| Variety
| Location
| Words |
| Classical Chinese |
犅, 特, 犆 †, 牯 †, 犍 †, 犗 † |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) |
公牛, 牯牛, 牡牛, 雄牛, 犍牛 †, 閹牛 †, 種牛 ‡ |
| Northeastern Mandarin |
Beijing |
公牛 |
| Taiwan |
公牛 |
| Langfang |
牤牛 |
| Ulanhot |
牤牛, 牤子 |
| Tongliao |
牤牛, 牤子 |
| Chifeng |
牤牛 |
| Hulunbuir (Hailar) |
牤牛, 牤子 |
| Harbin |
牤子, 牤牛, 犍牛 † |
| Shenyang |
牤子 |
| Jilu Mandarin |
Tangshan |
牤牛 |
| Cangzhou |
公牛 |
| Baoding |
牤子 |
| Shijiazhuang |
牤牛 |
| Jinan |
牤牛, 公牛, 犍子 † |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin |
Yantai (Muping) |
犍子, 蛋犍子 |
| Qingdao |
公牛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin |
Luoyang |
公牛 |
| Daming |
毛牛 |
| Wanrong |
𤙎牛, 犍牛 † |
| Zhengzhou |
牤牛, 老犍 † |
| Xi'an |
公牛, 犍牛 † |
| Xining |
公牛, 犍牛 † |
| Xuzhou |
牤牛, 牤犍 †, 犍子 † |
| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) |
脬牛, 犍牛 † |
| Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) |
脬牛, 犍牛 † |
| Lanyin Mandarin |
Yinchuan |
騷牛, 犍牛 † |
| Bayanhot |
公牛, 犍牛 |
| Lanzhou |
騷牛, 脬牛, 犍牛 † |
| Ürümqi |
脬牛, 犍牛 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin |
Chengdu |
公牛, 牯牛 |
| Wuhan |
公牛, 牯牛 |
| Guiyang |
牯牛, 騷牯 |
| Kunming |
公牛 |
| Guilin |
公牛 |
| Liuzhou |
公牛, 牛牯, 閹牯 † |
| Jianghuai Mandarin |
Nanjing |
牯子, 騷牯子, 公牛 † |
| Yangzhou |
公牛, 牯牛 |
| Nantong |
公牛, 驐牛 † |
| Hefei |
犍牛, 牯牛 |
| Huanggang |
牯牛 |
| Cantonese |
Guangzhou |
牛公, 牛牯 |
| Hong Kong |
牛公, 公牛 |
| Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) |
牛公 |
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) |
牛公 |
| Hong Kong (Ting Kok) |
牛牯 |
| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) |
牛牯 |
| Macau |
牛公 |
| Guangzhou (Panyu) |
牛公 |
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) |
牛公 |
| Guangzhou (Conghua) |
牛公 |
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng) |
生牯, 牛牯 † |
| Foshan |
牛公 |
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) |
牛公 |
| Foshan (Shunde) |
牛公 |
| Foshan (Sanshui) |
牛牯 |
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) |
牛牯 |
| Zhongshan (Shiqi) |
牛公 |
| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) |
牛公 |
| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) |
牛牯 |
| Zhuhai (Doumen) |
牛公 |
| Jiangmen (Baisha) |
牛牯 |
| Jiangmen (Xinhui) |
牛牯 |
| Taishan |
牛牯, 牛公 |
| Kaiping (Chikan) |
牛牯 |
| Enping (Niujiang) |
牛牯 |
| Heshan (Yayao) |
牛公 |
| Dongguan |
牛公 |
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) |
牛公 |
| Qingyuan |
牛牯 |
| Fogang |
牛牯 |
| Yingde (Hanguang) |
牛公 |
| Yangshan |
牛牯 |
| Lianshan (Butian) |
牛牯 |
| Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) |
