| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 牛 | 牛 | Niú | - surname Niu |
| 牛 | 牛 | niú | - ox - cow - bull - CL:條|条[tiao2],頭|头[tou2] - (slang) awesome |
| 丑牛 | 丑牛 | chǒuniú | - Year 2, year of the Bull or Ox (e.g. 2009) |
| 乳牛 | 乳牛 | rǔniú | - dairy cattle |
| 公牛 | 公牛 | gōngniú | - bull |
| 吹牛 | 吹牛 | chuīniú | - to talk big - to shoot off one's mouth - to chat (dialect) |
| 土牛 | 土牛 | tǔniú | - clay ox - mound of earth on a dike (ready for emergency repairs) |
| 天牛 | 天牛 | tiānniú | - Longhorn beetle |
| 奶牛 | 奶牛 | nǎiniú | - milk cow - dairy cow |
| 小牛 | 小牛 | xiǎoniú | - calf |
| 斗牛 | 斗牛 | DǒuNiú | - Big Dipper and Altair (astronomy) |
| 牦牛 | 氂牛 | máoniú | - yak (Bos grunniens) |
| 水牛 | 水牛 | shuǐniú | - water buffalo |
| 海牛 | 海牛 | hǎiniú | - manatee |
| 牛B | 牛B | niúbī | - variant of 牛屄[niu2 bi1] |
| 牛仔 | 牛仔 | niúzǎi | - cowboy |
| 牛奶 | 牛奶 | niúnǎi | - cow's milk - CL:瓶[ping2],杯[bei1] |
| 牛屄 | 牛屄 | niúbī | - awesome - capable (vulgar) - arrogant - cocky - bastard (vulgar) |
| 牛市 | 牛市 | niúshì | - bull market (i.e. period of rising share prices) |
| 牛年 | 牛年 | niúnián | - Year of the Ox or Bull (e.g. 2009) |
| 牛心 | 牛心 | niúxīn | - mulishness - obstinacy |
| 牛性 | 牛性 | niúxìng | - mulishness - obstinacy |
| 牛排 | 牛排 | niúpái | - steak |
| 牛柳 | 牛柳 | niúliǔ | - sirloin |
| 牛樟 | 牛樟 | niúzhāng | - Cinnamomum kanehirae - small-leaf camphor - stout camphor (indigenous to Taiwan) |
| 牛桥 | 牛橋 | niúqiáo | - Oxbridge - Cambridge and Oxford |
| 牛栏 | 牛欄 | niúlán | - cattle pen |
| 牛比 | 牛比 | niúbī | - variant of 牛屄[niu2 bi1] |
| 牛气 | 牛氣 | niúqi | - (coll.) haughty - overbearing |
| 牛油 | 牛油 | niúyóu | - butter |
| 牛津 | 牛津 | Niújīn | - Oxford (city in England) |
| 牛犊 | 牛犢 | niúdú | - calf |
| 牛痘 | 牛痘 | niúdòu | - cowpox |
| 牛皮 | 牛皮 | niúpí | - cowhide - leather - fig. flexible and tough - boasting - big talk |
| 牛羊 | 牛羊 | niúyáng | - cattle and sheep - livestock |
| 牛肉 | 牛肉 | niúròu | - beef |
| 牛腩 | 牛腩 | niúnǎn | - brisket (esp. Cantonese) - belly beef - spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs - erroneously translated as sirloin |
| 牛膝 | 牛膝 | niúxī | - Achyranthes bidentata (root used in Chinese medicine) |
| 牛至 | 牛至 | niúzhì | - oregano (Origanum vulgare) - marjoram |
| 牛舌 | 牛舌 | niúshé | - ox tongue |
| 牛蒡 | 牛蒡 | niúbàng | - burdock |
| 牛虻 | 牛虻 | niúméng | - gadfly (Tabanus bovinus) |
| 牛蛙 | 牛蛙 | niúwā | - bullfrog |
| 牛角 | 牛角 | niújiǎo | - cow horn |
| 牛轭 | 牛軛 | niúè | - yoke |
| 牛逼 | 牛逼 | niúbī | - variant of 牛屄[niu2 bi1] |
| 牛郎 | 牛郎 | Niúláng | - Cowherd of the folk tale Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 - Altair (star) |
| 牛郎 | 牛郎 | niúláng | - cowherd boy - (slang) male prostitute |
| 牛只 | 牛隻 | niúzhī | - cow - cattle |
| 牛鞭 | 牛鞭 | niúbiān | - pizzle - bull's penis (served as food) |
| 牛顿 | 牛頓 | Niúdùn | - Newton (name) - Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), British mathematician and physicist |
| 牛头 | 牛頭 | NiúTóu | - Ox-Head, one of the two guardians of the underworld in Chinese mythology |
