niú

cow; ox; bull

HSK 2 #1018

Character data

HSK 2
Frequency 1018th character
Radical ⽜ (93.0)
Strokes 4
Index # 120

Definitions

牛 niú
  1. 1. cow
  2. 2. ox
  3. 3. bull
  4. 4. (slang) awesome
  5. 5. surname Niu
  6. 6. newton (abbr. for niú dùn)
  7. 7. CL tiáo,tóu

Stroke order

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Words containing 牛

Word Meaning
Year of the Ox or Bull (e.g. 2009)
cowpox
chard (Beta vulgaris), a foliage beet
beef noodle soup
(fig.) bad characters; (political) bad elements
bezoar
Altair (star)
to be completely unrelated to one another (idiom)
one-on-one basketball game
one-on-one basketball game
T-bone steak
three-on-three basketball game
three-on-three basketball game
without milk; black (of tea, coffee etc)
Year 2, year of the Bull or Ox (e.g. 2009)
fig. a drop in the ocean
tremendous strength (idiom)
margarine
Funiu mountain range in southwest Henan, an eastern extension of Qinling range qín lǐng shān mài, Shaanxi
to slave away for someone; work very hard
to work very hard like a servant
fig. the young are fearless
fig. the young are fearless
fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter
fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter