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牛
Niú
1. surname Niu
Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 4 strokes Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

牛
niú
ox, cow, bull
HSK 2 4 丶

Compound Words (20)

丑牛
chǒuniú
Year 2, year of the Bull or Ox (e.g. 2009)
乳牛
rǔniú
dairy cattle
公牛
gōngniú
bull
吹牛
chuīniú
to talk big
HSK 6
土牛
tǔniú
clay ox
天牛
tiānniú
Longhorn beetle
奶牛
nǎiniú
milk cow
小牛
xiǎoniú
calf
斗牛
DǒuNiú
Big Dipper and Altair (astronomy)
牦牛
máoniú
yak (Bos grunniens)
水牛
shuǐniú
water buffalo
海牛
hǎiniú
manatee
牛黄
niúhuáng
bezoar
牛B
niúbī
variant of [[牛屄<niúbī>]]
牛仔
niúzǎi
cowboy
牛奶
niúnǎi
cow's milk
HSK 2
牛屄
niúbī
awesome
牛市
niúshì
bull market (i.e. period of rising share prices)
牛年
niúnián
Year of the Ox or Bull (e.g. 2009)
牛心
niúxīn
mulishness

Alternate Entries

牛
niú
ox / cow / bull / CL:[[條|条<tiáo>]], [[頭|头<tóu>]] / (slang) awesome

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
2
Character Frequency Rank
1,017
Word Frequency Rank
1,709 of 84,292