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niú

Main
English Definition	ox; cow; bull; obstinate; arrogant; newton (abbr. for 牛顿); (slang) awesome; (Chinese surname)
Simplified Script	牛
Traditional Script	Same
Pinyin	niú
Effective Pinyin (After Tone Sandhi)	Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)	ㄋㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping)	ngau⁴
Part of Speech	(名) noun
Measure Words	条, 头
Proficiency Test Level	HSK.v3=3,5 TOCFL=2

Words With Same Tail Word
吹牛	chuīniú	to talk big; to shoot off one's mouth; to chat (dialect)
小牛	xiǎoniú	calf; (coll.) lower-priced model of Lamborghini
奶牛	nǎiniú	milk cow; dairy cow
公牛	gōngniú	bull
黄牛	huángniú	ox; cattle; scalper of tickets etc; to fail to show up; to break a promise

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