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牛 (ngau4) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

牛 (ngau4, niú) — (adjective) (of personality) stubborn and unreasonable; ox; cow; bull M: 条tiáo [条]; 头tóu [头]; (slang) awesome; KangXi radical 93; name of a constellation; arrogant; a surname

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 牛一 (ngau4 jat1) — (n.) Birthday (a dated term).
• 牛丸 (ngau4 jyun2) — beef balls
• 牛乳餅 (ngau4 jyu5 beng2) — (food) a milk cookie
• 牛乸 (ngau4 naa2) — (noun) a cow
• 牛什 (ngau4 zaap6) — (food) Beef offal
• 牛仔帽 (ngau4 zai2 mou2) — (noun) a cowboy hat

Chengyu with this character

• 對牛彈琴 — To offer refined or technical talk to listeners who cannot follow it. The fault may sit with the speaker's choice of audience, not the listeners — match the message to the hearer.

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