| 牛头 | 牛頭 | niútóu | - ox head - ox-head shaped wine vessel |
| 牛饮 | 牛飲 | niúyǐn | - gulp |
| 牛马 | 牛馬 | niúmǎ | - oxen and horses - beasts of burden - CL:隻|只[zhi1] |
| 牛黄 | 牛黃 | niúhuáng | - bezoar |
| 牡牛 | 牡牛 | mùniú | - bull |
| 牤牛 | 牤牛 | māngniú | - bull |
| 牸牛 | 牸牛 | zìniú | - cow |
| 牵牛 | 牽牛 | Qiānniú | - Altair (star) - Cowherd of the folk tale Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 |
| 牵牛 | 牽牛 | qiānniú | - morning glory (Pharbitis nil) |
| 犀牛 | 犀牛 | xīniú | - rhinoceros |
| 犍牛 | 犍牛 | jiānniú | - bullock |
| 犎牛 | 犎牛 | fēngniú | - bison |
| 犏牛 | 犏牛 | piānniú | - offspring of a bull and a female yak |
| 犪牛 | 犪牛 | kuíniú | - ancient yak of South East China, also known as 犩[wei2] |
| 真牛 | 真牛 | zhēnniú | - (slang) really cool, awesome |
| 红牛 | 紅牛 | HóngNiú | - Red Bull (energy drink) |
| 羚牛 | 羚牛 | língniú | - takin (type of goat-antelope) |
| 菜牛 | 菜牛 | càiniú | - beef cattle (grown for meat) |
| 蒙牛 | 蒙牛 | Měngniú | - China Mengniu Dairy Company Limited |
| 蜗牛 | 蝸牛 | wōniú | - snail - Taiwan pr. [gua1 niu2] |
| 野牛 | 野牛 | yěniú | - bison |
| 金牛 | 金牛 | Jīnniú | - Taurus (star sign) - Jinniu district of Chengdu city 成都市[Cheng2 du1 shi4], Sichuan |
| 鞅牛 | 鞅牛 | yǎngniú | - cattle harnessed for plowing |
| 斗牛 | 鬥牛 | dòuniú | - bullfighting |
| 麝牛 | 麝牛 | shèniú | - musk ox |
| 黄牛 | 黃牛 | huángniú | - ox - cattle - scalper of tickets etc - to fail to show up - to break a promise |
| 伏牛山 | 伏牛山 | Fúniúshān | - Funiu mountain range in southwest Henan, an eastern extension of Qinling range 秦嶺山脈|秦岭山脉[Qin2 ling3 shan1 mai4], Shaanxi |
| 吹牛皮 | 吹牛皮 | chuīniúpí | - to boast - to talk big |
| 奶牛场 | 奶牛場 | nǎiniúchǎng | - dairy farm |
| 小牛肉 | 小牛肉 | xiǎoniúròu | - veal |
| 小牝牛 | 小牝牛 | xiǎopìnniú | - heifer |
| 放牛班 | 放牛班 | fàngniúbān | - class of underachievers - dunces' class (Tw) |
| 水牛儿 | 水牛兒 | shuǐniúr | - (dialect) snail |
| 煎牛扒 | 煎牛扒 | jiānniúbā | - beef steak |
| 牛仔布 | 牛仔布 | niúzǎibù | - denim |
| 牛仔裤 | 牛仔褲 | niúzǎikù | - jeans - CL:條|条[tiao2] |
| 牛性子 | 牛性子 | niúxìngzi | - see 牛性[niu2 xing4] |
| 牛排馆 | 牛排館 | niúpáiguǎn | - steakhouse |
| 牛油戟 | 牛油戟 | niúyóujǐ | - cup cake |
| 牛油果 | 牛油果 | niúyóuguǒ | - avocado (Persea americana) |
| 牛津群 | 牛津群 | niújīnqún | - Oxfordshire (English county) |
| 牛痘病 | 牛痘病 | niúdòubìng | - cow pox |
| 牛百叶 | 牛百葉 | niúbǎiyè | - omasum - beef tripe |
| 牛皮癣 | 牛皮癬 | niúpíxuǎn | - psoriasis |
| 牛皮纸 | 牛皮紙 | niúpízhǐ | - kraft paper |
| 牛皮色 | 牛皮色 | niúpísè | - buff (color) |
| 牛皮菜 | 牛皮菜 | niúpícài | - chard (Beta vulgaris), a foliage beet |
| 牛磺酸 | 牛磺酸 | niúhuángsuān | - taurine |
| 牛筋草 | 牛筋草 | niújīncǎo | - wire grass (Eleusine indica) |
| 牛肉丸 | 牛肉丸 | niúròuwán | - beef meatballs |
| 牛肉干 | 牛肉乾 | niúròugān | - dried beef - jerky - charqui |
| 牛肉面 | 牛肉麵 | niúròumiàn | - beef noodle soup |
| 牛背鹭 | 牛背鷺 | niúbèilù | - (Chinese bird species) eastern cattle egret (Bubulcus coromandus) |
| 牛脊肉 | 牛脊肉 | niújǐròu | - sirloin (beef joint) |
