羊
	Quanzhou	綿羊
	Zhangzhou	綿羊
	Haikou	綿羊
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	綿羊
Wu	Shanghai	湖羊, 綿羊
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	綿羊, 湖羊
	Shanghai (Chongming)	湖羊
	Suzhou	綿羊
	Wuxi	綿羊, 湖羊
	Haining (Yanguan)	湖羊
	Danyang	綿羊
	Hangzhou	綿羊
	Ningbo	綿羊
	Jinhua	綿羊

Derived terms

• 綿羊絨／绵羊绒 (miányángróng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
綿	羊
めん Grade: 5	よう Grade: 3
goon

Etymology

From Chinese 綿羊／绵羊 (miányáng).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) めんよー [mèń'yóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [mẽ̞ɰ̃jo̞ː]

Noun

綿(めん)羊(よう) • (men'yō) ^{←めんやう (men'yau)?}

1. Synonym of 羊 (hitsuji, “sheep”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
綿	羊

Noun

綿羊 • (myeonyang) (hangeul 면양)

1. Hanja form^? of 면양 (“sheep”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
綿	羊

Proper noun

綿羊

1. chữ Hán form of Miên Dương (“Aries”).