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Character: 牛
Modern (Beijing) reading: niú
Preclassic Old Chinese: ŋuǝ
Classic Old Chinese: ŋwǝ
Western Han Chinese: ŋwǝ
Eastern Han Chinese: ŋwǝ
Early Postclassic Chinese: ŋiw
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ŋǝw
Late Postclassic Chinese: ŋǝw
Middle Chinese: ŋǝw
Fanqie: 宜求
Rhyme class: 尤
English meaning : bovine, cattle, cow, ox
Russian meaning[s]: 1) бык, вол, корова; 2) созвездие Тельца; 3) Ню (фамилия)
Shuowen gloss: 大牲也. 牛件也. 件事理也. 象角頭三封尾之形. 凡牛之屬皆從牛.
Comments: For *ŋ- cf. Xiamen, Chaozhou gu2, Fuzhou ŋu2, Jianou niu2.
Radical: 93
Four-angle index: 2469
Vietnamese reading: n'u
Jianchuan Bai: ŋɨ7
Dali Bai: ŋɨ7
Bijiang Bai: ŋɨ7
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋʷǝ̆
Meaning: bull, cow
Kachin: ŋa1 cattle, a taurus.
Comments: Moshang ŋa; Rawang ŋwa ~ ŋa ~ nwa, Trung nuŋ1-ŋwa2 yellow buffalo. Sh. 429; Ben. 50.
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Number: 114
Character: 牛
MC description : 流開三平尤疑
ZIHUI: 3662 1576
Beijing: niou 12
Jinan: ńiou 12
Xi'an: ńiou 12
Taiyuan: niou 1
Hankou: niou 12
Chengdu: ńiǝu 12
Yangzhou: niôɨ 12
Suzhou: ńiöy 12
Wenzhou: ŋau 12
Changsha: ńiôu 12
Shuangfeng: ńiû 12
Nanchang: ńiu 31
Meixian: ńiu 12
Guangzhou: ŋau 12
Xiamen: giu 12 (lit.); gu 12
Chaozhou: gu 12
Fuzhou: ŋieu 12 (lit.); ŋu 12
Shanghai: ńiɨ 32
Zhongyuan yinyun: iou 12
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