# 牛軛
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): niú'è
    (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄜˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau$^4$ aak$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): ngiù-ak
    (Hailu, HRS): ngiu ag
    (Meixian, Guangdong): ngiu$^2$ ag$^5$
* Northern Min (KCR): niû-ă̤
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gu$^2$ eh$^6$
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): nyiou$^2$ nga$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: niú'è
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄜˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: nióu-è
*** Wade–Giles: niu$^2$-o$^4$
*** Yale: nyóu-è
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nioueh
*** Palladius: нюэ (njue)
*** Sinological IPA : /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ ˀɤ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ngau$^4$ aak$^1$
*** Yale: ngàuh āak
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ngau$^4$ aak$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ngeo$^4$ ag$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋɐu̯²¹ aːk̚⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiù-ak
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngiu$^ˇ$ ag$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ngiu$^2$ ag$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯u¹¹ ak̚²/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngiu ag
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋiu⁵⁵ ak⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ngiu$^2$ ag$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋiu¹¹ ak̚¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: niû-ă̤
*** Sinological IPA : /niu³³ ɛ²⁴/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: gu$^2$ eh$^6$ [Phonetic: gu$^4$ eh$^6$]
*** Sinological IPA : /ku¹³⁻⁴² ɛʔ¹/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: gu$^2$ eh$^6$ [Phonetic: gu$^4$ eh$^6$]
*** Sinological IPA : /ku¹³⁻⁴² ɛʔ²/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: nyiou$^2$ nga$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /n̠ʲi̯əu̯¹³ ŋa̠³³/

### Noun

牛軛
* yoke; oxbow

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 牛軛, 牛鞅 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 牛樣子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 牛彀索, 牛軛 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 牛折子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 牛夠腦 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 牛槅頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 牛槅子, 牛槅頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 牛索頭 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 牛槅頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 牛軛頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 枷擔, 牛丫 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 牛軛 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 軛頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 牛軛頭 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 牛軛, 牛逛 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 藤軛 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 頸軛 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 牛軛 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 牛軛 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 牛軛 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 牛軛 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 牛軛 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 牛軛 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 牛軛 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 牛軛 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 牛軛 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 牛角子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 牛構角, 構角 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 牛軛 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 脰軛 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 牛擔, 牛椵, 牛枷車, 枷擔 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 牛擔, 牛椵, 牛枷車, 牛扁擔, 牛蹺擔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 牛擔, 枷擔, 蹺擔 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 牛軛 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 牛軛 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 牛犁擔, 牛擔 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 牛犁擔, 牛軛 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 牛軛 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 押頭 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 牛拗頭, 牛扁擔 |
| Wu | Danyang | 犁軛頭 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 牛軛 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 牛軛 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 牛軛 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 牛軛, 牛枷 |

### References

* 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “牛轭”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 239.