Definitions
(noun)
ox; cow; bull
(adjective)
awesome
Etymology
Pictograph of the head of a cow.
About
牛 originated as a pictograph of a cow's head, depicting the curving horns and the snout. As an independent noun, it refers to bovine animals like cattle, oxen, and water buffalo, creatures essential for agricultural labor and transport. The character also functions as a semantic radical, most often placed on the left side of compound characters to signal a meaning related to livestock, herding, or draft animals.
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牛奶很有营养。
我昨天吃了牛肉面。
妈妈买了一个牛油果。
这家餐厅的牛排很出名。
那个牛仔骑马的样子很帅。
早餐我想吃一个牛角包。
投资者都希望遇到牛市。
牧场里新出生的牛犊很健康。
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