瘤牛

Chinese

		tumour	ox; cow; bull
simp. and trad. (瘤牛)		瘤	牛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liúniú

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄋㄧㄡˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liúniú
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lióunióu
    • Wade–Giles: liu²-niu²
    • Yale: lyóu-nyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liouniou
    • Palladius: люню (ljunju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/

Noun

瘤牛

1. zebu (domesticated ox native to Asia and Africa)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
瘤	牛
こぶ Hyōgaiji	うし Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 瘤 (kobu, “hump”) +‎ 牛 (ushi, “ox”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こぶ​うし [kòbúꜜùshì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞bɯ̟ᵝɯ̟ᵝɕi]

Noun

瘤(こぶ)牛(うし) or 瘤牛(コブウシ) • (kobuushi) 

1. zebu

Synonyms

• 犎牛(ほうぎゅう) (hōgyū), インド牛(うし) (indoushi), ゼブ (zebu)