牛刀 in Chinese

IPA: /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /ɡu²⁴⁻²² to⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Xiamen], /ɡu²⁴⁻²² to³³/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Quanzhou], /ɡu¹³⁻²² to⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], /ɡu²⁴⁻¹¹ to⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Taipei], /ɡu²³⁻³³ tɤ⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Min-Nan], /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵/, /ɡu²⁴⁻²² to⁴⁴/, /ɡu²⁴⁻²² to³³/, /ɡu¹³⁻²² to⁴⁴/, /ɡu²⁴⁻¹¹ to⁴⁴/, /ɡu²³⁻³³ tɤ⁴⁴/ Chinese transliterations: niúdāo [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄉㄠ [Mandarin, bopomofo], gû-to, niúdāo [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄉㄠ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], nióudao [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], niu²-tao¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], nyóu-dāu [Mandarin, Yale, standard], nioudau [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], нюдао [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], njudao [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], gû-to [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], gû-to [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], gu'doy [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 牛刀

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      },
      "expansion": "牛刀",
      "name": "head"
    }
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "60 36 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 47 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "gējī yān yòng niúdāo",
          "word": "割雞焉用牛刀"
        },
        {
          "roman": "gējī yān yòng niúdāo",
          "word": "割鸡焉用牛刀"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shā jī yān yòng niúdāo",
          "word": "殺雞焉用牛刀"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shā jī yān yòng niúdāo",
          "word": "杀鸡焉用牛刀"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "an ox cleaver; a cleaver for butchering oxen"
      ],
      "id": "en-牛刀-zh-noun-O2lvbkdk",
      "links": [
        [
          "cleaver",
          "cleaver"
        ],
        [
          "butchering",
          "butchering"
        ],
        [
          "oxen",
          "oxen"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "niúdāo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄉㄠ"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "gû-to"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "niúdāo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄉㄠ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nióudao"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "niu²-tao¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nyóu-dāu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nioudau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "нюдао"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "njudao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gû-to"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gû-to"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gu'doy"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡu²⁴⁻²² to⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡu²⁴⁻²² to³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡu¹³⁻²² to⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡu²⁴⁻¹¹ to⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡu²³⁻³³ tɤ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡu²⁴⁻²² to⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡu²⁴⁻²² to³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡu¹³⁻²² to⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡu²⁴⁻¹¹ to⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡu²³⁻³³ tɤ⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "牛刀"
}

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      "roman": "gējī yān yòng niúdāo",
      "word": "割雞焉用牛刀"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gējī yān yòng niúdāo",
      "word": "割鸡焉用牛刀"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shā jī yān yòng niúdāo",
      "word": "殺雞焉用牛刀"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shā jī yān yòng niúdāo",
      "word": "杀鸡焉用牛刀"
    }
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        "an ox cleaver; a cleaver for butchering oxen"
      ],
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          "cleaver",
          "cleaver"
        ],
        [
          "butchering",
          "butchering"
        ],
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          "oxen",
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        ]
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        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
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      "zh-pron": "niúdāo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄉㄠ"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "gû-to"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "niúdāo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄉㄠ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nióudao"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "niu²-tao¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nyóu-dāu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nioudau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "нюдао"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "njudao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gû-to"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gû-to"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gu'doy"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡu²⁴⁻²² to⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡu²⁴⁻²² to³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡu¹³⁻²² to⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡu²⁴⁻¹¹ to⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡu²³⁻³³ tɤ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡu²⁴⁻²² to⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡu²⁴⁻²² to³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡu¹³⁻²² to⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡu²⁴⁻¹¹ to⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡu²³⁻³³ tɤ⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "牛刀"
}

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"牛刀" meaning in Chinese

Noun