# 牝牛
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pìnniú
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄣˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): pan$^5$ ngau$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pīn-giû
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pìnniú
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄣˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pìnnióu
*** Wade–Giles: pʻin$^4$-niu$^2$
*** Yale: pìn-nyóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pinnniou
*** Palladius: пиньню (pinʹnju)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰin⁵¹ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: pan$^5$ ngau$^4$
*** Yale: páhn ngàuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pan$^5$ ngau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pen$^5$ ngeo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɐn¹³ ŋɐu̯²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pīn-giû
*** Tâi-lô: pīn-giû
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pixn'giuu
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pin²²⁻²¹ ɡiu²⁴/

### Noun

牝牛
* (literary) female cow

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 牯, 牝牛 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 母牛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 母牛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 母牛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 乳牛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 乳牛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 乳牛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 乳牛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 母牛, 乳牛, 女牛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 女牛 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 氏牛, 母牛 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 牸牛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 母牛, 牸牛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 騇牛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 兕牛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 母牛, 乳牛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 乳牛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 母牛, 牸牛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 乳牛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 乳牛 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 乳牛 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 乳牛 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 乳牛 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 母牛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 母牛, 騇牛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 母牛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 母牛, 牸牛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 母牛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 母牛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 母牛, 牛婆 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 母牛, 騇牛 suburbs |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 牸牛, 母牛 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 母牛, 牸牛 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 母牛, 騇牛 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 騇牛 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 牛乸 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 牛乸 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 牛乸 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 牛乸 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 牛乸 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 牛乸 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 牛乸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 牛乸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 牛乸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 牛乸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 牛乸, 牛牸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 牛乸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 牛乸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 牛乸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 牛乸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 牛乸 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 牛乸 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 牛乸 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 牛乸 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 牛乸 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 牛乸 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 牛乸 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 牛乸 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 牛乸 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 牛乸 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 牛乸 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 牛乸, 牛牸 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 牛乸 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 牛乸 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 牛乸 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 牛乸, 牛牸 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 牛乸 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 牛乸 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 牛乸 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 牛乸 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 牛乸 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 母牛 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 母牛 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 牛乸 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 牛乸 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 牛婆 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 牛𡡉, 𡡉兒 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 牛婆, 牛婆子, 牸牛, 牛牸 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 牛嫲 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 牛乸, 牛牸 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua) | 牛乸 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua) | 牛乸 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua) | 牛乸 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 牛嫲, 牛牸仔 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Pingling Bendihua) | 牛乸 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Luxi Bendihua) | 牛乸, 牛嫲, 牛雌 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 牛乸 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 牛嫲 |
| Hakka | Zengcheng (Zhengguo) | 牛嫲 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 牛嫲 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 牛嫲 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 牛嫲, 牛牸 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 牛乸 |
| Hakka | Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua) | 牛乸 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) | 牛嫲 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua) | 牛嫲 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai Bendihua) | 牛嫲 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua) | 牛乸 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) | 牛嫲 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua) | 牛嫲 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua) | 牛嫲 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 牛嫲 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 牛嫲 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 牛嫲 |
| Hakka | Changting | 牛嫲 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 牛嫲 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 牛嫲 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 牛婆 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 牛婆 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 牛婆 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 牛嫲 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 牛嫲 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 牛嫲 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 牛嫲 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 牛嫲 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 牛嫲 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 牛嫲 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 牛嫲 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 牛牳婆 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 牛嫲 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 牛嫲 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 牛婆 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 母牛 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 母牛 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 雌牛, 母牛 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 母牛 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 母牛 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 母牛, 兕牛子 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 母牛 |
| Jin | Linhe | 乳牛 |
| Jin | Jining | 母牛 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 乳牛 |
| Jin | Baotou | 母牛 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 乳牛 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 乳牛 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 牛嫲 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 牛嫲 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 牛嫲 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 牛嫲 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 牛嫲 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 牛母 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 牛母 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 牛母 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 牛母 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 牛母 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 牛母 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 牛母 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 牛母 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 牛母 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 牛母 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 牛母 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 牛母 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 牛母 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 牛母 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 牛母 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 牛母 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 牛母 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 牛母 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 牛母 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 牛母 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 牛母 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 牛母 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 牛母 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 牛母 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 牛母 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 牛母 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 牛母 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 牛母 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 牛母, 牛種仔 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 母牛 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 牛母 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 牛母 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 牛母 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 牛母 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 牛母 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 牛母 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 牛母 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 牛母 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 牛母 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 牛母 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 牛母 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 母牛 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 雌牛 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 雌牛 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 母牛 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 雌牛 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 雌牛 |
| Wu | Danyang | 母牛 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 母牛 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 牛娘, 雌牛 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 牛娘, 牛牸, 草嘅牛 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 雌牛, 牸牛 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 牛婆子, 牛婆 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 牛婆子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 牛婆子, 牸牛 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 牛婆子, 牸牛 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 牛婆 |

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 牝 | 牛 |
| め Hyōgai | うし Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi ||
For pronunciation and definitions of 牝牛 – see the following entry. :
| 【雌牛めうし】 | [noun] cow, heifer |
(This term, 牝牛, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 牝 | 牛 |
| ひん Hyōgai | ぎゅう Grade: 2 |
| kan'yōon ||

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ひんぎゅう [hìńgyúú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [çĩŋʲɡʲɨː]

#### Noun

牝(ひん)牛(ぎゅう) • (hingyū)
* cow, heifer

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN