# 牛筋
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): niújīn
       (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄣ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nyiu$^2$ jin$^1$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ngau$^4$ gan$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ngeu$^3$ gin$^{1*}$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): ngiù-kîn
    (Meixian, Guangdong): ngiu$^2$ gin$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): niou$^1$ jing$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): niû-gṳíng
* Eastern Min (BUC): ngù-*gṳ̆ng
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: niújīn
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄣ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: nióujin
*** Wade–Giles: niu$^2$-chin$^1$
*** Yale: nyóu-jīn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nioujin
*** Palladius: нюцзинь (njuczinʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$牛津 牛筋
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: nyiu$^2$ jin$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: niu gin
*** Sinological IPA : /nʲiəu²¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ngau$^4$ gan$^1$
*** Yale: ngàuh gān
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ngau$^4$ gan$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ngeo$^4$ gen$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋɐu̯²¹ kɐn⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ngeu$^3$ gin$^{1*}$
*** Sinological IPA : /ᵑɡeu²² kin³³⁻³³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiù-kîn
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngiu$^ˇ$ gin$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ngiu$^2$ gin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯u¹¹ kin²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ngiu$^2$ gin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋiu¹¹ kin⁴⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: niou$^1$ jing$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /niəu¹¹ t͡ɕĩŋ¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: niû-gṳíng
*** Sinological IPA : /niu³³ kyiŋ⁵⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ngù-*gṳ̆ng
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋu⁵³⁻⁵⁵ kyŋ⁵⁵/

### Noun

牛筋
* tendon or ligament of cattle (often as food)
* (Taishanese, Meixian Hakka, Northern Min, Eastern Min) rubber band; elastic band

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 橡皮筋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 猴皮筋兒, 橡皮筋兒, 皮筋兒, 猴兒筋兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 橡皮筋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 樹膠圈 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 樹膠圈 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 皮筋兒, 猴筋兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 皮筋兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 橡皮圈兒, 橡皮筋兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 橡皮筋, 橡皮箍 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 橡皮筋, 牛皮筋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 橡皮筋, 牛皮筋, 老鼠筋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 橡筋, 橡筋箍 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 橡筋, 橡筋箍 dated |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 橡筋, 牛筋 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 膠箍仔 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 橡皮箍子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 牛筋 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 樹乳仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 樹乳 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 樹乳仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 樹乳 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 樹乳仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 樹乳 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 猴皮筋, 猴皮筋兒 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 牛筋 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 牛筋 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 樹奶條, 樹奶環, 樹奶箍仔 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 樹奶環 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 樹奶環, 樹奶箍仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 樹奶箍仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 樹奶 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 樹奶 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 樹奶箍仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 樹奶 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 樹奶束仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 樹奶, 樹奶箍仔 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 樹奶 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 樹奶 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 樹奶箍仔 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 樹奶 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 樹奶環, 樹奶箍 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 樹奶箍 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 樹奶箍 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 樹奶箍 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 樹奶, 樹皮奶 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 樹奶箍 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 牛皮筋, 橡皮筋 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 橡皮丘兒 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 橡皮箍, 橡皮箍箍, 橡皮筋 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 橡皮箍 |

#### Derived terms

* 牛筋丸
* 牛筋帶／牛筋带
* 牛筋索

### Adjective

牛筋
* (figurative) stubborn