放牛

Chinese

		to release; to free; to let go to release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out	ox; cow; bull
simp. and trad. (放牛)		放	牛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fàngniú

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong³ ngau⁴
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵faon-gnieu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fàngniú
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fàngnióu
    • Wade–Giles: fang⁴-niu²
    • Yale: fàng-nyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanqniou
    • Palladius: фанню (fannju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵¹ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fong³ ngau⁴
    • Yale: fong ngàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong³ ngau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong³ ngeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ³³ ŋɐu̯²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵faon-gnieu
    • MiniDict: faon^去 nyeu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²faan-nyieu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /fɑ̃³³ n̠ʲiɤ⁴⁴/

Verb

放⫽牛 (verb-object)

1. to graze cattle; to put cattle out to pasture

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 睇牛
• (Gan, Eastern Min) 䁐牛
• (Hakka, Teochew) 掌牛