# 水牛
## Chinese

* 水牛

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): shuǐniú
       (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): sui$^3$ nyiu$^2$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): seoi$^2$ ngau$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): sui$^2$ ngeu$^3$
* Gan (Wiktionary): 'sui$^3$ nyiu$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): súi-ngiù
    (Hailu, HRS): shui$^ˊ$ ngiu
    (Meixian, Guangdong): sui$^3$ ngiu$^2$
* Northern Min (KCR): sṳ̌-niû
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chúi-gû / súi-gû / súiⁿ-gû
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zui$^2$ ghu$^5$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^5$sy-nieu / $^5$syu$_3$-gnieu$_2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐniú
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shuěinióu
*** Wade–Giles: shui$^3$-niu$^2$
*** Yale: shwěi-nyóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeiniou
*** Palladius: шуйню (šujnju)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: sui$^3$ nyiu$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sui niu
*** Sinological IPA : /suei⁵³ nʲiəu²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: seoi$^2$ ngau$^4$
*** Yale: séui ngàuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: soey$^2$ ngau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sêu$^2$ ngeo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɵy̯³⁵ ŋɐu̯²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: sui$^2$ ngeu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /sui⁵⁵ ᵑɡeu²²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: 'sui$^3$ nyiu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /ˈsui²¹³⁻¹³ n̠ʲiu³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: súi-ngiù
*** Hakka Romanization System: sui$^ˋ$ ngiu$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: sui$^3$ ngiu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /su̯i³¹ ŋi̯u¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: shui$^ˊ$ ngiu
*** Sinological IPA: /ʃui²⁴⁻³³ ŋiu⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: sui$^3$ ngiu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /suɪ³¹ ŋiu¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sṳ̌-niû
*** Sinological IPA : /sy²¹ niu³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Penang, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-gû
*** Tâi-lô: tsuí-gû
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zuy'guu
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡu²³/
*** IPA (Penang): /t͡sui⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ ɡu²³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡu²⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡu²⁴/
*** IPA (Singapore): /t͡sui⁴²⁻²⁴ ɡu²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Yongchun, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: súi-gû
*** Tâi-lô: suí-gû
*** Phofsit Daibuun: suy'guu
*** IPA (Yongchun, Taipei, Xiamen): /sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡu²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡu²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡu²³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: súiⁿ-gû
*** Tâi-lô: suínn-gû
*** Phofsit Daibuun: svuy'guu
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /suĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡu¹³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: zui$^2$ ghu$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsúi gû
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sui⁵²⁻³⁵ ɡu⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$sy-nieu
*** MiniDict: sy$^去$ nieu
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$sr-nieu
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sz̩³³ niɤ⁴⁴/
** (Northern: Suzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^5$syu$_3$-gnieu$_2$
*** MiniDict: syu$^上$ nyeu$^平$
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /sz̩ʷ⁵² n̠ʲʏ³³/

### Noun

水牛
* buffalo; water buffalo
* (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Singapore Hokkien, Huizhou) someone who drinks a lot of water

#### Synonyms

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

#### Derived terms

* 山水牛
* 水牛城 (Shuǐniúchéng)
* 水牛婆
* 水牛牯

#### See also

* (not to be confused with) 水牛兒／水牛儿 (shuǐniúr)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 水 | 牛 |
| すい Grade: 1 | ぎゅう Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) すいぎゅう [sùígyúú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [sɨiɡʲɨː]

### Noun

水(すい)牛(ぎゅう) or 水牛(スイギュウ) • (suigyū)
* water buffalo

#### Synonyms

* 呉牛(ごぎゅう) (gogyū)

#### Derived terms

* 山水牛(やますいぎゅう) (yamasuigyū, “anoa”)

### References

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

## Okinawan

Kanji in this term :
| 水 | 牛 |
| Grade: 1 | Grade: 2 |

### Etymology

Compound of 水 (miji, “water”) +‎ 牛 (ushi, “cow”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mid͡ʑiʔuɕi/

### Noun

水牛(みじうし) (mijiushi)
* water buffalo