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Translingual [edit]

Stroke order
牛-order.gif

Alternative forms [edit]

  • (when used as a left Radical)

Han character [edit]

(radical 93 +0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 竹手 (HQ), four-corner 25000)

  1. cow, ox, bull
  2. KangXi radical 93

Looks similar to: (noon)

Derived terms [edit]

References [edit]

  • KangXi: page 697, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19922
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1108, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1800, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+725B

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(Yale ngau4)


Hakka [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(POJ nyu5, Guangdong ngiu2; niu2, nieu2 [Meixian], ngiu2, ngeu2 [Kwangtung], Hagfa Pinyim ngiu2)

References [edit]


Japanese [edit]

Noun [edit]

(hiragana うし, romaji ushi)

  1. cow, bull, cattle
  2. ox

Alternative forms [edit]

  • ウシ (alternative; mandatory in science contexts, in which 牛 is never used)

Kanji [edit]

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings [edit]

Compounds [edit]


Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]


Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul):  (revised: u, McCune-Reischauer: u, Yale: wu)
  • Name (hangeul): ()

Mandarin [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(pinyin niú (niu2), mào (mao4), (mu4), Wade-Giles mao4, mu4, niu2)

Usage notes [edit]

"牛" is a collective term for all kinds of cattle. Prefix is added to specify which one is referred to. E.g. 水牛(buffalo), 黃牛(bos taurus), 乳牛(dairy cattle), 公牛(bull), 母牛(cow)

Noun [edit]

(traditional and simplified, Pinyin niú).

  1. cow
    母牛 (mǔniú)
  2. ox; bull
    公牛 (gōngniú)
  3.  cattle
    菜牛 (càiniú), 奶牛 (nǎiniú)
  4. niu, one of the 28 constellations
  5. abbreviation for Sir Isaac Newton
    牛頓, 牛顿 (niúdùn)

Adjective [edit]

(traditional and simplified, Pinyin niú)

  1. stubborn
  2. arrogant
  3. (slang) fucking awesome
    牛逼 (niúbī)

Compounds [edit]


Min Dong [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • (Fuzhou) IPA: ŋu53

Min Nan [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

(traditional and simplified, POJ )

  1. a cow or ox

Derived terms [edit]


Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(ngưu, ngọ, ngỏ, ngõ, ngâu)