# 湖羊
## Chinese

* 胡羊 (Wu)

### Etymology

湖 is derived from 湖州 (“Huzhou”), where many woolen sheep were reared historically.
The word is alternatively spelled as 胡羊. Some attribute the use the character 胡 (“Western”) to a belief that Huzhou sheep were imported originally from Mongolia.

### Pronunciation

* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$wu-yan$_6$
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$wu-yan$_6$
*** MiniDict: wu$^去$ yan$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhu-hhian$_3$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦu²² ɦiã⁴⁴/

### Noun

湖羊
* (dialectal Northern Wu, including Shanghainese) sheep

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 綿羊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 綿羊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 綿羊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 綿羊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 綿羊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 綿羊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 綿羊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 綿羊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 綿羊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 綿羊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 綿羊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 綿羊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 綿羊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 綿羊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 綿羊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 綿羊 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 綿羊 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 綿羊 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 綿羊 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 綿羊 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 綿羊 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 綿羊 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 綿羊 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 綿羊 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 綿羊 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 綿羊 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 綿羊 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 綿羊 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 綿羊 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 綿羊 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 綿羊 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 綿羊 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 綿羊 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 綿羊 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 綿羊 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 綿羊 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 綿羊 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 綿羊 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 綿羊 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 綿羊 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 綿羊 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 綿羊 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 綿羊 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 綿羊 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 綿羊 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 綿羊 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 綿羊 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 綿羊 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 綿羊 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 綿羊, 毛羊 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 綿羊, 毛羊 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 綿羊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 綿羊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 綿羊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 綿羊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 綿羊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 綿羊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 綿羊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 綿羊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 綿羊, 綿羊子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 綿羊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 綿羊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 綿羊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 綿羊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 綿羊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 綿羊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 綿羊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 綿羊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 綿羊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 綿羊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 綿羊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 綿羊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 綿羊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 綿羊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 綿羊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 綿羊 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 綿羊 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 綿羊 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 綿羊 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 綿羊 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 綿羊子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 綿羊 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 綿羊 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 綿羊 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 綿羊 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 綿羊 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 綿羊 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 綿羊 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 綿羊 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 綿羊 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 綿羊 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 綿羊 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 綿羊 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 綿羊 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 綿羊 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 綿羊 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 綿羊 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 綿羊 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 綿羊 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 綿羊 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 綿羊 |
| Jin | Datong | 綿羊 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 綿羊 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 綿羊 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 綿羊 |
| Jin | Linhe | 綿羊 |
| Jin | Jining | 綿羊 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 綿羊 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 綿羊 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 綿羊 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 綿羊 |
| Jin | Handan | 綿羊 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 綿羊 |
| Jin | Suide | 綿羊 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 綿羊 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 綿羊 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 綿羊 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 綿羊 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 綿羊 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 綿羊 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 綿羊 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 湖羊, 綿羊 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 綿羊, 湖羊 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 湖羊 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 綿羊 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 綿羊, 湖羊 |
| Wu | Haining (Yanguan) | 湖羊 |
| Wu | Danyang | 綿羊 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 綿羊 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 綿羊 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 綿羊 |

#### Derived terms

* 裝湖羊／装湖羊