牛 - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

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牛 (Kangxi radical 93, 牛+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 竹手 (HQ), four-corner 25000, composition ⿻𠂉十)

  1. Kangxi radical #93, ⽜.
  2. Shuowen Jiezi radical №19
simp. and trad. 牛
alternative forms 𠂒

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Pictogram (象形) of a bull's head.

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋwa.

"awesome"

Clipping of 牛屄 (niúbī).

Note: ngau4-2 - "beef", chiefly in compounds.

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Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 牛
Reading # 1/1
ModernBeijing(Pinyin) niú
MiddleChinese ‹ ngjuw ›
OldChinese /*[ŋ]ʷə/ (< uvular?)
English ox
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 牛
Reading # 1/1
No. 9564
Phoneticcomponent 牛
Rimegroup 之
Rimesubdivision 0
CorrespondingMC rime 牛
OldChinese /*ŋʷɯ/

牛

  1. bovine, e.g. cow, bull, ox, buffalo, bison, yak (Classifier: 頭／头 m c mb md; 條／条 m g h x; 隻／只 m c g mn w x)
  2. beef
    乾炒牛河／干炒牛河 ― gānchǎo niúhé ― beef chow fun
    蛋牛治 [Cantonese] ― daan6-2 ngau4-2 zi6 [Jyutping] ― beef and egg sandwich
  3. stubborn; pigheaded
  4. (colloquial) arrogant
  5. (Mainland China, Mandarin, slang) awesome; powerful
    牛屄 ― niúbī ― [vulgar] awesome
    牛人 ― niúrén ― an awesome person
  6. (～宿) (Chinese astronomy) Ox (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions)
  7. (physics) Short for 牛頓／牛顿 (niúdùn, “newton”).
  8. (Hong Kong Cantonese, computing) Short for 火牛 (“transformer”). (Classifier: 隻／只 c)
  9. a surname
    牛僧孺 ― Niú Sēngrú ― Niu Sengru (Tang politician)

Dialectal synonyms of 牛 (“bovine”) [map]

Variety Location Words edit
Classical Chinese 牛
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 牛
Taxonomic name 牛
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 牛
Taiwan 牛
Chengde 牛
Chifeng 牛
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 牛
Heihe 牛
Qiqihar 牛
Harbin 牛
Jiamusi 牛
Baicheng 牛
Changchun 牛
Tonghua 牛
Shenyang 牛
Jinzhou 牛
Malaysia 牛
Singapore 牛
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 牛
Tangshan 牛
Cangzhou 牛
Baoding 牛
Shijiazhuang 牛
Lijin 牛
Jinan 牛
Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian 牛
Dandong 牛
Yantai 牛
Yantai (Muping) 牛
Qingdao 牛
Zhucheng 牛
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 牛
Lingbao 牛
Jining 牛
Wanrong 牛
Linfen 牛
Shangqiu 牛
Yuanyang 牛
Zhengzhou 牛
Xinyang 牛
Baihe 牛
Xi'an 牛
Baoji 牛
Tianshui 牛
Xining 牛
Xuzhou 牛
Fuyang 牛
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 牛
Lanzhou 牛
Dunhuang 牛
Hami 牛
Ürümqi 牛
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 牛
Nanchong 牛
Dazhou 牛
Hanyuan 牛
Xichang 牛
Zigong 牛
Chongqing 牛
Wuhan 牛
Yichang 牛
Xiangyang 牛
Tianmen 牛
Guiyang 牛
Zunyi 牛
Bijie 牛
Liping 牛
Zhaotong 牛
Dali 牛
Kunming 牛
Mengzi 牛
Guilin 牛
Liuzhou 牛, 拖磨子
Jishou 牛
Changde 牛
Hanzhong 牛
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 牛
Yangzhou 牛
Lianyungang 牛
Lianshui 牛
Nantong 牛
Anqing 牛
Wuhu 牛
Hefei 牛
Hong'an 牛
Cantonese Guangzhou 牛
Hong Kong 牛
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 牛
Macau 牛
Guangzhou (Panyu) 牛
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 牛
Guangzhou (Conghua) 牛
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 牛
Foshan 牛
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 牛
Foshan (Shunde) 牛
Foshan (Sanshui) 牛
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 牛
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 牛
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 牛
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 牛
Zhuhai (Doumen) 牛
Jiangmen (Baisha) 牛
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 牛
Taishan 牛
Kaiping (Chikan) 牛
Enping (Niujiang) 牛
Heshan (Yayao) 牛
Dongguan 牛
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 牛
Yangjiang 牛
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 牛
Singapore (Guangfu) 牛
Gan Nanchang 牛
Lichuan 牛
Pingxiang 牛
Hakka Meixian 牛
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 牛
Dongguan (Qingxi) 牛
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 牛
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 牛
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 牛
Yudu 牛
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 牛仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 牛仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 牛
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 牛
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 牛
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 牛
Huizhou Shexian 牛
Jin Taiyuan 牛, 牛兒
Yangyuan 牛
Datong 牛
Xinzhou 牛
Lüliang (Lishi) 牛
Changzhi 牛
Linhe 牛
Jining 牛
Hohhot 牛
Erenhot 牛
Pingshan 牛
Zhangjiakou 牛
Handan 牛
Linzhou 牛
Suide 牛
Northern Min Jian'ou 牛
Eastern Min Fuzhou 牛
Southern Min Xiamen 牛
Quanzhou 牛
Zhangzhou 牛
Zhao'an 牛
Taipei 牛
New Taipei (Sanxia) 牛
Kaohsiung 牛仔
Yilan 牛仔
Changhua (Lukang) 牛
Taichung 牛
Tainan 牛
Hsinchu 牛
Kinmen 牛
Penghu (Magong) 牛
Penang (Hokkien) 牛
Singapore (Hokkien) 牛
Manila (Hokkien) 牛
Chaozhou 牛
Shantou 牛
Shantou (Chenghai) 牛
Singapore (Teochew) 牛
Leizhou 牛
Wenchang 牛
Haikou 牛, 牛媽
Singapore (Hainanese) 牛
Puxian Min Putian 牛, 牛犅
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) 牛, 牛犅
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 牛
Shehua Fu'an 牛
Fuding 牛
Luoyuan 牛
Sanming 牛
Shunchang 牛
Hua'an 牛
Guixi (Zhangping) 牛
Cangnan 牛
Jingning (Hexi) 牛
Lishui 牛
Longyou 牛
Chaozhou 牛
Fengshun 牛
Wu Shanghai 牛
Suzhou 牛
Danyang 牛
Wenzhou 牛
Jinhua 牛
Xiang Changsha 牛, 寶耕
Shuangfeng 牛

