牛U+725B4 STROKES
Entry·pron. niú
ㄋㄧㄡˊ
“Ox; cow; bull; a common farm animal; also slang for awesome; surname Niu; one of the 28 lunar mansions.”
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- 牛奶ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄋㄞˇcow's milk; a white liquid from cows used as a drink or in cooking.
- 牛肉ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄖㄡˋbeef; meat from a cow; beef as food; beef dishes
- 牛排ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄆㄞˊsteak; a thick slice of beef, typically pan-fried or grilled.
- 牛仔褲jeans; sturdy denim trousers originally worn by American cowboys and ranch workers; now a popular casual garment worldwide.
- 蝸牛ㄍㄨㄚ ㄋㄧㄡˊsnail; a soft-bodied mollusk with a coiled shell, four tentacles, and a muscular foot; often considered a garden pest.
- 犀牛隊ㄒㄧ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄉㄨㄟˋRhinoceros team; a nickname for the CTBC Brothers, a professional baseball team in Taiwan
- 牛肉麵ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄖㄡˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋTaiwanese noodle soup with braised beef; a popular street food and comfort dish; often served with pickled vegetables and rich broth.
- 牛津ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄣOxford (city in England); Oxford University; Oxford (fabric, e.g. Oxford cloth); Oxford shoes (lace-up leather shoes).
- 牛頓ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄉㄨㄣˋSir Isaac Newton (1642–1727), English scientist; newton, SI unit of force
- 犀牛ㄒㄧ ㄋㄧㄡˊrhinoceros; a large, thick-skinned mammal with one or two horns on its snout, found in tropical Asia and Africa.
- 水牛ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄋㄧㄡˊwater buffalo; large gray-black bovine with crescent-shaped horns; used for plowing in southern mainland China and India.
- 牛皮ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄆㄧˊcowhide; tough and resilient like leather; boastful talk
- 牛仔ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄗˇcowboy; originally a cattle herder of the American West, now broadly any ranch worker
- 公牛ㄍㄨㄥ ㄋㄧㄡˊbull; male bovine
- 牛車ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄔㄜox cart; cart pulled by an ox or cow
- 黃牛ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄋㄧㄡˊyellow cattle; ticket scalper; someone who brokers bribes; to break a promise or fail to show up
- 吹牛ㄔㄨㄟ ㄋㄧㄡˊto brag; to talk big; to shoot off one's mouth; (dialect) to chat idly
- 牛隻ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄓcattle; cows and oxen; livestock bovines
- 乳牛ㄖㄨˇ ㄋㄧㄡˊdairy cow; cow bred specifically for milk production
- 牛油ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄧㄡˊbutter (from milk); beef fat or tallow
- 小牛ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄋㄧㄡˊcalf; young bovine; in Taiwan also used for veal
- 牛郎ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄌㄤˊcowherd; Altair star; mythological figure of the Cowherd and Weaver Girl legend; male host or sex worker
- 牛棚ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄆㄥˊcowshed; cattle pen; bullpen
- 牛角ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇcow horn; ox horn; horn-shaped
- 公牛隊ㄍㄨㄥ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄉㄨㄟˋthe Bulls; Chicago Bulls basketball team
- 鬥牛ㄉㄡˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊbullfighting; fighting bull; informal half-court basketball (3-on-3); rugby scrum
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