牛油

Chinese

		ox; cow; bull	oil; sly
simp. and trad. (牛油)		牛	油

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niúyóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau⁴ jau⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngiù-yù
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): gû-iû

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ghu⁵ iu⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gnieu-yeu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niúyóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nióuyóu
    • Wade–Giles: niu²-yu²
    • Yale: nyóu-yóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niouyou
    • Palladius: нюю (njuju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ joʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngau⁴ jau⁴
    • Yale: ngàuh yàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁴ jau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁴ yeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ jɐu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiù-yù
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngiu^ˇ iu^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngiu² yiu²
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯u¹¹ i̯u¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiù-yù
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngiu^ˇ (r)iu^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngiu² yiu²
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯u¹¹ (j)i̯u¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-iû
    • Tâi-lô: gû-iû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gu'iuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² iu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² iu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡu¹³⁻²² iu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡu²⁴⁻¹¹ iu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡu²³⁻³³ iu²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ghu⁵ iu⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: gû iû
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɡu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ iu⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶gnieu-yeu
    • MiniDict: nyeu^去 yeu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyieu-hhieu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲiɤ²² ɦiɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

牛油

1. cow fat; beef tallow
2. (regional) butter

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 奶油 (“butter”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	奶油
	Malaysia	牛油
	Singapore	牛油
Central Plains Mandarin	Xining	酥油
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	巴得油
Cantonese	Guangzhou	牛油
	Hong Kong	牛油
	Dongguan	牛油
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	牛油
	Singapore (Guangfu)	牛油
Hakka	Xingning	牛油
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	白塔, 乳油
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	白塔, 乳油
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	白塔, 乳油
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	白塔, 乳油
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	乳油, 白塔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	乳油, 白塔
Jin	Taiyuan	黃油
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	牛奶油
Southern Min	Xiamen	牛油
	Quanzhou	牛油
	Zhangzhou	牛油
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	bá-tah
	Penang (Hokkien)	牛油
	Singapore (Hokkien)	牛油
	Manila (Hokkien)	牛油
	Jieyang	牛油
	Singapore (Teochew)	牛油
Wu	Shanghai	白脫油, 白脫
	Ningbo	白脫

Derived terms

• 植物牛油 (zhíwù niúyóu)
• 牛油果 (niúyóuguǒ)