# 小牛
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiǎoniú
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): siu$^2$ ngau$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoniú
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siǎonióu
*** Wade–Giles: hsiao$^3$-niu$^2$
*** Yale: syǎu-nyóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauniou
*** Palladius: сяоню (sjaonju)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: siu$^2$ ngau$^4$
*** Yale: síu ngàuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: siu$^2$ ngau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xiu$^2$ ngeo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /siːu̯³⁵ ŋɐu̯²¹/

### Noun

小牛
* calf (young cow or bull) (Classifier: 頭／头 m)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 犢 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 牛犢, 小牛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 牛犢兒, 牛犢子, 犢兒, 犢子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 牛犢, 小牛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 牛犢子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 牛犢子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 牛犢子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 牛犢子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 牛犢子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 牛犢子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 牛犢子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 牛犢子, 小牛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 牛犢子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 牛犢子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 牛犢子, 小牛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 牛犢子, 小牛犢兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 小牛 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 牛犢子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 牛犢子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 牛犢子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 牛犢子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 牛犢子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 牛犢子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 牛犢, 牛犢子, 牛犢兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 牛犢子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 牛犢兒, 小牛 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 牛犢子, 小牛 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 牛犢子, 牛犢兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 小牛犢子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 牛犢子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 牛犢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 牛犢兒, 牛娃兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 牛犢子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 牛犢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 牛娃 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 牛犢子, 小牛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 牛犢兒, 小牛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 牛犢兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 牛娃兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 牛娃兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 牛犢子, 牛犢兒, 牛娃兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 牛犢子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 牛犢子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 牛犢子, 尕牛犢兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 小牛犢兒, 牛犢兒, 小牛犢子, 牛犢子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 牛犢子, 小牛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 牛娃子, 牛娃兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 牛巴郎, 牛巴郎郎, 牛犢子, 小牛娃娃 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 牛犢子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 牛娃子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 牛娃子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 牛娃子, 牛犢子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 小牛兒, 牛崽崽, 牛兒子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 小牛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 小牛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 牛兒子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 小牛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 小牛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 小牛, 牛兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 小牛, 牛㹙子, 㹙子, 小牛㹙子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 小牛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 牛犢子, 小牛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 小牛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 牛崽, 小牛崽, 小牛兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 牛崽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 小牛兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 牛崽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 小牛兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 小牛牛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 小牛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 小牛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 牛崽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 牛崽, 小牛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 牛崽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 小牛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 小牛 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 小牛, 牛犢子, 牛秧子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 小牛 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 牛犢子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 小牛 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 小牛 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 小牛 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 小牛 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 小牛 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 小牛, 奶牛 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 牛仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 牛仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 牛仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 牛仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 牛仔 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 牛仔 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 牛仔 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 牛仔 |
| Cantonese | Nanning (Tanka) | 牛仔 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 牛仔 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 牛兒 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 𱒃牛 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 牛仔 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 牛仔 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 牛崽子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 牛崽兒 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 牛崽仔 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 細牛仔 |
| Hakka | Changting | 細牛子 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 細牛子 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 牛仔 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 牛子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 牛子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 牛子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 牛子 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 牛子, 細牛仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 細隻牛仔 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 細牛仔 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 細牛仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 牛子, 細牛仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 牛子, 細牛 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 牛子, 細牛仔, 細牛 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 牛囝 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 牛幺 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 牛仔 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 細牛 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 牛仔 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 細牛 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 小牛 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 牛犢子, 牛娃子 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 牛犢兒 |
| Jin | Datong | 牛犢兒 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 牛犢子, 小牛子 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 牛犢兒, 牛條子, 牛不郎 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 牛犢子 |
| Jin | Linhe | 牛面子 |
| Jin | Jining | 牛犢子 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 牛犢子 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 牛犢子 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 牛犢兒, 小牛犢兒 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 牛犢子 |
| Jin | Handan | 牛犢, 小牛 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 牛犢兒 |
| Jin | Suide | 牛犢子, 牛不老 |
| Jiuxing Yumin | Lanxi | 小牛 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 牛仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 牛囝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 牛囝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 牛囝 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 牛囝 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 牛囝 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 牛囝 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 牛囝 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 牛囝 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 牛囝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 牛囝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 牛仔, 牛仔囝 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 牛仔 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 牛仔 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 牛囝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 牛仔, 牛仔囝 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 牛囝仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 牛仔囝 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 牛仔囝 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 牛仔囝 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 牛仔囝 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 牛仔囝 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 牛仔囝 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 牛仔囝 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 牛仔囝 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 牛仔囝 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 牛仔囝 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 牛囝 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 牛囝 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 牛囝 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 牛囝 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 牛囝 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 牛囝 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 牛囝 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 牛囝 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 牛囝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 牛囝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 牛囝 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 牛囝 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 牛仔 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 牛囝 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 牛崽, 細牛 |
| Waxiang | Yuanling (Shaojiwan) | 小牛子 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 小牛, 㹙 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 小牛 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 小牛 |
| Wu | Danyang | 小牛 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 小牛 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 㹙 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 牛兒, 牛㹙兒, 㹙兒, 牛童兒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 小牛 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 牛崽子 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 牛崽唧 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 牛崽唧 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 牛崽唧 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 牛崽崽 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Dong'an | 牛崽唧 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang) | 牛仔 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang) | 牛仔 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang) | 牛仔 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Zhoutian) | 牛仔 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Shitang) | 牛仔 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Ruyuan (Songwei, Guitou) | 牛仔 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Changlai) | 牛仔 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Beixiang) | 牛仔 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Huangpu) | 牛崽崽 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi) | 牛崽崽 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Sanxi) | 牛仔得 |

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 小 | 牛 |
| こ Grade: 1 | うし Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi ||
For pronunciation and definitions of 小牛 – see the following entry. :
| 【子牛こうし】 | [noun] a calf (young cow or bull) Alternative spellings 仔牛, 犢 |
(This term, 小牛, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :