niú
ox
cow
bull
CL:條|条[tiao2],頭|头[tou2]
(slang) awesome
Niú dùn
Newton (name)
Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), British mathematician and physicist
niú nǎi
cow's milk
CL:瓶[ping2],杯[bei1]
huáng niú
ox
cattle
scalper of tickets etc
to fail to show up
to break a promise
Dǒu Niú
Big Dipper and Altair (astronomy)
niú nǎn
brisket (esp. Cantonese)
belly beef
spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs
erroneously translated as sirloin
niú shì
bull market (i.e. period of rising share prices)
chuī niú
to talk big
to shoot off one's mouth
to chat (dialect)
wō niú
snail
Taiwan pr. [gua1 niu2]
Jīn niú zuò
Taurus (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
Jīn niú
Taurus (star sign)
Jinniu district of Chengdu city 成都市[Cheng2 du1 shi4], Sichuan
niú pí
cowhide
leather
fig. flexible and tough
boasting
big talk
niú láng zhī nǚ
Cowherd and Weaving maid (characters in folk story)
separated lovers
Altair and Vega (stars)
niú bī
awesome
capable (vulgar)
arrogant
cocky
bastard (vulgar)
Jīn niú qū
Jinniu district of Chengdu city 成都市[Cheng2 du1 shi4], Sichuan
qiān niú
morning glory (Pharbitis nil)
Qiān niú
Altair (star)
Cowherd of the folk tale Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女
Niú Tóu
Ox-Head, one of the two guardians of the underworld in Chinese mythology
niú tóu
ox head
ox-head shaped wine vessel
dòu niú shì
matador
toreador
bullfighter
lǎo niú chī nèn cǎo
lit. an old cow eats young grass (idiom)
fig. a May-December relationship
a romance where the man is significantly older than the woman
niú nián
Year of the Ox or Bull (e.g. 2009)
niú yáng
cattle and sheep
livestock
méng niú
China Mengniu Dairy Company Limited
Niú láng
Cowherd of the folk tale Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女
Altair (star)
zhēn niú
(slang) really cool, awesome
niú xī
Achyranthes bidentata (root used in Chinese medicine)
niú mǎ
oxen and horses
beasts of burden
CL:隻|只[zhi1]
qiān niú huā
white-edged morning glory
zuān niú jiǎo jiān
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
fēng mǎ niú bù xiāng jí
to be completely unrelated to one another (idiom)
irrelevant
jiǔ niú èr hǔ zhī lì
tremendous strength (idiom)
kuáng niú bìng
mad cow disease
bovine spongiform encephalopathy, BSE
chǒu niú
Year 2, year of the Bull or Ox (e.g. 2009)
niú yóu guǒ
avocado (Persea americana)
tǔ niú
clay ox
mound of earth on a dike (ready for emergency repairs)
jiǔ niú yī máo
lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom)
fig. a drop in the ocean
fēng niú bìng
mad cow disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy)
duì niú tán qín
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
Fú niú shān
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
niú zhāng
Cinnamomum kanehirae
small-leaf camphor
stout camphor (indigenous to Taiwan)
zuò niú zuò mǎ
lit. to work like an ox, to work like a horse; fig. to work extremely hard
hàn niú chōng dòng
lit. enough books to make a pack-ox sweat or to fill a house to the rafters (idiom); fig. many books
niú ròu lā miàn
ramen (pulled noodles) with beef
Wēng niú tè
Ongniud banner or Ongnuud khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[Chi4 feng1], Inner Mongolia
Wēng niú tè qí
Ongniud banner or Ongnuud khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[Chi4 feng1], Inner Mongolia
niú tóu bù duì mǎ zuǐ
see 驢唇不對馬嘴|驴唇不对马嘴[lu:2 chun2 bu4 dui4 ma3 zui3]
ní niú rù hǎi
lit. a clay ox enters the sea (idiom); fig. to disappear with no hope of returning
qì chuǎn rú niú
to breathe heavily like an ox (idiom)
to huff and puff
Qiān niú xīng
Altair (star)
Cowherd of the folk tale Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女
niú zhì
oregano (Origanum vulgare)
marjoram
cài niú
beef cattle (grown for meat)
líng niú
takin (type of goat-antelope)
tiě bǎn niú ròu
beef grilled on a hot iron plate
zuān niú jiǎo
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
niú qiáo
Oxbridge
Cambridge and Oxford
shā jī yān yòng niú dāo
don't use a sledgehammer on a nut
aquila non capit muscam
Dòu niú shì zhī gē
Toreador Song (Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre), famous aria from opera Carmen 卡門|卡门 by Georges Bizet
niú zǎi kù
jeans
CL:條|条[tiáo]
also written 牛仔褲|牛仔裤
sān duì sān dòu niú
three-on-three basketball game
Ài sà kè · Niú dùn
Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), British mathematician and physicist
mù wú quán niú
to see the ox already cut up into joints (idiom); extremely skilled
able to see through the problem at one glance
tiě bǎn niú liǔ
fillet beef teppanyaki (fast grilled on hot iron plate)
niú hǎi mián zhuàng nǎo bìng
bovine spongiform encephalopathy, BSE
mad cow disease
niú xī cǎo
hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis)
niú bī
awesome
capable (vulgar)
arrogant
cocky
bastard (vulgar)
niú pí cài
chard (Beta vulgaris), a foliage beet
qì chōng niú dǒu
extremely angry
infuriated
niú ròu chǎo miàn
stir-fried noodles with beef
niú jiǎo jiāo
Cayenne pepper
red pepper
chili
niú yī duì qì
couple living in destitute misery (idiom)
bù jiā niú nǎi
without milk
black (of tea, coffee etc)
niú sōu mǎ bó
cow's piss, horse's ulcer (idiom); worthless nonsense
insignificant
gē jī yān yòng niú dāo
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]
yī duì yī dòu niú
one-on-one basketball game
hū niú hū mǎ
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.
