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牛仔
Mandarin · pinyin niú zǎi
Meanings
- cowboy
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2–3 · niu2 zai3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
ngau4 zai2
Cantonese word readings for 牛仔. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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ngau4 zai2
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
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noun · Etymology 1
- cowboy (Classifier: 個/个 m c)
noun · Etymology 2
- (Cantonese, Min) calf (young cow or bull) (Classifier: 隻/只 c)
- (Hakka, Taiwanese Hokkien) cattle; cow
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