牛牯 |
| Shaoguan |
牛公, 牛牯 |
| Shaoguan (Qujiang) |
牛牯 |
| Renhua |
牛牯 |
| Lechang |
牛牯 |
| Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) |
牛牯 |
| Sihui |
牛牯 |
| Guangning |
牛牯 |
| Deqing |
牛公 |
| Huaiji |
牛公 |
| Fengkai (Nanfeng) |
牛牯 |
| Yunfu |
牛牯 |
| Xinxing |
牛牯 |
| Luoding |
牛牯 |
| Yunan (Pingtai) |
牛牯 |
| Yangjiang |
牛公, 牛牯 |
| Xinyi |
牛牯 |
| Lianjiang |
牛公 |
| Nanning |
牛公 |
| Wuzhou |
牛牯 |
| Yulin |
牛公, 牛牯 |
| Danzhou |
公牛 |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) |
牛公 |
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) |
牛公 |
| Gan |
Nanchang |
牛牯, 樣牯子, 驐牯子 † |
| Lichuan |
牛牯, 結牛 † |
| Pingxiang |
牛牯, 牯牛, 閹牛牯 † |
| Guixi |
閹牯 † |
| Hakka |
Meixian |
牛牯, 牛牯仔 |
| Xingning |
牛牯 |
| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) |
牛牯, 牛公 |
| Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) |
牛牯 |
| Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) |
牛牯 |
| Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua) |
牛牯 |
| Dongguan (Qingxi) |
牛公, 牛牯仔 |
| Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua) |
牛公, 牛牯 |
| Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) |
牛公, 牛牯 |
| Boluo (Bendihua) |
牛牯 |
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) |
牛牯 |
| Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) |
牛牯 |
| Zhongshan (Wuguishan) |
牛牯 |
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) |
牛牯 |
| Wuhua (Shuizhai) |
牛牯 |
| Wuhua (Huacheng) |
牛牯 |
| Wuhua (Changbu) |
牛牯 |
| Wuhua (Mianyang) |
牛牯 |
| Heyuan (Bendihua) |
牛牯 |
| Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua) |
牛牯 |
| Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) |
牛牯 |
| Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) |
牛牯 |
| Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) |
牛牯 |
| Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua) |
牛牯 |
| Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) |
牛牯 |
| Shaoguan (Qujiang) |
牛牯 |
| Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) |
牛牯 |
| Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) |
牛牯 |
| Liannan |
牛牯 |
| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) |
牛牯 |
| Jiexi |
牛牯 |
| Changting |
牛牯 |
| Wuping |
牛牯 |
| Ninghua |
牛牯 |
| Yudu |
牛牯 |
| Ruijin |
牛牯 † |
| Shicheng |
牛牯 |
| Shangyou (Shexi) |
牛牯 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) |
牛牯 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) |
牛牯 |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) |
牛牯 |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) |
牛牯 |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) |
牛牯 |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) |
