牛 niú
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niú
noun
an ox; a cow; a bull
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Nature , Concept: Animal 动物
Notes: (Guoyu '牛' n 1; Unihan '牛') -
niú
proper noun
Niu
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '牛' n 4) -
niú
noun
Kangxi radical 93
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '牛' n 3; Unihan '牛') -
niú
proper noun
Taurus
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Astronomy , Concept: Constellation 星座
Notes: (Guoyu '牛' n 2) -
niú
adjective
stubborn
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '牛' adj)
Contained in
- 鸡尸牛后(雞尸牛後) chicken body and ox buttocks; better to be the leader of a small team than an unimportant person in a large team
- 牛角面包(牛角麵包) croissant
- 牛逼 awesome; capable; arrogant; cocky; bastard
- 牛年 Year of the Ox or Bull
- 牛痘病 cow pox
- 沈牛 water buffalo
- 菲力牛排 fillet steak
- 牵牛属(牽牛屬) Pharbitis, genus of herbaceous plants including Morning glory
- 牛头犬(牛頭犬) bulldog
- 公牛 bull
- 丁骨牛排 T-bone steak
- 芥兰牛肉(芥蘭牛肉) beef with broccoli
- 牛心 mulishness; obstinacy
- 比利牛斯 Pyrenees mountains
- 牛膝草 hyssop
- 牛马(牛馬) oxen and horses; beasts of burden
- 气冲牛斗(氣沖牛斗) anger rising to the heavens ; extremely angry; infuriated
- 犍牛 bullock
- 牛肉 beef
- 牛腩 brisket (especially Cantonese); belly beef; spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs
- 牛顿(牛頓) Newton [unit of force] ; 1. Newton (name) / Sir Isaac Newton
- 乳牛 dairy cattle
- 牛只(牛隻) cow; cattle
- 水牯牛 a water buffalo
- 牛头(牛頭) an ox head
- 红牛皮菜(紅牛皮菜) chard (Beta vulgaris)
- 牛屄 awesome; capable; arrogant; cocky; bastard
- 牛角挂书(牛角掛書) to hang one's books on cow horns; to be diligent in one's studies
- 做牛做马(做牛做馬) to work like an ox, to work like a horse; to work extremely hard
- 斗牛(鬥牛) bullfighting
- 犀牛 rhinoceros
- 牛骥同皂(牛驥同皂) cow and famous steed at the same trough; the common and the great are treated alike
- 牛米 newton meter (Nm)
- 煎牛扒 beef steak
- 犛牛 a black ox; a yak
- 牛顿米(牛頓米) newton-meter
- 黄牛(黃牛) a cow ; scalper of tickets ; a representative ; to miss an appointment
- 牛饮(牛飲) gulp
- 牡牛 bull
- 老牛舐犊(老牛舐犢) an old ox licking its calf; (of parents) to dote on one's children
- 牛油 butter
- 鼻牛儿(鼻牛兒) hardened mucus in nostrils
- 牛虻 gadfly (Tabanus bovinus)
- 牛脷酥 ox tongue pastry, oval Guangdong pastry made of fried dough, resembling an ox tongue
- 牛市 bull market
- 奶牛 milk cow; dairy cow
- 汗牛充栋(汗牛充棟) enough books to make a pack-ox sweat or to fill a house to the rafters
Also contained in
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 第二十二回 Chapter 22 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 87
- 第二十三回 Chapter 23 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 86
- 《牛部》 Niú Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 84
- 第六十一回 Chapter 61 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 65
- 第二十一回 Chapter 21 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 62
- 卷六十七 志第二十 五行五 Volume 67 Treatises 20: Five Elements 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 59
- 第二十四回 Chapter 24 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 50
- 第六十回 Chapter 60 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 39
- 第一百二回 Chapter 102 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 38
- 第十二回 Chapter 12 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 29
Collocations
- 卜牛 (卜牛) 改卜牛 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 13
- 免牛 (免牛) 乃免牛 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 10
- 郊牛 (郊牛) 郊牛之口傷 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 10
- 竖牛 (豎牛) 豎牛欲亂其室而有之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 9
- 牛牲 (牛牲) 奉牛牲 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 地官司徒 第二 2. Office of Earth and Minster of Education and Social Welfare — count: 7
- 牛死 (牛死) 牛死 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 6
- 曰牛 (曰牛) 號之曰牛 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 6
- 马牛 (馬牛) 馬牛其風 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 費誓 Zhou Shu - Speech at Bi — count: 5
- 司马牛 (司馬牛) 司馬牛致其邑與珪焉 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 5
- 牛一 (牛一) 牛一 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 召誥 Zhou Shu - Announcement of the Duke of Shao — count: 4