牛皮

Chinese

		ox; cow; bull	leather; skin; fur
simp. and trad. (牛皮)		牛	皮

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niúpí

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄆㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau⁴ pei⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngiù-phì
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): gû-phêr / gû-phê / gû-phôe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gu⁵ puê⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niúpí
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄆㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nióupí
    • Wade–Giles: niu²-pʻi²
    • Yale: nyóu-pí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nioupyi
    • Palladius: нюпи (njupi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ pʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngau⁴ pei⁴
    • Yale: ngàuh pèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁴ pei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁴ péi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ pʰei̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiù-phì
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngiu^ˇ pi^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngiu² pi²
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯u¹¹ pʰi¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-phêr
    • Tâi-lô: gû-phêr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² pʰə²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-phê
    • Tâi-lô: gû-phê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: guphee
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² pʰe²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡu²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰe²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-phôe
    • Tâi-lô: gû-phuê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: guphoee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡu¹³⁻²² pʰue¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡu²³⁻³³ pʰue²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gu⁵ puê⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kû phuê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pʰue⁵⁵/

Noun

牛皮

1. (literally) cattle hide

   • 牛皮為鼓，正三軍之眾。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     牛皮为鼓，正三军之众。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Huainanzi, 2^nd century BCE

     Niúpí wéi gǔ, zhèng sānjūn zhī zhòng. [Pinyin]

     The hide of an ox made into a drum directs the multitudes of the Three Armies.

2. (figurative) big talk; bragging; boasting

Adjective

牛皮

1. tough; durable

Derived terms

• 吹牛皮 (chuī niúpí)
• 大吹牛皮
• 牛皮大王 (niúpí dàwáng)
• 牛皮癬 / 牛皮癣 (niúpíxuǎn)
• 牛皮糖
• 牛皮紙 / 牛皮纸 (niúpízhǐ)