牛頭

See also: 牛头

Chinese

		ox; cow; bull	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (牛頭)		牛	頭
simp. (牛头)		牛	头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): niútóu

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau⁴ tau⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngiù-thèu
Min Nan (POJ): gû-thâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: niútóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄊㄡˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nioutour
  - IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngau⁴ tau⁴
  - Yale: ngàuh tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁴ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁴ teo⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiù-thèu
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngiuˇ teuˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngiu² teu²
  - IPA: /ɲi̯u¹¹ tʰeu̯¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: gû-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gu'taau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /gu²⁴⁻²² tʰaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /gu²⁴⁻²² tʰaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /gu¹³⁻²² tʰaʊ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /gu²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /gu²³⁻³³ tʰaʊ²³/

Noun

牛頭

ox head
(mythology) Ox-Head, one of the two guardians of hell
(humorous) Taoist priest
(rugby, informal) forward in a scrum
(Taiwan) leader of a class of underachievers (someone who always leads classmates in fooling around)

Derived terms

牛頭馬面／牛头马面 (niútóumǎmiàn)

Related terms

放牛班

Japanese

Kanji in this term
牛	頭
ご Grade: 2	ず Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit गोशीर्ष (gośīrṣa).

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) ごず [góꜜzù] (Atamadaka – [1])
- IPA^(key): [ɡo̞zɨᵝ]

Proper noun

牛頭 (hiragana ごず, rōmaji Gozu, historical hiragana ごづ)

(Buddhism, Chinese mythology, Japanese mythology) Ox-Head, one of the two guardians of hell

See also

馬 (め)頭 (ず) (Mezu)
牛 (ご)頭 (ず)馬 (め)頭 (ず) (Gozu Mezu)

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