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 ㄉㄨㄣˋ
- 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 ㄆㄧˊ
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