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
- 铁板牛柳(鐵板牛柳) fillet beef teppanyaki (fast grilled on hot iron plate)
- 牛马(牛馬) oxen and horses; beasts of burden
- 牛皮色 buff (color)
- 牛性 mulishness; obstinacy
- 水牛儿(水牛兒) snail
- 牛腩 brisket (especially Cantonese); belly beef; spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs
- 牛仔布 denim
- 斗牛梗(鬥牛梗) bull terrier
- 野牛 wild buffalo
- 黄牛票(黃牛票) scalped tickets
- 要加牛奶 with milk; white (of tea, coffee etc)
- 血牛 sb who sells one's blood for a living
- 鸡口牛后(雞口牛後) chicken beak and ox buttocks; better to be the leader of a small team than an unimportant person in a large team
- 水牯牛 a water buffalo
- 牛车(牛車) an ox-driven cart
- 牛排 steak
- 牦牛(氂牛) a yak
- 牛粪(牛糞) manure
- 对牛弹琴(對牛彈琴) to play the lute to a cow; offering a treat to an unappreciative audience; to cast pearls before swine; caviar to the general; to preach to deaf ears
- 牛脷酥 ox tongue pastry, oval Guangdong pastry made of fried dough, resembling an ox tongue
- 牛顿米(牛頓米) newton-meter
- 黄牛(黃牛) a cow ; scalper of tickets ; a representative ; to miss an appointment
- 扒屋牵牛(扒屋牽牛) to sack the home and lead off the cattle; to strip of everything
- 纯牛奶(純牛奶) pure milk
- 吴牛见月(吳牛見月) cow from Wu is terrified by the moon, mistaking it for the sun
- 水牛 water buffalo
- 沙朗牛排 sirloin steak
- 牛柳 (beef) tenderloin
- 牛骥同皂(牛驥同皂) cow and famous steed at the same trough; the common and the great are treated alike
- 小牛肉 veal
- 牛头(牛頭) an ox head
- 目无全牛(目無全牛) to see the ox already cut up into joints; extremely skilled
- 紫金牛 Japanese ardisia (Ardisia japonica)
- 不加牛奶 without milk; black (of tea, coffee etc)
- 疯牛病(瘋牛病) mad cow disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy)
- 做牛做马(做牛做馬) to work like an ox, to work like a horse; to work extremely hard
- 美味牛肝菌 porcino (Boletus edulis)
- 翁牛特 Ongniud banner
- 牛顿环(牛頓環) Newton's rings
- 乳牛 dairy cattle
- 牛角面包(牛角麵包) croissant
- 羚牛 takin (type of goat-antelope)
- 志冲斗牛(志沖斗牛) anger rising to the heavens
- 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
- 牛屄 awesome; capable; arrogant; cocky; bastard
- 人造牛油 margarine
- 牛骥同槽(牛驥同槽) cow and famous steed at the same trough; the common and the great are treated alike
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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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 马牛 (馬牛) 馬牛其風 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 費誓 Zhou Shu - Speech at Bi — 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