牛
niú
Pinyin

Definition

牛
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niú
  1. ox
  2. cow
  3. bull
  4. CL:條|条[tiáo],頭|头[tóu]
  5. newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿[niú dùn])
  6. (slang) awesome
牛
 - 
Niú
  1. surname Niu

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

牛
Niú
  1. 1 surname Niu
牛奶
niú nǎi
  1. 1 cow's milk
  2. 2 CL:瓶[píng],杯[bēi]
金牛
Jīn niú
  1. 1 Taurus (star sign)
  2. 2 Jinniu district of Chengdu city 成都市[Chéng dū shì], Sichuan
金牛座
Jīn niú zuò
  1. 1 Taurus (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
伏牛山
Fú niú shān
  1. 1 Funiu mountain range in southwest Henan, an eastern extension of Qinling range 秦嶺山脈|秦岭山脉[Qín lǐng shān mài], Shaanxi
公牛
gōng niú
  1. 1 bull
吹牛
chuī niú
  1. 1 to talk big
  2. 2 to shoot off one's mouth
  3. 3 to chat (dialect)
奶牛
nǎi niú
  1. 1 milk cow
  2. 2 dairy cow
斗牛
Dǒu Niú
  1. 1 Big Dipper and Altair (astronomy)
牛仔
niú zǎi
  1. 1 cowboy
牛仔裤
niú zǎi kù
  1. 1 jeans
  2. 2 CL:條|条[tiáo]
牛刀小试
niú dāo xiǎo shì
  1. 1 see 小試牛刀|小试牛刀[xiǎo shì niú dāo]
牛排
niú pái
  1. 1 steak
牛气
niú qi
  1. 1 (coll.) haughty
  2. 2 overbearing
  3. 3 (economics) bullish
牛津
Niú jīn
  1. 1 Oxford (city in England)
牛犊
niú dú
  1. 1 calf
牛皮
niú pí
  1. 1 cowhide
  2. 2 leather
  3. 3 fig. flexible and tough
  4. 4 boasting
  5. 5 big talk
牛肉
niú ròu
  1. 1 beef
牛肉干
niú ròu gān
  1. 1 dried beef
  2. 2 jerky
  3. 3 charqui
牛肉面
niú ròu miàn
  1. 1 beef noodle soup

Idioms (20)

九牛一毛
jiǔ niú yī máo
  1. 1 lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a drop in the ocean
九牛二虎之力
jiǔ niú èr hǔ zhī lì
  1. 1 tremendous strength (idiom)
初生牛犊不怕虎
chū shēng niú dú bù pà hǔ
  1. 1 lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the young are fearless
割鸡焉用牛刀
gē jī yān yòng niú dāo
  1. 1 lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter
  3. 3 also written 殺雞焉用牛刀|杀鸡焉用牛刀[shā jī yān yòng niú dāo]
呼牛作马
hū niú zuò mǎ
  1. 1 to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it
  2. 2 Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me.
呼牛呼马
hū niú hū mǎ
  1. 1 to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it
  2. 2 Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me.
土牛木马
tǔ niú mù mǎ
  1. 1 clay ox, wooden horse (idiom); shape without substance
  2. 2 worthless object
多如牛毛
duō rú niú máo
  1. 1 as many as the hair of the ox (idiom)
  2. 2 great amount of
  3. 3 countless
对牛弹琴
duì niú tán qín
  1. 1 lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audience
  3. 3 to cast pearls before swine
  4. 4 caviar to the general
  5. 5 to preach to deaf ears
  6. 6 to talk over sb's head
小试牛刀
xiǎo shì niú dāo
  1. 1 to give a small demonstration of one's impressive skills (idiom)
带牛佩犊
dài niú pèi dú
  1. 1 to abandon armed struggle and return to raising cattle (idiom)
杀牛宰羊
shā niú zǎi yáng
  1. 1 slaughter the cattle and butcher the sheep
  2. 2 to prepare a big feast (idiom)
气喘如牛
qì chuǎn rú niú
  1. 1 to breathe heavily like an ox (idiom)
  2. 2 to huff and puff
汗牛充栋
hàn niú chōng dòng
  1. 1 lit. enough books to make a pack-ox sweat or to fill a house to the rafters (idiom); fig. many books
泥牛入海
ní niú rù hǎi
  1. 1 lit. a clay ox enters the sea (idiom); fig. to disappear with no hope of returning
牛山濯濯
niú shān zhuó zhuó
  1. 1 treeless hills (idiom)
牛溲马勃
niú sōu mǎ bó
  1. 1 cow's piss, horse's ulcer (idiom); worthless nonsense
  2. 2 insignificant
牛衣对泣
niú yī duì qì
  1. 1 couple living in destitute misery (idiom)
牛角挂书
niú jiǎo guà shū
  1. 1 lit. to hang one's books on cow horns (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be diligent in one's studies
牛骥同槽
niú jì tóng cáo
  1. 1 cow and famous steed at the same trough (idiom); fig. the common and the great are treated alike
  2. 2 also written 牛驥同皂|牛骥同皂[niú jì tóng zào]

Sample Sentences

老板，我要加点。加点一碗牛肉面。
lǎobǎn ，wǒ yào jiādiǎn 。jiādiǎn yīwǎn niúròumiàn 。
Boss, I would like to order something in addition. An additional bowl of beef noodles.
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老板，牛肉面可以加大吗？
lǎobǎn ，niúròumiàn kěyǐ jiādà ma ？
Boss, can I have a larger portion of the beef noodles?
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牛牵到北京还是牛。
Niú qiān dào Běijīng háishi Niú 。
A leopard cannot change its spots.
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所以我们可以形容这个女孩儿牛牵到北京还是牛
suǒyǐ wǒmen kěyǐ xíngróng zhège nǚháiēr niúqiāndàoběijīngháishìniú
So we can describe this girl as, " A leopard cannot change its spots."
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我有一个朋友，他结婚前有很多女朋友，结婚后还是一样真是牛牵到北京还是牛。
wǒ yǒu yī ge péngyou ，tā jiéhūn qián yǒu hěnduō nǚpéngyou ，jiéhūn hòu háishi yīyàng zhēnshi niúqiāndàoběijīngháishìniú 。
I have a friend, he had lots of girlfriends before he was married and he still has lots of girlfriends after he got married. Old habits die hard.
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牛头不对马嘴。
Niú tóu bù duì mǎ zuǐ 。
To not be on the same page.
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牛头和马嘴它们不合，合不起来。
NiúTóu hé mǎ zuǐ tāmen bùhé ，hé bù qilai 。
Bull head and horse mouth, they don't fit together.
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牛不喝水强按头
Niú bù hē shuǐ qiǎng àn tóu
To force one to do something against his will.
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真是牛头不对马嘴呀！
zhēnshi niútóubùduìmǎzuǐ ya ！
We are not on the same page at all!
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我以前很想读音乐，但是我父母不让我读音乐，让我去读医科呢!这就是牛不喝水强按头
wǒ yǐqián hěn xiǎng dú yīnyuè ，dànshì wǒ fùmǔ bù ràng wǒ dú yīnyuè ，ràng wǒ qù dú yīkē ne !zhè jiùshì niúbùhēshuǐqiǎngàntóu
I used to want to study music so much, but my parents didn't let me to. They wanted me to study medicine. This is just like forcing a bull to drink water.
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