牛高馬大

Chinese

		ox; cow; bull	high; tall	horse; surname	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
trad. (牛高馬大)		牛	高	馬	大
simp. (牛高马大)		牛	高	马	大
Literally: “as tall as a bull, as large as a horse”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): niúgāomǎdà

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄍㄠㄇㄚˇ ㄉㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau⁴ gou¹ maa⁵ daai⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: niúgāomǎdà
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄍㄠㄇㄚˇ ㄉㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nióugaomǎdà
  - Wade–Giles: niu²-kao¹-ma³-ta⁴
  - Yale: nyóu-gāu-mǎ-dà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niougaumaadah
  - Palladius: нюгаомада (njugaomada)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngau⁴ gou¹ maa⁵ daai⁶
  - Yale: ngàuh gōu máh daaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁴ gou¹ maa⁵ daai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁴ gou¹ ma⁵ dai⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ kou̯⁵⁵ maː¹³ taːi̯²²/

Idiom

牛高馬大

(of a person) robust and tall

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