牛蛙

Chinese

		ox; cow; bull	frog
simp. and trad. (牛蛙)		牛	蛙

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “calque from English bullfrog?”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): niúwā

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄨㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau⁴ waa¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: niúwā
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄨㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nióuwa
  - Wade–Giles: niu²-wa¹
  - Yale: nyóu-wā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niouua
  - Palladius: нюва (njuva)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ wä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngau⁴ waa¹
  - Yale: ngàuh wā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁴ waa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁴ wa¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ waː⁵⁵/

Noun

牛蛙

bullfrog

Japanese

Kanji in this term
牛	蛙
うし Grade: 2	かえる > がえる Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology

牛(うし) (ushi, “bull; cow; or the like”) + 蛙(かえる) (kaeru, “frog”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) うしがえる [ùshígáꜜèrù] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝɕiɡa̠e̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

牛(うし)蛙(がえる) or 牛蛙(ウシガエル) • (ushigaeru)

an American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus)

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