掌牛

Chinese

		palm (of hand); in charge of	ox; cow; bull
simp. and trad. (掌牛)		掌	牛

Pronunciation

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chóng-ngiù

  (Meixian, Guangdong): zong³ ngiu²

• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): zion² ghu⁵

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chóng-ngiù
    • Hakka Romanization System: zong` ngiuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zong³ ngiu²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡soŋ³¹ ŋi̯u¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: zong³ ngiu²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɔŋ³¹ ŋiu¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zion² ghu⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsióⁿ gû
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sĩõ⁵²⁻³⁵ ɡu⁵⁵/

Verb

掌牛

1. (Hakka, Teochew) to graze cattle; to put cattle out to pasture

Synonyms

• 放牛 (fàngniú)
• (Cantonese) 睇牛
• (Gan) 䁐牛