| 牛 | 18B40 10.10 | 部居  | 畫數 4 | ㄋㄧㄡˊ [niu2] | ||
| N. | (1) (Zoo.) cattle: 牛頭馬面 (chin. myth.) messenger boy of Hell; 牛鬼蛇神 (of things) supernatural, (of a person's appearance) ugly, (now) bad elements; 牛頭不對馬嘴 (of speech or action) incongruous; 水牛 water buffalo; 黃牛 common yellow cow or ox, also illegal agent for tickets or crossing forbidden territory; 乳牛 milk cow; 母牛 cow. (2) (Astron.) Sagittarius, one of the twenty-eight Chinese zodiac constellations. (3) A surname. | |||||
| Words | 1. 牛蒡 [niu2bang4], n., (bot.) burdock, Arctiun lappa. 2. 牛扁 [niu2bian3], n., (bot.) Aconitum lycoctonum. 3. 牛鼻子 [niu2bi2zi0], n., (牛鼻子老道) (derog.) formerly old Taoist. 4. 牛脖子 [niu2bo2zi0], n., person obstinate like cattle. 5. 牛車 [niu2che1], n., ox cart. 6. 牛氣 [niu2qi0], adj., arrogant. 7. 牛刀 [niu2dao1], n., butcher’s knife: 割雞焉用牛刀 (lit.) why use a butcher's chopper to kill a chicken? －making unnecessarily great efforts to do trivial things; wasting of talent on trivials; 牛刀小試 (fig.) (of person of great potentials) give a little inkling of what one is capable of. 8. 牛痘 [niu2dou4], n., vaccine against smallpox. 9. 牛頓 [niu2dun4], n., Sir Isaac Newton. 10. 牛犢子 [niu2du2zi0], n., a calf. 11. 牛耳 [niu2er3], n., the ears of an ox or cow: 執牛耳 (AC) to “hold the cow's ear” before slaughter for blood sacrifice－an honor reserved for leader during conference of states－hence to be acknowledged leader. 12. 牛黃 [niu2huang2]l, n., (Chin. med.) bile juice from the body of a diseased ox, congealed, and used for the cure of infant cramps. 13. 牛角 [niu2jiao3], n., ox horn. 14. 牛勁 [niu2jin4], n., as in (1) 一身牛勁 as strong as an ox; (2) 犯了牛勁 obstinate like an ox. 15. 牛津 [niu2jin1], n., Oxford. 16. 牛酒 [niu2jiu3], n., (lit.) beef and wine; (fig.) gifts for soldiers at the front. 17. 牛郎 [niu2lang2], (1) n., a cowboy; (2) n., one of the Chinese zodiac constellations: 牛郎織女 the Cowboy and the Spinning Maid, two constellations, the separated lovers in Chinese mythology. 18. 牛酪 [niu2luo4], n., cheese, yogurt. 19. 牛馬 [niu2ma3], (1) n., cattle and horses; (2) v.i., slave for others: 莫為兒孫作牛馬 do not slave for your children. 20. 牛毛 [niu2mao2], n., (1), ox hair; (2) innumerable: 多如牛毛 innumerable as ox hair; 牛毛細雨 fine drizzling rain. 21. 牛  [niu2mang2], n., (zoo.) horsefly, gadfly (also wr. 虻).22. 牛奶 [niu2nai3], n., cow's milk; 牛奶糖 butter candy, toffee. 23. 牛排 [niu2pai2]1, n., beefsteak. 24. 牛（兒）牌 [niu2]([er0])[pai2]2, n., set of playing cards made of cattle bone (also called 骨牌). 25. 牛扒 [niu2pa2], n., beefsteak. 26. 牛皮 [niu2pi2], (1) n., ox hide, leather: 牛皮靴 leather boots; 牛皮帶 leather belt; (2) gross exaggeration: 牛皮大王 person given to gross exaggerations: 吹牛皮 to brag; n., 牛皮紙 brown packing paper; 牛皮糖 a kind of chewing candy, also one who persists in forcing his attentions on others. 27. 牛肉 [niu2rou4], n., beef. 28. 牛乳 [niu2ru3], n., cow's milk, see [niu2nai3]↑. 29. 牛膝 [niu2xi0], n., (bot.) hyssop. 30. 牛性 [niu2xing4], n., obstinacy. 31. 牛溲 [niu2sou1], n., in 牛溲馬勃 two lowly plants－worthless trifles. 32. 牛子眼（兒） [niu2zi0yan3] ([niu2zi0ya3er0]), n., a tumor-like growth on the eyeball obstructing eyesight. 33. 牛瘟 [niu2wen1], n., rinderpest. 34. 牛衣 [niu2yi1], n., cattle blanket. 35. 牛疫 [niu2yi4], n., cattle plague. 36. 牛飲 [niu2yin3], n., unrestrained drinking bout (lit., “drinking like a cow”). 37. 牛蠅 [niu2ying2], n., (zoo) gadfly. 38. 牛油 [niu2you2], n., butter. | |||||