# 牽牛子
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qiānniúzǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄗˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hin$^1$ ngau$^4$ zi$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khan-gû-chú
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qiānniúzǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄗˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ciannióuzǐh
*** Wade–Giles: chʻien$^1$-niu$^2$-tzŭ$^3$
*** Yale: chyān-nyóu-dž
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiannioutzyy
*** Palladius: цяньнюцзы (cjanʹnjuczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hin$^1$ ngau$^4$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: hīn ngàuh jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hin$^1$ ngau$^4$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hin$^1$ ngeo$^4$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /hiːn⁵⁵ ŋɐu̯²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khan-gû-chú
*** Tâi-lô: khan-gû-tsú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qan'guzuo
*** IPA (Taipei): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡu²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/

### Noun

牽牛子
* (traditional Chinese medicine) seed of the morning glory (Ipomoea, syn. Pharbitis) (a herb used to treat asthma, phlegm, cough, flatulence and constipation)
* (Xining Mandarin) morning glory

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 牽牛花 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 牽牛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 牽牛花兒, 喇叭花兒, 勤娘子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 喇叭花, 牽牛花 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 喇叭花兒, 爬山虎兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 喇叭花 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 大碗子花兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 喇叭花兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 牽牛龍, 喇叭花 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 牽牛花 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 牽牛子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 牽牛花兒, 牽牛花, 喇叭花兒, 喇叭花 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 喇叭花 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 牽牛花, 喇叭花 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 牽牛花兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 喇叭花, 牽牛花 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 喇叭花 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 牽牛花 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 喇叭花 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 喇叭花, 牽牛花 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 喇叭花 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 喇叭花 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 喇叭花 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 喇叭花, 哬哚花 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 牽牛花, 喇叭花 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 喇叭花 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 喇叭花 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 牽牛花 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 喇叭花 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 牽牛花, 喇叭花 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 牽牛花 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 牽牛花 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 牽牛花 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 牽牛花 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 碗花, 牽牛花 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 牽牛花 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 牽牛花 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 喇叭花 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 牽牛花, 喇叭花 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 牽牛牛花兒, 牽牛牛 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 喇叭花 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 鼓吹花 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 咹咹花 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 鼓吹花 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 鼓吹花 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 鼓吹花 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 鼓吹花 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 鼓吹仔花 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 鼓吹花 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 牽牛花 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 喇叭花, 鼓吹花 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 鼓吹花 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 鼓吹花 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 鼓吹花 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 喇叭花 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 喇叭花 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 番囝藤 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 哬哚花 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 喇叭花 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 牽牛花, 喇叭花 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 喇叭花 |
| Wu | Danyang | 牽牛花, 喇叭花 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 喇叭花 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 喇叭花 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 牽牛花, 喇叭花 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 牽牛花, 喇叭花 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 牽牛花, 喇叭花 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 喇叭花 |

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 牽(けん)牛(ご)子(し) (kengoshi); 牽(けに)牛(ご)子(し) (kenigoshi)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 牽 | 牛 | 子 |
| けん Jinmeiyō | ご Grade: 2 | し Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi | kan'yōon | on'yomi |

### Noun

牽(けん)牛(ご)子(し) • (kengoshi)
* (traditional Chinese medicine) morning glory seeds, used in medicine
* Synonym of 朝顔 (asagao, “morning glory, Ipomoea”)