Word and Radical Components of 牛
The Chinese word 牛 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.
| Component |
Pinyin |
Meanings |
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| 牛 |
niú |
1. bovine, e.g. cow, bull, ox, buffalo, bison, yak |
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2. beef |
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乾gān炒.牛河 - beef chow fun |
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3. stubborn; pigheaded |
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4. (colloquial) arrogant |
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5. (mainland, Mandarin, slang) awesome; powerful |
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牛屄 - vulgar awesome |
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牛人 - an awesome person |
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6. (astronomy) the Ox, a Chinese constellation near Capricorn |
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7. (physics) Short for 牛頓, tr=niúdùn, newton |
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8. (Hong Kong Cantonese, computing) Short for 火牛, transformer |
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牛 僧-孺 - Niu Sengru (Tang politician) |
