犏牛

Chinese

			ox; cow; bull
simp. and trad. (犏牛)		犏	牛

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): piānniú

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄢㄋㄧㄡˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: piānniú
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄢㄋㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: piannióu
  - Wade–Giles: pʻien¹-niu²
  - Yale: pyān-nyóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pianniou
  - Palladius: пяньню (pjanʹnju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/

Noun

犏牛

hybrid of a bull and a female yak; dzo or dzomo
- 牦牛與黄牛合，則生犏牛。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  牦牛与黄牛合，则生犏牛。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: 15th century CE, 葉盛 (Yèshèng), 水東日記 Diary from East of the River
  Máoniú yǔ huángniú hé, zé shēng piānniú. [Pinyin]
  When a yak cow mates with a yellow bull, they shall give birth to a dzo.