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牛
niú
1.
ox
2.
cow
3.
bull
4.
CL:[[條|条<tiáo>]], [[頭|头<tóu>]]
5.
(slang) awesome
Very Common • Top 2%
✏️ 4 strokes
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
牛郎
Niúláng
Cowherd of the folk tale Cowherd and Weaving maid [[牛郎織女|牛郎织女]]
牵牛
qiānniú
morning glory (Pharbitis nil)
牛至
niúzhì
oregano (Origanum vulgare)
牛逼
niúbī
variant of [[牛屄<niúbī>]]
牛饮
niúyǐn
gulp
牵牛
Qiānniú
Altair (star)
牛膝
niúxī
Achyranthes bidentata (root used in Chinese medicine)
牛气
niúqi
(coll.) haughty
牛虻
niúméng
gadfly (Tabanus bovinus)
牛轭
niúè
yoke
牛只
niúzhī
cow
牛头
niútóu
ox head
牡牛
mùniú
bull
牸牛
zìniú
cow
牛油
niúyóu
butter
牛腩
niúnǎn
brisket (esp. Cantonese)
牛桥
niúqiáo
Oxbridge
牛比
niúbī
variant of [[牛屄<niúbī>]]
牛舌
niúshé
ox tongue
牛蒡
niúbàng
burdock
Alternate Entries
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 2
- Character Frequency Rank
- 1,017
- Word Frequency Rank
- 1,709 of 84,292
- Radical Number
- 93