Dialectal synonyms of 厲害 (“impressive; excellent; amazing; fantastic”) [map]

Variety Location Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 牛, 牛兒, 牛屄 vulgar
Taiwan 厲害, 棒
Malaysia 厲害, 夠力
Singapore 厲害
Cantonese Guangzhou 犀利, 勁
Hong Kong 犀利, 勁, 勁抽, 堅抽
Penang (Guangfu) 犀利
Singapore (Guangfu) 犀利, 勁
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 厲害, 慶
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 厲害, 慶, 壁
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 厲害, 慶
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 厲害, 慶
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 厲害, 慶
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 厲害, 慶
Hong Kong 叻
Kuching (Hepo) 慶
Southern Min Xiamen 厲害
Shishi 厲害
Zhao'an 厲害
Tainan 厲害
Penang (Hokkien) 厲害
Singapore (Hokkien) 厲害, 勥, 𠢕
Manila (Hokkien) 厲害, 勥, 𠢕
Puning 厲害, 野
Haifeng 厲害
Singapore (Teochew) 厲害
Wu Shanghai 結棍
Suzhou 結棍
Wuxi 結棍
Hangzhou 結棍
Ningbo 結棍
Xiang Changsha 䏧腮

Dialectal synonyms of 變壓器 (“transformer”) [map]

牛

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. cow, ox, cattle

Compounds

Kanji in this term
牛
うしGrade: 2
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *usi.

牛(うし) or 牛(ウシ) • (ushi)

  1. cow, bull, ox, cattle, a domestic bovine
    Synonyms: (dialectal, Tohoku) べこ, (dialectal, Akita, Sendai, Shimokita, Tsugaru) べご, (dialectal, Kagoshima) べぶ
    • 1999 November 18, “牛(ぎゅう)魔(ま)人(じん)”, in Vol.6, Konami:
      森(もり)に住(す)む**牛(うし)**の魔(ま)人(じん)。ツノを突(つ)き出(だ)し突(とっ)進(しん)して攻(こう)撃(げき)。
      Mori ni sumu ushi no majin. Tsuno o tsukidashi tosshin shite kōgeki.
      A bovine jinn who resides in the woods. He’ll charge at you and stick you with his horns.
    • 1999 December 1, “ミノタウルス”, in BOOSTER 6, Konami:
      すごい力(ちから)を持(も)つウシの怪(かい)物(ぶつ)。オノひと振(ふ)りで何(なに)でもなぎ倒(たお)す。
      Sugoi chikara o motsu ushi no kaibutsu. Ono hitofuri de nani demo nagitaosu.
      A bovine monster with tremendous power who chops up anyone in his way with one axe swing.
  2. beef

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ウシ.

Kanji in this term
牛
ぎゅうGrade: 2
kan'on

From Middle Chinese 牛 (ngjuw, “cow”). Compare Hokkien 牛 (giû / ngiû).

牛(ぎゅう) • (gyū) ←**ぎう** (giu)?

  1. cow, bull, ox, cattle

  2. beef

  3. (astronomy) Ox

  4. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

  5. ↑ 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

牛 (eumhun 소 우 (so u))

  1. hanja form? of 우 (“cow”)

牛

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

From Proto-Ryukyuan *usi, from Proto-Japonic *usi.

牛(うす) (usu)

  1. cow, cattle
  2. beef

牛

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

Kanji in this term
牛
うしGrade: 2
kun'yomi

From Proto-Ryukyuan *usi, from Proto-Japonic *usi.

牛(うし) (ushi)

  1. cow, cattle

牛: Hán Nôm readings: ngưu, ngọ, ngỏ, ngõ, ngâu

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牛

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

From Proto-Ryukyuan *usi, from Proto-Japonic *usi.

牛(うち) (uchi)

  1. cow, cattle