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The Chinese word for calf is
小牛

xiǎoniú



calf



Translations for calf and their definitions

小牛
     1. n. calf (young cow or bull)


     1. calf (young cow or bull)


     1. Simplified form of 犢


     1. (Min Nan) An interfix placed between two nouns to show the relationship between the two objects.
           翁仔某 (ang-á-bó͘) - husband and wife, MN
     2. (Min Nan) An interfix placed between two numbers to denote the value of 100, i.e. x (lang-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 仔) y = 100x + 10y.
           三-仔-五 (saⁿ-á-gō͘) - three hundred fifty, MN
     3. (Min Nan) An interfix used limitedly in certain temporal location adverbs.
           今kin仔日 (kin-á-ji̍t) - today, MN
           明bîn仔載 (bîn-á-chài) - tomorrow, MN
     4. a suffix used after nouns
           樹仔 (su-é) - tree, H
     5. a suffix that makes a derogatory slur
           阿山仔 (â-sân-é) - Mainlander, H
     6. Only used in 仔肩
     7. Used to show a verb has been completed before the last verb of a sentence, often in a sequence of events.
     8. Used to indicate the present perfective.
           我 到 仔 有 兩 三 日 哉。 - tr=, I've been here for several days already., SH, ref=2010, Qian Nairong, (lang-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 《從〈滬語便商〉所見的老上海話時態》 (Tenses and Aspects? Old Shanghainese as Found in the Bo
           覅 讓 俚 逃走 脫仔! - Don't let him get away!, ref=(lang-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 江苏省志・方言志, page 538, W-SZ)
     9. =====Usage notes=====
     10. In some lects, such as Shanghainese, (l-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 了) is a lot more common nowadays. To distinguish between it, l-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 脫了, and l-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 脫, see 脫了Usage notes


腿肚子
     1. n. (informal) calf of the leg


     1. calf; the back of the leg below the knee
     2. (obsolete, of plants) to die from diseases
     3. (obsolete) to protect


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