牛頭馬面

See also: 牛头马面

Chinese

		oxhead; Daoist priest	Horse-Face, one of the two guardians of hell
trad. (牛頭馬面)		牛頭	馬面
simp. (牛头马面)		牛头	马面

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niútóumǎmiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄇㄚˇ ㄇㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau⁴ tau⁴ maa⁵ min⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngiù-thèu-mâ-mien
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gû-thâu-bé-bīn
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶gnieu-deu-mo-mi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niútóumǎmiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄇㄚˇ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nióutóumǎmiàn
    • Wade–Giles: niu²-tʻou²-ma³-mien⁴
    • Yale: nyóu-tóu-mǎ-myàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nioutourmaamiann
    • Palladius: нютоумамянь (njutoumamjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngau⁴ tau⁴ maa⁵ min⁶
    • Yale: ngàuh tàuh máh mihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁴ tau⁴ maa⁵ min⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁴ teo⁴ ma⁵ min⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ maː¹³ miːn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiù-thèu-mâ-mien
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngiuˇ teuˇ ma´ mien
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngiu² teu² ma¹ mian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯u¹¹ tʰeu̯¹¹ ma²⁴⁻¹¹ mi̯en⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-thâu-bé-bīn
    • Tâi-lô: gû-thâu-bé-bīn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gu'tau'befbin
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡu²³⁻³³ tʰau²³ be⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bin³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴ be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bin²²/
    • IPA (Singapore): /ɡu²⁴⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴ be⁴²⁻²⁴ bin²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡu²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴ be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bin³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶gnieu-deu-mo-mi
    • MiniDict: nyeu^去 deu mo mi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyieu-deu-mo-mi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲiɤ²² dɤ⁵⁵ mo³³ mi²¹/

Proper noun

牛頭馬面

1. (religion) Ox-Head and Horse-Face; guardians of the underworld in Chinese mythology

Idiom

牛頭馬面

1. ugly and wicked person
2. (Hakka) unacceptable; scandalous; outrageous

Descendants

• → Vietnamese: đầu trâu mặt ngựa (calque)