牛皮

Chinese

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): niúpí

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄆㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau⁴ pei⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngiù-phì
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): gû-phêr / gû-phê / gû-phôe

(Teochew, Peng'im): gu⁵ puê⁵

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 Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiù-phì
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngiuˇ piˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngiu² pi²
  - Sinological IPA: /ɲi̯u¹¹ pʰi¹¹/
Min Nan
- (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

(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.
(figurative) big talk; bragging; boasting

Adjective

牛皮

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)

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