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niú



牛
cow


Definitions

Chinese > English
niú
     1. bovine, e.g. cow, bull, ox, buffalo, bison, yak
     2. beef
           乾gān炒.牛河 - beef chow fun
     3. stubborn; pigheaded
     4. (colloquial) arrogant
     5. (mainland, Mandarin, slang) awesome; powerful
           牛屄 - vulgar awesome
           牛人 - an awesome person
     6. (astronomy) the Ox, a Chinese constellation near Capricorn
     7. (physics) Short for 牛頓, tr=niúdùn, newton
     8. (Hong Kong Cantonese, computing) Short for 火牛, transformer
           牛 僧-孺 - Niu Sengru (Tang politician)
English > Chinese
cow
     1. 奶牛
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niú




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