牛牯 |
| Hong Kong |
牛牯 |
| Luchuan |
牛牯 |
| Luchuan (Daqiao) |
牛牯頭 |
| Sabah (Longchuan) |
牛牯 |
| Senai (Huiyang) |
牛牯 |
| Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) |
牛牯 |
| Singkawang |
牛牯 |
| Huizhou |
Jixi |
牯牛, 驐牛 † |
| Huangshan (Tunxi) |
公牛 |
| Yixian |
牯牛, 犍牯 |
| Qimen |
牯牛, 騷牯, 犍牯 † |
| Wuyuan |
牛牯仂 |
| Fuliang |
牯牛 † |
| Dexing |
牛牯, 肉牛 † |
| Jin |
Taiyuan |
公牛 |
| Pingyao |
牙牛 |
| Xinzhou |
公牛, 犍牛 |
| Taibus (Baochang) |
牤牛 |
| Linhe |
騷牛 |
| Jining |
犍牛 |
| Hohhot |
牤牛 |
| Baotou |
犍牛 |
| Dongsheng |
公牛 |
| Zhangjiakou |
犍牛 |
| Handan |
犍牛 |
| Northern Min |
Jian'ou |
牛牯 |
| Jian'ou (Dikou) |
牛牯 |
| Songxi |
牛牯 |
| Zhenghe |
牛牯 |
| Zhenghe (Zhenqian) |
牛牯, 羯牯 † |
| Jianyang |
牛牯 |
| Wuyishan |
牛牯 |
| Pucheng (Shibei) |
牛牯 |
| Eastern Min |
Fuzhou |
牛犅 |
| Fuzhou (Changle) |
牛犅 |
| Fuqing |
牛犅 |
| Yongtai |
牛犅 |
| Gutian |
牛角 |
| Fu'an |
牛牯 |
| Ningde |
牛犅 |
| Shouning |
牛牯 |
| Zhouning |
牛牯 |
| Fuding |
牛牯 |
| Matsu |
牛犅 |
| Southern Min |
Xiamen |
牛犅 |
| Xiamen (Tong'an) |
牛犅 |
| Quanzhou |
牛犅 |
| Jinjiang |
牛犅 |
| Yongchun |
牛犅, 牛牯 ‡ |
| Zhangzhou |
牛犅 † |
| Zhangzhou (Changtai) |
牛犅 |
| Dongshan |
牛公 |
| Taipei |
牛犅, 牛種 ‡ |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) |
牛犅, 牛種 ‡ |
| Kaohsiung |
牛犅, 牛哥 ‡, 牛種仔 ‡ |
| Yilan |
牛犅, 牛哥 ‡, 牛種 ‡ |
| Changhua (Lukang) |
牛公, 牛犅仔, 牛種 ‡ |
| Taichung |
牛公, 牛哥 ‡ |
| Tainan |
牛犅, 牛哥 ‡, 牛種仔 ‡ |
| Hsinchu |
牛犅, 牛哥 ‡ |
| Kinmen |
牛犅, 牛哥 ‡ |
| Penghu (Magong) |
牛犅, 牛哥 ‡ |
| Singapore (Hokkien) |
牛公, 牛犅 |
| Zhangping |
牛犅 |
| Zhangping (Yongfu) |
牛牯, 牛犅 |
| Datian |
牛犅 |
| Pingnan (Shangdu) |
公牛 |
| Chaozhou |
牛牯 |
| Shantou |
牛牯 |
| Shantou (Chenghai) |
牛牯 |
| Shantou (Chaoyang) |
公牛 |
| Jieyang |
牛牯 |
| Haifeng |
牛牯 |
| Bangkok (Teochew) |
牛公 |
| Johor Bahru (Teochew) |
牛牯 |
| Leizhou |
牛牯, 牛閹 † |
| Wenchang |
牛牯 |
| Haikou |
牛公, 牛牯 |
| Puxian Min |
Putian |
牛犅, 牛哥, 公牛 |
| Xianyou |
牛哥 |
| Fuding (Aoyao) |
牛牯 |
| Central Min |
Yong'an |
牛牯 |
| Sanming (Sanyuan) |
牛牯 |
| Zhongshan Min |
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) |
牛翁 |
| Zhongshan (Sanxiang) |
牛牯 |
| Southern Pinghua |
Nanning (Tingzi) |
公牛, 牯牛 |
| Wu |
Shanghai |
雄牛, 公牛, 驐牛 † |
| Shanghai (Songjiang) |
雄牛 |
| Shanghai (Jiading) |
牯牛, 公牛, 驐牛 † |
| Shanghai (Chongming) |
牯牛 |
| Suzhou |
雄牛, 牯牛 |
| Wuxi |
雄牛 |
| Danyang |
公牛 |
| Hangzhou |
公牛 |
| Ningbo |
雄牛, 羯牛 † |
| Wenzhou |
牛牯 |
| Jinhua |
雄牛, 牛牯, 羯牛 † |
| Jinhua (Tangxi) |
羯牯 |
| Xiang |
Changsha |
牛牯子, 牛牯, 牯牛, 牛公子, 牛公, 騷牯子 |
| Xiangtan |
牯牛 |
| Shuangfeng |
牛牯 |
| Hengyang |
牯牛 |
| Quanzhou |
牯牛, 閹牛 † |
| Note |
† - bullock; ‡ - stud |