The Chinese word for cow is
牛
niú
Chinese Definition
| cow | |
| 1. 奶牛 |
Translations for cow and their definitions
| 母牛 | |
| 1. n. female cow |
| 牛 | |
| 1. bovine, e.g. cow, bull, ox, buffalo, bison, yak | |
| 2. beef | |
| 乾gān炒.牛河 - beef chow fun | |
| 3. stubborn; pigheaded | |
| 4. (colloquial) arrogant | |
| 5. (mainland, Mandarin, slang) awesome; powerful | |
| 牛屄 - vulgar awesome | |
| 牛人 - an awesome person | |
| 6. (astronomy) the Ox, a Chinese constellation near Capricorn | |
| 7. (physics) Short for 牛頓, tr=niúdùn, newton | |
| 8. (Hong Kong Cantonese, computing) Short for 火牛, transformer | |
| ^牛 ^僧-孺 - Niu Sengru (Tang politician) |
| 恐嚇 | |
| 1. v. to threaten; to intimidate |
| 恐吓 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 恐嚇 |
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