shā niú zǎi yáng
slaughter the cattle and butcher the sheep
to prepare a big feast (idiom)
qiān niú shǔ
Pharbitis, genus of herbaceous plants including Morning glory 牽牛|牵牛 (Pharbitis nil)
yào jiā niú nǎi
with milk
white (of tea, coffee etc)
tǔ niú mù mǎ
clay ox, wooden horse (idiom); shape without substance
worthless object
niú jì tóng zào
cow and famous steed at the same trough (idiom); fig. the common and the great are treated alike
hū niú zuò mǎ
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.
dài niú pèi dú
to abandon armed struggle and return to raising cattle (idiom)
fǎn quàn huáng niú
"shopping coupon scalper", sb who sells unwanted or returned shopping coupons to others for a profit
niú jì tóng cáo
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]
Wú niú jiàn yuè
cow from Wu is terrified by the moon, mistaking it for the sun
bí niú r
hardened mucus in nostrils
dòu niú gěng
variant of 鬥牛梗|斗牛梗[dou4 niu2 geng3]
hóng niú pí cài
chard (Beta vulgaris), a foliage beet
pí fú lóu niú
beefalo (cross between domestic cattle and bison)
niú jīn qún
Oxfordshire (English county)
yǎng niú
cattle harnessed for plowing
kuí niú
ancient yak of South East China, also known as 犩[wei2]
niú tóu gěng
variant of 牛頭梗|牛头梗[niu2 tou2 geng3]
shā jī hé bì yào yòng niú dāo ne
don't use a sledgehammer to crack a nut
de minimis non curat praetor (trivial matters are of no concern to a high official)
niú bí zi
key point
crux
(old) Daoist (facetious)
niú guǐ shé shén
evil monsters
(fig.) bad characters
(political) bad elements
niú tóu bó láo
(bird species of China) bull-headed shrike (Lanius bucephalus)
niú biān
pizzle
bull's penis (served as food)
niú láng zhī nǚ
Cowherd and Weaving maid (characters in folk story)
separated lovers
Altair and Vega (stars)
niú láng
cowherd boy
(slang) male prostitute
niú jiǎo guà shū
lit. to hang one's books on cow horns (idiom)
fig. to be diligent in one's studies
piān niú
offspring of a bull and a female yak
dāng niú zuò mǎ
to work like a horse and toil like an ox
fig. to slave for sb
xiān huā chā zài niú fèn shàng
lit. a bunch of flowers poked into a pile of manure
fig. a terrible shame (as when a lovely woman marries an odious man)
dǐng niú r
to push with the forehead
to lock horns
to be at loggerheads
xuè niú
sb who sells one's blood for a living
wō xíng niú bù
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
Měng niú
China Mengniu Dairy Company Limited
Ài sà kè · Niú dùn
Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), British mathematician and physicist
lǎo niú shì dú
lit. an old ox licking its calf (idiom)
fig. (of parents) to dote on one's children
lǎo niú pò chē
lit. old ox pulling a shabby cart (idiom)
fig. slow and inefficient
lǎo niú lā pò chē
see 老牛破車|老牛破车[lao3 niu2 po4 che1]
zǐ jīn niú
Japanese ardisia (Ardisia japonica)
niú lì sū
ox tongue pastry, oval Guangdong pastry made of fried dough, resembling an ox tongue
wú ké wō niú
fig. people who cannot afford to buy their own house
fàng niú bān
class of underachievers
dunces' class (Tw)
bā wū qiān niú
to sack the home and lead off the cattle (proverb)
to strip of everything
duō rú niú máo
as many as the hair of the ox (idiom)
great amount of
countless
chuī niú pāi mǎ
to resort to bragging and flattering
niú nián mǎ yuè
see 猴年馬月|猴年马月[hou2 nian2 ma3 yue4]
niú bó zi
(coll.) bullheaded
obstinate
niú bèi lù
(bird species of China) eastern cattle egret (Bubulcus coromandus)
niú jīn cǎo
wire grass (Eleusine indica)
niú qi
(coll.) haughty
overbearing
(economics) bullish