水牯牛

Chinese

		water; river	bull; ox; cow
simp. and trad. (水牯牛)		水	牯牛

Pronunciation

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵sy-ku-gnieu

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• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵sy-ku-gnieu
    • MiniDict: sy^去 ku nyeu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²sr-ku-nyieu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sz̩³³ ku⁵⁵ n̠ʲiɤ²¹/

Noun

水牯牛

1. (Shanghainese) male buffalo
2. (Nanjing Mandarin) longhorn beetle; longicorn

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 公水牛 (“male water buffalo”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Mandarin	Guiyang	水牯
	Liuzhou	水牛牯
Hakka	Meixian	水牛牯
	Xingning	水牛牯
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	水牛牯
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	水牛牯
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	水牛牯
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	水牛牯
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	水牛牯
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	水牛牯
Huizhou	Fuliang	水牯
Wu	Shanghai	水牯牛
	Shanghai (Jiading)	水牯牛
	Wenzhou	水牯
	Jinhua	水牯 uncastrated, 水羯 castrated
Xiang	Changsha	水牯

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

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		天牛
Mandarin	Taiwan	天牛
	Jinan	老牛, 天牛
	Luoyang	天牛郎
	Yinchuan	天牛
	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