牛 (niú)
cow/ox/beef/surname Niu
How 牛 is written
- Strokes
- 4
- Traditional
- 牛
- Simplified
- 牛 (unchanged)
Common words using 牛
- 牛奶 niúnǎi
- cow's milk; CL:瓶[ping2],杯[bei1]
- 金牛 jīnniú
- Taurus (star sign); Jinniu district of Chengdu city 成都市[Cheng2 du1 shi4], Sichuan
- 金牛座 jīnniúzuò
- Taurus (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
- 伏牛山 fúniúshān
- Funiu mountain range in southwest Henan, an eastern extension of Qinling range 秦嶺山脈|秦岭山脉[Qin2 ling3 shan1 mai4], Shaanxi
- 公牛 gōngniú
- bull
- 吹牛 chuīniú
- to talk big; to shoot off one's mouth; to chat (dialect)
- 奶牛 nǎiniú
- milk cow; dairy cow
- 斗牛 dǒuniú
- Big Dipper and Altair (astronomy)
- 牛仔 niúzǎi
- cowboy
- 牛仔褲 niúzǎikù
- jeans; CL:條|条[tiao2]; also written 牛崽褲|牛崽裤
- 牛排 niúpái
- steak
- 牛皮 niúpí
- cowhide; leather; fig. flexible and tough
牛 in a sentence
台灣人很喜歡吃牛肉麵。
Táiwānrén hěn xǐhuān chī niúròumiàn.
“Taiwanese people really like eating beef noodles.”
How common is 牛?
牛 is the 1,016th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 89.4% of all running text.
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