牛鼻子

Chinese

		ox; cow; bull	nose; snot; mucus
simp. and trad. (牛鼻子)		牛	鼻子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): niúbízi

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄅㄧˊ ˙ㄗ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau⁴ bei⁶ zi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: niúbízi
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄅㄧˊ ˙ㄗ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nióubízi̊h
  - Wade–Giles: niu²-pi²-tzŭ⁵
  - Yale: nyóu-bí-dz
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nioubyi.tzy
  - Palladius: нюбицзы (njubiczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ pi³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngau⁴ bei⁶ zi²
  - Yale: ngàuh beih jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁴ bei⁶ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁴ béi⁶ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ pei̯²² t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

牛鼻子

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 牛 (niú),‎ 鼻子: ox muzzle
(figuratively) crux; key element; crucial point
(informal, dated) Taoist priest

Synonyms

(crux):

癥結／症结 (zhēngjié) (figurative)
肯綮 (figurative)
要害 (yàohài)
關鍵／关键 (guānjiàn)
關鍵之處／关键之处 (guānjiàn zhī chù)

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