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
- 牵牛花(牽牛花) white-edged morning glory
- 牛皮菜 chard (Beta vulgaris), a foliage beet
- 斗牛士(鬥牛士) matador; toreador; bullfighter
- 牛山濯濯 treeless hills
- 皮弗娄牛(皮弗婁牛) beefalo
- 金牛座 Taurus
- 乳牛 dairy cattle
- 牛肉干(牛肉乾) dried beef; jerky; charqui
- 牛鸣(牛鳴) an ox's moo
- 吹牛皮 to boast; to talk big
- 牛筋草 wire grass (Eleusine indica)
- 天牛 Longhorn beetle
- 牛屄 awesome; capable; arrogant; cocky; bastard
- 牻牛儿苗科(牻牛兒苗科) Geraniaceae (the geranium family)
- 青椒牛柳 beef with green peppers
- 牤牛 bull
- 牵牛(牽牛) lead an ox ; morning glory
- 牛只(牛隻) cow; cattle
- 丁骨牛排 T-bone steak
- 牛鬼蛇神 ox ghost and snake spirit; bad characters
- 要加牛奶 with milk; white (of tea, coffee etc)
- 牛栏(牛欄) cattle pen
- 一对一斗牛(一對一鬥牛) one-on-one basketball game
- 牛奶糖 milk candy
- 志冲斗牛(志沖斗牛) anger rising to the heavens
- 牛蒡 burdock
- 野牛 wild buffalo
- 牛市 bull market
- 牛腩 brisket (especially Cantonese); belly beef; spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs
- 地牛翻身 earthquake
- 牛顿力学(牛頓力學) Newtonian mechanics
- 犪牛 ancient yak of southeast China
- 血牛 sb who sells one's blood for a living
- 汗牛充栋(汗牛充棟) enough books to make a pack-ox sweat or to fill a house to the rafters
- 牛皮癣(牛皮癬) psoriasis
- 煎牛扒 beef steak
- 牛痘 cowpox
- 九牛一毛 one hair from nine oxen; a drop in the ocean
- 充栋汗牛(充棟汗牛) enough books to fill a house to the rafters or to make a pack-ox sweat
- 真牛 really cool, awesome
- 斗牛梗(鬥牛梗) bull terrier
- 当牛作马(當牛作馬) to work like a horse and toil like an ox; to slave for sb
- 芥兰牛肉(芥蘭牛肉) beef with broccoli
- 植物牛油 margarine
- 牛圈 a cattle enclosure
- 人造牛油 margarine
- 做牛做马(做牛做馬) to work like an ox, to work like a horse; to work extremely hard
- 小牛肉 veal
- 牛角挂书(牛角掛書) to hang one's books on cow horns; to be diligent in one's studies
- 牛心 mulishness; obstinacy
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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
- 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