| 牛脖子 | 牛脖子 | niúbózi | - (coll.) bullheaded - obstinate |
| 牛脷酥 | 牛脷酥 | niúlìsū | - ox tongue pastry, oval Guangdong pastry made of fried dough, resembling an ox tongue |
| 牛脾气 | 牛脾氣 | niúpíqi | - bullheadedness - stubborn |
| 牛膝草 | 牛膝草 | niúxīcǎo | - hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis) |
| 牛角包 | 牛角包 | niújiǎobāo | - croissant |
| 牛角椒 | 牛角椒 | niújiǎojiāo | - Cayenne pepper - red pepper - chili |
| 牛头㹴 | 牛頭㹴 | niútóugěng | - variant of 牛頭梗|牛头梗[niu2 tou2 geng3] |
| 牛头梗 | 牛頭梗 | niútóugěng | - bull terrier |
| 牛头犬 | 牛頭犬 | niútóuquǎn | - bulldog |
| 牛魔王 | 牛魔王 | Niúmówáng | - Gyuumao |
| 牛鼻子 | 牛鼻子 | Niúbízi | - Daoist (facetious)(old) |
| 牵牛属 | 牽牛屬 | qiānniúshǔ | - Pharbitis, genus of herbaceous plants including Morning glory 牽牛|牵牛 (Pharbitis nil) |
| 牵牛星 | 牽牛星 | Qiānniúxīng | - Altair (star) - Cowherd of the folk tale Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 |
| 牵牛花 | 牽牛花 | qiānniúhuā | - white-edged morning glory |
| 狂牛病 | 狂牛病 | kuángniúbìng | - mad cow disease - bovine spongiform encephalopathy, BSE |
| 疯牛病 | 瘋牛病 | fēngniúbìng | - mad cow disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) |
| 纯牛奶 | 純牛奶 | chúnniúnǎi | - pure milk |
| 紫金牛 | 紫金牛 | zǐjīnniú | - Japanese ardisia (Ardisia japonica) |
| 翁牛特 | 翁牛特 | Wēngniútè | - Ongniud banner or Ongnuud khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[Chi4 feng1], Inner Mongolia |
| 金牛区 | 金牛區 | Jīnniúqū | - Jinniu district of Chengdu city 成都市[Cheng2 du1 shi4], Sichuan |
| 金牛座 | 金牛座 | Jīnniúzuò | - Taurus (constellation and sign of the zodiac) |
| 钻牛角 | 鑽牛角 | zuānniújiǎo | - lit. honing a bull's horn; fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem - to bash one's head against a brick wall - a wild goose chase - a blind alley - to split hairs - same as idiom 鑽牛角尖|钻牛角尖 |
| 顶牛儿 | 頂牛兒 | dǐngniúr | - to push with the forehead - to lock horns - to be at loggerheads |
| 斗牛㹴 | 鬥牛㹴 | dòuniúgěng | - variant of 鬥牛梗|斗牛梗[dou4 niu2 geng3] |
| 斗牛士 | 鬥牛士 | dòuniúshì | - matador - toreador - bullfighter |
| 斗牛梗 | 鬥牛梗 | dòuniúgěng | - bull terrier |
| 黄牛票 | 黃牛票 | huángniúpiào | - scalped tickets |
| 鼻牛儿 | 鼻牛兒 | bíniúr | - hardened mucus in nostrils |
| 丁骨牛排 | 丁骨牛排 | dīnggǔniúpái | - T-bone steak |
| 不加牛奶 | 不加牛奶 | bùjiāniúnǎi | - without milk - black (of tea, coffee etc) |
| 九牛一毛 | 九牛一毛 | jiǔniúyīmáo | - lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom) - fig. a drop in the ocean |
| 人造牛油 | 人造牛油 | rénzàoniúyóu | - margarine |
| 做牛做马 | 做牛做馬 | zuòniúzuòmǎ | - lit. to work like an ox, to work like a horse; fig. to work extremely hard |
| 吴牛见月 | 吳牛見月 | Wúniújiànyuè | - cow from Wu is terrified by the moon, mistaking it for the sun |
| 吹牛拍马 | 吹牛拍馬 | chuīniúpāimǎ | - to resort to bragging and flattering |
| 呼牛作马 | 呼牛作馬 | hūniúzuòmǎ | - to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it - Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me. |
| 呼牛呼马 | 呼牛呼馬 | hūniúhūmǎ | - to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it - Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me. |
