牛 (ngau4) — cow; ox; bull; cattle in Cantonese

ngauˎ₄牛

Mandarin Pinyin: niu2

Meaning of 牛

nouncow; ox; bull; cattle

nounKangxi radical 93

nouna Chinese family name

nounstubborn; headstrong (person)

noun(adjective) (of personality) stubborn and unreasonable

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Example Sentences with 牛

neiˏ₅你soengˊ²想sikˍ₆食ngauˎ₄牛jukˍ₆肉haiˍ₆定zyuˉ¹係jukˍ₆豬a˗₃肉?呀？

Do you want to eat beef or pork?

記住飲多啲牛奶呀！

Remember to drink more milk!

牛奶有益健康

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。

Fish ball noodles contain fish balls, beef ball noodles contain beef balls, what kind of noodles contain ice cream and potato chips? 7-Eleven.

woˉ¹蝸ngauˎ₄牛zauˊ²走dakˉ¹得hanˊ²很maanˍ₆慢

A snail moves slowly.

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Words Containing 牛

water-buffalo; (placename) Sui Ngau

牛仔褲ngau4 zai2 fu3

jeans, blue jeans Originally Cantonese only; now mainstream Chinese.

牛鬼蛇神ngau4 gwai2 se4 san4

monsters and freaks (lit., "ox-headed demons and serpent gods") as originally referred by Buddhists

牛唔飲水唔撳得牛頭低ngau4 m4 jam2 seoi2 m4 gam6 dak1 ngau4 tau4 dai1

if a cow doesn't want to drink, you can't force its head down

牛乸ngau4 naa2

a cow

牛市ngau4 si5

a bull market (as opposed to 熊市)

牛白腩ngau4 baak6 naam5

sirloin; tenderloin | also 牛腩

大耳牛daai6 ji5 ngau4

(often said of children) not teachable; unwilling to accept admonishment or advice

九牛二虎之力gau2 ngau4 ji6 fu2 zi1 lik6

tremendous effort

牛頸鈴ngau4 geng2 ling4

cowbell

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