牛蛙

Chinese

		ox; cow; bull	frog
simp. and trad. (牛蛙)		牛	蛙

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): niúwā

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄨㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau⁴ waa¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: niúwā
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄨㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niouua
  - IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ u̯ä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngau⁴ waa¹
  - Yale: ngàuh wā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁴ waa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁴ wa¹
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ wäː⁵⁵/

Noun

牛蛙

bullfrog

Japanese

Kanji in this term
牛	蛙
うし Grade: 2	かえる > がえる Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology

牛 (うし) (ushi, “bull; cow; or the like”) + 蛙 (かえる) (kaeru, “frog”)

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) うしがえる [ùshígáꜜèrù] (Nakadaka – [3])
- IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝɕiɡa̠e̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

牛蛙 (hiragana うしがえる, katakana ウシガエル, rōmaji ushigaeru)

an American bullfrog

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