牛
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Alternative forms
Han character
牛 (radical 93, 牛+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 竹手 (HQ), four-corner 25000, composition ⿻𠂉十)
- Kangxi radical #93, ⽜.
- Shuōwén Jiězì radical №19
Derived characters
References
- KangXi: page 697, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19922
- Dae Jaweon: page 1108, character 16
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1800, character 1
- Unihan data for U+725B
Chinese
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Glyph origin
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Shang | Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Chu Slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Pictogram (象形) .
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋwa.
Pronunciation
Definitions
牛
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 牛 (“cattle; cow”) [map] | ||
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Variety | Location | Words |
Classical Chinese | 牛 | |
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 牛 | |
Taxonomic name | 牛 | |
Mandarin | Beijing | 牛 |
Jinan | 牛 | |
Xi'an | 牛 | |
Wuhan | 牛 | |
Chengdu | 牛 | |
Yangzhou | 牛 | |
Hefei | 牛 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 牛 |
Hong Kong | 牛 | |
Yangjiang | 牛 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 牛 |
Hakka | Meixian | 牛 |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 牛仔 | |
Liudui (S. Sixian) | 牛仔 | |
Hsinchu (Hailu) | 牛 | |
Dongshi (Dabu) | 牛 | |
Hsinchu (Raoping) | 牛 | |
Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 牛 | |
Jin | Taiyuan | 牛, 牛兒 |
Min Bei | Jian'ou | 牛 |
Min Dong | Fuzhou | 牛 |
Min Nan | Xiamen | 牛 |
Quanzhou | 牛 | |
Zhangzhou | 牛 | |
Taipei | 牛 | |
Kaohsiung | 牛 | |
Chaozhou | 牛 | |
Wu | Suzhou | 牛 |
Wenzhou | 牛 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 牛, 寶耕 |
Shuangfeng | 牛 |
- (beef): 牛肉 (niúròu)
- (awesome):
Synonyms of 牛
Compounds
Derived terms from 牛
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Further reading
- (Min Nan pronunciation audio) “Entry #1228”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
Japanese
Readings
Compounds
Compounds
- インド牛 (indoushi, “zebu”)
- 牛馬 (ushiuma)
- 牛鬼 (ushioni), 牛鬼 (gyūki)
- 牛氈鹿 (ushikamoshika, “wildebeest, gnu”)
- 雄牛 (oushi), 牡牛 (oushi)
- 蝸牛 (kagyū, “snail; cochlea”)
- 蝸牛 (katatsumuri), 蝸牛 (dendenmushi, “snail”)
- 牛脂 (gyūshi, “tallow of cow”)
- 牛車 (gyūsha, “oxcart”)
- 牛舎 (gyūsha)
- 牛耳る (gyūjiru)
- 牛肉 (gyūniku, “beef”)
- 牛乳 (gyūnyū, “cow's milk”)
- 牛馬 (gyūba)
- 牛酪 (gyūraku, “butter”)
- 子牛 (koushi), 仔牛 (koushi)
- 呉牛 (gogyū, “water buffalo”)
- 瘤牛 (kobuushi, “zebu”)
- 牛蒡 (gobō, “greater burdock”)
- 麝香牛 (jakōushi, “musk ox”)
- 水牛 (suigyū, “water buffalo”)
- 肉牛 (nikugyū, “beef cattle”)
- 乳牛 (nyūgyū, “dairy cattle”)
- 犎牛 (hōgyū, “zebu”)
- 雌牛 (meushi), 牝牛 (meushi)
Noun
牛 (hiragana うし, katakana ウシ, rōmaji ushi)
- cow, bull, ox, cattle
- 1999 November 18, “
牛 魔 人 [Bull Jinn]”, in Vol.6, Konami:- 森に住む牛の魔人。ツノを突き出し突進して攻撃。
- 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.
- 森に住む牛の魔人。ツノを突き出し突進して攻撃。
- 1999 December 1, “ミノタウルス [Minotaurus]”, in BOOSTER 6, Konami:
- すごい力を持つウシの怪物。オノひと振りで何でもなぎ倒す。
- 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 ax swing.
- すごい力を持つウシの怪物。オノひと振りで何でもなぎ倒す。
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- beef
Derived terms
- 丑 (ushi)
Usage notes
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as ウシ.
Korean
Hanja
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Okinawan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔuɕi/
Vietnamese
Han character
牛 (ngưu)
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Yonaguni
References
- “うち【牛】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
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