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Structure:Single-component character
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Traditional:
牛
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Chinese dictionary
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n.cattle; cow; ox
这有两头牛。
Here are two heads of cattle.
牛在吃草。
The cattle were grazing.
牛在牧场上吃草。
The cattle were grazing on the pasture.
养牛
raise cattle
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adj.metastubborn or arrogant
牛气
arrogant
牛脾气
stubbornness
- 3
n.one of the 28 constellations
- 4
n.Niu, a surname
- 5
measure wordabbrnewton (the unit of force); abbreviation for 牛顿
Words and phrases with 牛
- 牛尾[word]oxtail
- 牛栏[word]cattle pen
- 牛眼[word]eye of a cow, a bull, a buffalo or an ox; buphthalmia
- 牛蒡[word]great burdock
- 牛毛[word]ox hair; being numerous
- 牛车[word]bullock-cart
- 牛舍[word]oxtall
- 牛犊[word]calf
- 牛皮[word]cattle hide; tough
- 牛毛细雨[idiom]fine drizzling rain
- 牛溲马勃[idiom]insignificant but useful
- 牛刀小试[idiom]a master hand's first small display
- 牛马生活[idiom]a life of drudgery
- 牛头马面[idiom]Ox Head and Horse Face
- 牛皮大王[idiom]braggart
- 牛郎织女[idiom]the stars Altair and Vega; Herd Boy and Weaving Girl
- 牛鬼蛇神[idiom]evil people of all descriptions
Word usage
- common measure word"牛" is often matched with measure word "头"or"群".
一头牛
one head of cattle
一群牛
one herd of cattle