# 羊咩
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng$^4$ me$^1$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ieo$^2$ me$^1$ / iuⁿ$^2$ me$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: joeng$^4$ me$^1$
*** Yale: yèuhng mē
*** Cantonese Pinyin: joeng$^4$ me$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yêng$^4$ mé$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /jœːŋ²¹ mɛː⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ieo$^2$ me$^1$ [Phonetic: ieo$^5$ me$^1$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: á̤uⁿ-ma̤
*** Sinological IPA : /ieu¹³⁻²¹ me⁵³³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: iuⁿ$^2$ me$^1$ [Phonetic: iuⁿ$^5$ me$^1$]
*** Sinological IPA : /ĩũ¹³⁻²¹ me⁵³³/

### Noun

羊咩
* (Cantonese, Puxian Min) sheep; goat

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 羊 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 羊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 羊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 羊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 羊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 羊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 羊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 羊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 羊 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 羊 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 羊 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 羊 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 羊 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 羊 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 羊 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 羊 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 羊 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 羊 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 羊 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 羊 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 羊 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 羊 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 羊 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 羊 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 羊 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 羊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 羊, 羊子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 羊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 羊, 羊子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 羊, 羊子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 羊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 羊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 羊, 羊咩 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 羊 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 羊 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 羊 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 羊 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 羊, 羊咩 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 羊, 羊咩, 羊咩咩 childish |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 羊 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 羊 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 羊 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 羊 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 羊, 羊咩 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 羊, 羊咩 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 羊 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 羊 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 羊 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 羊仔 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 羊 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 羊仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 羊仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 羊仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 羊 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 羊仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 羊 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 羊 |
| Hakka | Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 羊 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 羊 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 羊 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 羊 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 羊, 羊兒 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 羊 |
| Jin | Linhe | 羊 |
| Jin | Jining | 羊 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 羊 |
| Jin | Baotou | 羊 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 羊 |
| Jin | Handan | 羊 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 羊 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 羊 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 羊, 羊咩咩 childish |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 羊, 羊咩咩 childish |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 羊咩咩 childish |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 羊仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 羊 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 羊仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 羊 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 羊仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 羊 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 羊 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 羊 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 羊 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 羊 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 羊 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 羊 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 羊 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 羊 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 羊 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 羊 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 羊 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 羊 |
| Southern Min | Chiang Mai (Teochew) | 羊 |
| Southern Min | Hat Yai (Teochew) | 羊 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 羊 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 羊 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 羊 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 羊, 羊咩 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 羊 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 羊咩, 羊 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 羊 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 羊咩 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 羊 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 羊, 羊咩 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 羊, 羊咩 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 羊, 羊咩 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 羊, 羊咩咩 childish |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 羊 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 羊 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 羊 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 羊 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 羊 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 羊 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 羊 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 羊 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 羊 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 羊 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 羊 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 羊 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 羊 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 羊 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 羊 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 羊, 羊媽媽 |
| Wu | Danyang | 羊子 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 羊 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 羊兒 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 羊 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 羊 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 羊 |

#### Derived terms

* 羊咩屎
* 羊咩鬚 / 羊咩须

### 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), “羊咩”, 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 302.