開荒牛

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	out of practice; uncultivated	ox; cow; bull
trad. (開荒牛)		開	荒	牛
simp. (开荒牛)		开	荒	牛
Literally: “ox for opening up wasteland”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kāihuāngniú

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄞㄏㄨㄤㄋㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ fong¹ ngau⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kāihuāngniú
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄞㄏㄨㄤㄋㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kaihuangnióu
  - Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-huang¹-niu²
  - Yale: kāi-hwāng-nyóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaihuangniou
  - Palladius: кайхуанню (kajxuannju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoi¹ fong¹ ngau⁴
  - Yale: hōi fōng ngàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ fong¹ ngau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ fong¹ ngeo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ fɔːŋ⁵⁵ ŋɐu̯²¹/

Noun

開荒牛

(originally Cantonese) pioneer

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