| 土牛木马 | 土牛木馬 | tǔniúmùmǎ | - clay ox, wooden horse (idiom); shape without substance - worthless object |
| 多如牛毛 | 多如牛毛 | duōrúniúmáo | - as many as the hair of the ox (idiom) - great amount of - countless |
| 对牛弹琴 | 對牛彈琴 | duìniútánqín | - lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom) - fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audience - to cast pearls before swine - caviar to the general - to preach to deaf ears - to talk over sb's head |
| 带牛佩犊 | 帶牛佩犢 | dàiniúpèidú | - to abandon armed struggle and return to raising cattle (idiom) |
| 扒屋牵牛 | 扒屋牽牛 | bāwūqiānniú | - to sack the home and lead off the cattle (proverb) - to strip of everything |
| 植物牛油 | 植物牛油 | zhíwùniúyóu | - margarine |
| 杀牛宰羊 | 殺牛宰羊 | shāniúzǎiyáng | - slaughter the cattle and butcher the sheep - to prepare a big feast (idiom) |
| 比利牛斯 | 比利牛斯 | Bǐlìniúsī | - Pyrenees mountains |
| 气喘如牛 | 氣喘如牛 | qìchuǎnrúniú | - (idiom) labored breathing like a cow - to puff like a walrus |
| 气冲牛斗 | 氣衝牛斗 | qìchōngniúdǒu | - extremely angry - infuriated |
| 汗牛充栋 | 汗牛充棟 | hànniúchōngdòng | - lit. enough books to make a pack-ox sweat or to fill a house to the rafters (idiom); fig. many books |
| 沙朗牛排 | 沙朗牛排 | shālǎngniúpái | - sirloin steak |
| 泥牛入海 | 泥牛入海 | níniúrùhǎi | - lit. a clay ox enters the sea (idiom); fig. to disappear with no hope of returning |
| 无壳蜗牛 | 無殼蝸牛 | wúkéwōniú | - fig. people who cannot afford to buy their own house |
| 牛山濯濯 | 牛山濯濯 | niúshānzhuózhuó | - treeless hills (idiom) |
| 牛年马月 | 牛年馬月 | niúniánmǎyuè | - see 猴年馬月|猴年马月[hou2 nian2 ma3 yue4] |
| 牛排餐厅 | 牛排餐廳 | niúpáicāntīng | - steakhouse - chophouse |
| 牛津大学 | 牛津大學 | NiújīnDàxué | - University of Oxford |
| 牛溲马勃 | 牛溲馬勃 | niúsōumǎbó | - cow's piss, horse's ulcer (idiom); worthless nonsense - insignificant |
| 牛衣对泣 | 牛衣對泣 | niúyīduìqì | - couple living in destitute misery (idiom) |
| 牛角挂书 | 牛角掛書 | niújiǎoguàshū | - lit. to hang one's books on cow horns (idiom) - fig. to be diligent in one's studies |
| 牛角面包 | 牛角麵包 | niújiǎomiànbāo | - croissant |
| 牛郎织女 | 牛郎織女 | niúlángzhīnǚ | - Cowherd and Weaving maid (characters in folk story) - separated lovers - Altair and Vega (stars) |
| 牛顿力学 | 牛頓力學 | Niúdùnlìxué | - Newtonian mechanics |
| 牛头伯劳 | 牛頭伯勞 | niútóubóláo | - (Chinese bird species) bull-headed shrike (Lanius bucephalus) |
| 牛骥同槽 | 牛驥同槽 | niújìtóngcáo | - cow and famous steed at the same trough (idiom); fig. the common and the great are treated alike - also written 牛驥同皂|牛骥同皂[niu2 ji4 tong2 zao4] |
| 牛骥同皂 | 牛驥同皂 | niújìtóngzào | - cow and famous steed at the same trough (idiom); fig. the common and the great are treated alike |
| 当牛作马 | 當牛作馬 | dāngniúzuòmǎ | - to work like a horse and toil like an ox - fig. to slave for sb |
| 皮弗娄牛 | 皮弗婁牛 | pífúlóuniú | - beefalo (cross between domestic cattle and bison) |
| 目无全牛 | 目無全牛 | mùwúquánniú | - to see the ox already cut up into joints (idiom); extremely skilled - able to see through the problem at one glance |
