牽牛子

See also: 牵牛子

Chinese

		longhorn beetle; longicorn	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (牽牛子)		牽牛	子
simp. (牵牛子)		牵牛	子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiānniúzǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄗˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hin¹ ngau⁴ zi²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khan-gû-chú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiānniúzǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄗˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciannióuzǐh
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-niu²-tzŭ³
  - Yale: chyān-nyóu-dž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiannioutzyy
  - Palladius: цяньнюцзы (cjanʹnjuczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hin¹ ngau⁴ zi²
  - Yale: hīn ngàuh jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hin¹ ngau⁴ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: hin¹ ngeo⁴ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːn⁵⁵ ŋɐu̯²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khan-gû-chú
  - Tâi-lô: khan-gû-tsú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qan'guzuo
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡu²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/

Noun

牽牛子

(traditional Chinese medicine) seed of the morning glory (Ipomoea, syn. Pharbitis) (a herb used to treat asthma, phlegm, cough, flatulence and constipation)
(Xining Mandarin) morning glory

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 牽牛花 (“morning glory (Ipomoea nil)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		牽牛花
Taxonomic name		牽牛
Mandarin	Beijing	牽牛花兒, 喇叭花兒, 勤娘子
	Taiwan	喇叭花, 牽牛花
	Harbin	喇叭花兒, 爬山虎兒
	Yantai (Muping)	大碗子花兒
	Jinan	喇叭花
	Luoyang	喇叭花兒
	Wanrong	牽牛龍, 喇叭花
	Xi'an	牽牛花
	Yinchuan	喇叭花
	Lanzhou	牽牛花, 喇叭花
	Xining	牽牛子
	Ürümqi	牽牛花兒
	Wuhan	喇叭花
	Chengdu	喇叭花, 牽牛花
	Guiyang	牽牛花
	Kunming	喇叭花
	Liuzhou	喇叭花, 牽牛花
	Xuzhou	牽牛花兒, 牽牛花, 喇叭花兒, 喇叭花
	Yangzhou	喇叭花
	Nanjing	喇叭花
	Nantong	喇叭花
Cantonese	Guangzhou	喇叭花, 哬哚花
	Hong Kong	牽牛花, 喇叭花
	Dongguan	喇叭花
Gan	Nanchang	喇叭花
	Lichuan	牽牛花
	Pingxiang	喇叭花
Hakka	Meixian	牽牛花, 喇叭花
	Yudu	牽牛花
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	牽牛花
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	牽牛花
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	牽牛花
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	碗花, 牽牛花
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	牽牛花
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	牽牛花
Huizhou	Jixi	喇叭花
Jin	Taiyuan	牽牛花, 喇叭花
Jin	Xinzhou	牽牛牛花兒, 牽牛牛
Northern Min	Jian'ou	喇叭花
Southern Min	Xiamen	鼓吹花
	Quanzhou	咹咹花
	Zhangzhou	鼓吹花
	Taipei	鼓吹花
	Kaohsiung	鼓吹花
	Yilan	鼓吹花
	Changhua (Lukang)	鼓吹仔花
	Taichung	鼓吹花
	Taichung (Wuqi)	牽牛花
	Tainan	喇叭花, 鼓吹花
	Taitung	鼓吹花
	Hsinchu	鼓吹花
	Penghu (Magong)	鼓吹花
	Penang (Hokkien)	喇叭花
	Shantou	喇叭花
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	番囝藤
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	哬哚花
Wu	Shanghai	喇叭花
	Shanghai (Chongming)	牽牛花, 喇叭花
	Suzhou	喇叭花
	Danyang	牽牛花, 喇叭花
	Hangzhou	喇叭花
	Ningbo	喇叭花
	Wenzhou	牽牛花, 喇叭花
	Jinhua	牽牛花, 喇叭花
Xiang	Changsha	牽牛花, 喇叭花
Xiang	Loudi	喇叭花

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (牽牛子):

→ Japanese: 牽(けん)牛(ご)子(し) (kengoshi); 牽(けに)牛(ご)子(し) (kenigoshi)

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