牛痘

Chinese

		ox; cow; bull	small pox
simp. and trad. (牛痘)		牛	痘

Etymology

First attested in 𠸄咭唎國新出種痘奇書 [1805], a short treatise on the smallpox vaccine written by English physician Dr. Alexander Pearson and translated into Chinese by Sir George Thomas Staunton (Chng, 2012).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): niúdòu

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄉㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau⁴ dau⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): gû-tāu

(Teochew, Peng'im): ghu⁵ dao⁷

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: niúdòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄉㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nióudòu
  - Wade–Giles: niu²-tou⁴
  - Yale: nyóu-dòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nioudow
  - Palladius: нюдоу (njudou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ toʊ̯⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    牛斗
    牛痘
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngau⁴ dau⁶
  - Yale: ngàuh dauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁴ dau⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁴ deo⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ tɐu̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-tāu
  - Tâi-lô: gû-tāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gu'dau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² tau²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² tau⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡu¹³⁻²² tau²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ghu⁵ dao⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: gû tāu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɡu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tau¹¹/

Noun

牛痘

cowpox
smallpox pustule; vaccine pustule

Derived terms

牛痘苗 (niúdòumiáo)
種牛痘／种牛痘 (zhòng niúdòu)

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