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鐵牛

鐵牛

See also: 铁牛

Chinese

		iron	ox; cow; bull
trad. (鐵牛)		鐵	牛
simp. (铁牛)		铁	牛

Noun

鐵牛

tractor (farm vehicle)
iron ox (thrown into rivers in ancient times as a ritual for warding off floods)

Synonyms

(tractor): 拖拉機／拖拉机 (tuōlājī)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): tiěniú

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tit³ ngau⁴
Min Nan (POJ): thih-gû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: tiěniú
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tieeniou
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tit³ ngau⁴
  - Yale: tit ngàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tit⁸ ngau⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰiːt̚³ ŋɐu̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thih-gû
  - Tâi-lô: thih-gû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tihguu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ gu²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰi(ʔ)⁵ gu²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ gu¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ gu²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ gu²³/