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牛

niú

HSK 2 Character Measure word 条、头

What 牛 means

1. ox
2. cow
3. bull
4. newton (abbr. for {牛顿|niú dùn})
5. slangawesome

Other readings

牛 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Niúsurname Niu

Example sentences

• 牛！
  Hotshot!
• 牛有角。
  Cows have horns.
• 加点牛奶。
  Jiādiǎn niúnǎi.
  Add a little milk.
• 牛奶馊了。
  Niúnǎi sōu le.
  The milk is sour.
• 牛吃牧草。
  Niú chī mùcǎo.
  Cows are grazing in the meadow.
• 没牛奶了。
  There isn't any milk left.

Words starting with 牛

• 牛奶niú nǎicow's milk
• 牛仔裤niú zǎi kùjeans
• 牛肉niú ròubeef
• 牛津Niú jīnOxford (city in England)
• 牛仔niú zǎicowboy
• 牛排niú páisteak
• 牛皮niú pícowhide; leather; fig. flexible and tough
• 牛皮癣niú pí xuǎnpsoriasis
• 牛羊niú yángcattle and sheep; livestock
• 牛棚niú péngcowshed; makeshift detention center set up by Red Guards in the Cultural Revolution…
• 牛津大学Niú jīn Dà xuéUniversity of Oxford
• 牛肉面niú ròu miànbeef noodle soup
• 牛鬼蛇神niú guǐ shé shénevil monsters; (fig.) bad characters; (political) bad elements
• 牛头niú tóuox head; ox-head shaped wine vessel
• 牛马niú mǎoxen and horses; beasts of burden; (fig.) drudge; laborer
• 牛皮纸niú pí zhǐkraft paper
• 牛顿niú dùnnewton (SI unit of force)
• 牛市niú shìbull market
• 牛角niú jiǎocow horn
• 牛郎niú lángcowherd boy; (slang) male prostitute
• 牛犊niú dúcalf
• 牛油niú yóubutter; beef tallow
• 牛肉干niú ròu gāndried beef; beef jerky
• 牛虻niú ménggadfly (Tabanus bovinus)

Words containing 牛

• 吹牛chuī niúto talk big; to brag; to shoot off one's mouth; (dialect) to chat idly
• 蜗牛wō niúsnail; Taiwan pr. guā niú
• 小牛xiǎo niúcalf; (colloquial) lower-priced model of Lamborghini
• 奶牛nǎi niúmilk cow; dairy cow
• 黄牛huáng niúox; cattle; scalper of tickets etc; (dialect) to fail to show up
• 斗牛dòu niúbullfighting
• 牦牛máo niúyak (Bos grunniens)
• 公牛gōng niúbull
• 水牛shuǐ niúwater buffalo
• 金牛座Jīn niú zuòTaurus (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
• 金牛Jīn niúTaurus (star sign); Jinniu district of Chengdu city 成都市
• 犀牛xī niúrhinoceros
• 斗牛士dòu niú shìmatador; toreador; bullfighter
• 九牛二虎之力jiǔ niú èr hǔ zhī lìtremendous strength (idiom)
• 多如牛毛duō rú niú máo(lit.) as numerous as the hairs of an ox (idiom); (fig.) innumerable; countless
• 蒙牛Měng niúChina Mengniu Dairy Company Limited
• 钻牛角尖zuān niú jiǎo jiānlit. to penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom); fig. to waste time on an insoluble or…
• 风马牛不相及fēng mǎ niú bù xiāng jíto be completely unrelated to one another (idiom); irrelevant
• 疯牛病fēng niú bìngmad cow disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy)
• 牵牛qiān niúmorning glory (Pharbitis nil)
• 原牛yuán niúaurochs (Bos primigenius), extinct wild ox
• 和牛hé niúwagyu
• 土牛tǔ niúclay ox; mound of earth on a dike (ready for emergency repairs)
• 大牛dà niú(colloquial) leading light; superstar; badass

Characters that look like 牛

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 午wǔ7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of…
• 布bùcloth; to declare; to announce
• 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work
• 申shēnto extend; to state; to explain
• 半bànhalf; semi-; incomplete
• 孕yùnpregnant