牛 (ngau4 | niu2) : cow; ox; cattle

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牛

ngau4

niu2

[1] [n] cow; ox; bull; cattle [2] a Chinese family name [3] stubborn; headstrong (person) [4] Kangxi radical 93

Stroke count: 4

Level: 1

Radical: 牛 (#93)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

牛

Don't confuse with:
午生

This word has been viewed 28755 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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牛肉 ngau4 juk6 niu2 rou4 = beef

牛奶 ngau4 naai5 niu2 nai3 = cow's milk

牛皮 ngau4 pei4 = cow-hide; stubborn

水牛 seoi2 ngau4 shui3 niu2 = water-buffalo; (placename) Sui Ngau

牛油 ngau4 jau4 niu2 you2 = butter 粵

人造牛油 jan4 zou6 ngau4 jau4 = margarine 粵

牛公 ngau4 gung1 = bull, ox 粵

九牛一毛 gau2 ngau4 jat1 mou4 = a drop in the ocean (lit., "nine cows, one hair")

牛記 ngau4 gei3 = jeans

公牛 gung1 ngau4 gong1 niu2 = bull
See all 204 compounds (CantoDict reports 212 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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你想食牛肉定係豬肉呀？粵
Do you want to eat beef or pork?

蝸牛走得很慢國
A snail moves slowly.

記住飲多啲牛奶呀！粵
Remember to drink more milk!

蝸牛行得好慢。粵
Snails crawl very slowly.

牛奶出自乳牛身上
Cow's milk comes from the body of dairy cows
[Instead of saying "cow produces milk", it sounds more natural to say it the other way: "milk comes from cow"]

牛奶有益健康國
Milk is good for your health.

魚蛋粉有魚蛋，牛丸粉有牛丸，咁咩粉有雪糕同薯片? 些粉。粵
Fish ball noodles contain fish balls, beef ball noodles contain beef balls, what kind of noodles contain ice cream and potato chips? 7-Eleven.
[A joke in Cantonese that utilizes the pun between 粉 (noodles) and the Cantonese pronunciation of the second syllable of "seven". See entry for 些粉.]

一頭乳牛一天可以生產約八加侖牛奶
One dairy cattle can produce about 8 gallons of milk in one day

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 牛
Unicode code for this character: U+725b (off-site link)

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