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[edit] Translingual

Stroke order
牛-order.gif

[edit] Alternative forms

  • (when used as a left Radical)

[edit] Han character

(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)

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] References

  • 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

[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

(Yale ngau4)


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[edit] Noun

(hiragana うし, romaji ushi)

  1. cow, bull, cattle
  2. ox

[edit] Alternative forms

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

[edit] Kanji

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Eumhun:

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

[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Hanzi

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

[edit] Usage notes

"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)

[edit] Noun

(traditional and simplified, Pinyin niú).

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

[edit] Adjective

(traditional and simplified, Pinyin niú)

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

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[edit] Min Nan

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[edit] Noun

(traditional and simplified, POJ )

  1. a cow or ox

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[edit] Min Dong

[edit] Pronunciation

  • (Fuzhou) IPA: ŋu53

[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

(ngưu, ngọ, ngỏ, ngõ, ngâu)

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