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  *牛* | 牛* | *牛
ox / cow / bull / CL: 條|条, 頭|头 / newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿) / (slang) awesome
HSK 3
cow's milk / CL: ,
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *牛* | 牛* | *牛
surname Niu
denim
jeans / CL: 條|条
HSK 5
beef
avocado (Persea americana) / shea nut (Vitellaria paradoxa)
see 牛屄 (euphemistic synonym of 牛屄)
bull market
yoke
toffee; chewy caramel candy
bezoar
evil monsters / (fig.) bad characters / (political) bad elements
cattle and sheep / livestock
Cowherd of the folk tale Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 / Altair (star)
cowherd boy / (slang) male prostitute
Oxford (city in England)
Oxfordshire (English county)
(beef) tenderloin
burdock (Arctium lappa)
Newtonian mechanics
Cowherd and Weaving maid (characters in folk story) / separated lovers / Altair and Vega (stars)
beef meatballs
cow horn
steakhouse
psoriasis
taurine
steakhouse / chophouse
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
Gyuumao
beef noodle soup
Ox-Head, one of the two guardians of the underworld in Chinese mythology
ox head / ox-head shaped wine vessel
omasum / beef tripe
cow / cattle
bullfrog
(coll.) leading light / true expert / badass
butter / beef tallow
(loanword) nougat
cowpox
croissant
steak
ox hair (used as a metaphor for sth very numerous or sth fine and delicate)
cowhide / leather / fig. flexible and tough / boasting / big talk
Cayenne pepper / red pepper / chili
University of Oxford
cowshed / makeshift detention center set up by Red Guards in the Cultural Revolution / (baseball) bullpen
(coll.) haughty / overbearing / (economics) bullish
cow's milk
porcino (Boletus edulis)
Achyranthes bidentata (root used in Chinese medicine)
Newton (name) / Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), British mathematician and physicist
newton (SI unit of force)
(bird species of China) eastern cattle egret (Bubulcus coromandus)
pizzle / bull's penis (served as food)
see 牛性
ox tongue pastry, oval Guangdong pastry made of fried dough, resembling an ox tongue
ox tongue
lit. to hang one's books on cow horns (idiom) / fig. to be diligent in one's studies
wire grass (Eleusine indica)
mulishness / obstinacy
cow pox
brisket (esp. Cantonese) / belly beef / spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs / erroneously translated as sirloin
Year of the Ox or Bull (e.g. 2009)
gadfly (Tabanus bovinus)
oxen and horses; beasts of burden / (fig.) drudge; laborer
newton meter (Nm)
oregano (Origanum vulgare) / marjoram
(dialect) penis
(coll.) bullheaded / obstinate
bullheadedness / stubborn
croissant
key point / crux / (old) Daoist (facetious)
cow's piss, horse's ulcer (idiom); worthless nonsense / insignificant
cowboy
couple living in destitute misery (idiom)
(idiom) you can lead a horse to water but you cannot make it drink
Niu'e Reef, disputed territory in the South China Sea, claimed by China, Vietnam and the Philippines, aka Whitsun Reef or Julian Felipe Reef
Cinnamomum kanehirae / small-leaf camphor / stout camphor (indigenous to Taiwan)
bulldog
(dialect) beef steak
chard (Beta vulgaris)
gulp
dried beef; beef jerky
lit. to try to make an ox drink by forcing its head down to the water (idiom) / fig. to try to impose one's will on sb
kraft paper
mulishness / obstinacy
Oxbridge / Cambridge and Oxford
calf
newton meter, unit of torque (symbol: N⋅m)
beef tripe
wooden yoke for a draft ox
sirloin (beef joint)
hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis)
(slang, vulgar) awesome; badass / (slang, vulgar) cocky; arrogant
buff (color)
(bird species of China) bull-headed shrike (Lanius bucephalus)

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