| 红牛皮菜 | 紅牛皮菜 | hóngniúpícài | - chard (Beta vulgaris), a foliage beet |
| 翁牛特旗 | 翁牛特旗 | Wēngniútèqí | - Ongniud banner or Ongnuud khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[Chi4 feng1], Inner Mongolia |
| 老牛破车 | 老牛破車 | lǎoniúpòchē | - lit. old ox pulling a shabby cart (idiom) - fig. slow and inefficient |
| 老牛舐犊 | 老牛舐犢 | lǎoniúshìdú | - lit. an old ox licking its calf (idiom) - fig. (of parents) to dote on one's children |
| 芥兰牛肉 | 芥蘭牛肉 | jièlánniúròu | - beef with broccoli |
| 菲力牛排 | 菲力牛排 | fēilìniúpái | - fillet steak |
| 蜗行牛步 | 蝸行牛步 | wōxíngniúbù | - lit. to crawl like a snail and plod along like an old ox (idiom) - fig. to move at a snail's pace - to make slow progress |
| 要加牛奶 | 要加牛奶 | yàojiāniúnǎi | - with milk - white (of tea, coffee etc) |
| 返券黄牛 | 返券黃牛 | fǎnquànhuángniú | - "shopping coupon scalper", sb who sells unwanted or returned shopping coupons to others for a profit |
| 铁板牛柳 | 鐵板牛柳 | tiěbǎnniúliǔ | - fillet beef teppanyaki (fast grilled on hot iron plate) |
| 铁板牛肉 | 鐵板牛肉 | tiěbǎnniúròu | - beef grilled on a hot iron plate |
| 钻牛角尖 | 鑽牛角尖 | zuānniújiǎojiān | - lit. to penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom); fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem - to bash one's head against a brick wall - a wild goose chase - a blind alley - to split hairs |
| 青椒牛柳 | 青椒牛柳 | qīngjiāoniúliǔ | - beef with green peppers |
| 一对一斗牛 | 一對一鬥牛 | yīduìyīdòuniú | - one-on-one basketball game |
| 三对三斗牛 | 三對三鬥牛 | sānduìsāndòuniú | - three-on-three basketball game |
| 比利牛斯山 | 比利牛斯山 | Bǐlìniúsīshān | - Pyrenees mountains |
| 老牛吃嫩草 | 老牛吃嫩草 | lǎoniúchīnèncǎo | - lit. an old cow eats young grass (idiom) - fig. a May-December relationship - a romance where the man is significantly older than the woman |
| 老牛拉破车 | 老牛拉破車 | lǎoniúlāpòchē | - see 老牛破車|老牛破车[lao3 niu2 po4 che1] |
| 斗牛士之歌 | 鬥牛士之歌 | Dòuniúshìzhīgē | - Toreador Song (Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre), famous aria from opera Carmen 卡門|卡门 by Georges Bizet |
| 九牛二虎之力 | 九牛二虎之力 | jiǔniúèrhǔzhīlì | - tremendous strength (idiom) |
| 割鸡焉用牛刀 | 割雞焉用牛刀 | gējīyānyòngniúdāo | - lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom) - fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter - also written 殺雞焉用牛刀|杀鸡焉用牛刀[sha1 ji1 yan1 yong4 niu2 dao1] |
| 杀鸡焉用牛刀 | 殺雞焉用牛刀 | shājīyānyòngniúdāo | - don't use a sledgehammer on a nut - aquila non capit muscam |
| 牛海绵状脑病 | 牛海綿狀腦病 | niúhǎimiánzhuàngnǎobìng | - bovine spongiform encephalopathy, BSE - mad cow disease |
| 牛头不对马嘴 | 牛頭不對馬嘴 | niútóubùduìmǎzuǐ | - see 驢唇不對馬嘴|驴唇不对马嘴[lu:2 chun2 bu4 dui4 ma3 zui3] |
| 艾萨克・牛顿 | 艾薩克・牛頓 | Àisàkè·Niúdùn | - Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), British mathematician and physicist |
| 风马牛不相及 | 風馬牛不相及 | fēngmǎniúbùxiāngjí | - to be completely unrelated to one another (idiom) - irrelevant |
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