牛

On the HSK 3 vocabulary list, at CEFR level A2.

niú ㄋㄧㄡˊ

    • ox
    • cow
    • bull
    • newton (abbr. for 牛顿 niúdùn)
    • awesome

      slang

    • surname Niu

Classifiers (measure words)

ox

Usually

Less often

cow

Usually

Less often

bull

Usually

Less often

Other words read niú

niu with other tones

  • 扭 niǔ turn
  • 纽 niǔ turn
  • 拗 niù stubborn
  • 妞 niū girl
  • 钮 niǔ button

All 8 words read niu in any tone

Other words read niú

niu with other tones

  • 扭 niǔ turn
  • 紐 niǔ turn
  • 拗 niù stubborn
  • 妞 niū girl
  • 鈕 niǔ button

All 8 words read niu in any tone

How 牛 is written

    部首 radical
    牛
    笔画 strokes
    4
    结构 structure
    独体字

    牛 as a 部首

    牛 is a 部首 (bùshǒu), a radical. A Chinese dictionary files every character under one of them, and this one files 47 under 牛. Look a character up by the 牛 radical

    Easy to confuse with 牛

    Words with 牛

    Starting with 牛

    All 97 words starting with 牛

    Ending with 牛

    All 50 words ending with 牛

    Containing 牛

    • 伏牛山 fúniúshān Funiu Mountains in southwestern Henan, eastern extension of the Qinling mountain range 秦岭山脉 qínlǐngshānmài
    • 比利牛斯 bǐlìniúsī Pyrenees mountains
    • 金牛座 jīnniúzuò Taurus
    • 疯牛病 fēngniúbìng mad cow disease
    • 吹牛皮 chuīniúpí boast

    All 63 words containing 牛

    Words with 牛

    Starting with 牛

    All 97 words starting with 牛

    Ending with 牛

    All 50 words ending with 牛

    Containing 牛

    • 伏牛山 fúniúshān Funiu Mountains in southwestern Henan, eastern extension of the Qinling mountain range 秦岭山脉 qínlǐngshānmài
    • 比利牛斯 bǐlìniúsī Pyrenees mountains
    • 金牛座 jīnniúzuò Taurus
    • 瘋牛病 fēngniúbìng mad cow disease
    • 吹牛皮 chuīniúpí boast

    All 63 words containing 牛

    Sources