Chinese word dictionary

犪牛

kuí niú · ancient yak of southeast China, also known as 犩[wei2]

Practice word

Word information

Simplified犪牛

Traditional犪牛

Pinyinkuí niú

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

犪kuí

yak

牛niú

ox, cow, bull

How to learn 犪牛

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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牛奶niúnǎi

cow's milk; CL:瓶[ping2],杯[bei1]

牛niú

ox; cow; bull; CL:條|条[tiao2],頭|头[tou2]; newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿[niu2 dun4]); (slang) awesome; surname Niu

牛仔裤niúzǎikù

jeans; CL:條|条[tiao2]

吹牛chuīniú

to talk big; to brag; to shoot off one's mouth; (dialect) to chat idly

对牛弹琴duìniú-tánqín

lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom); fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audience; to cast pearls before swine; caviar to the general; to preach to deaf ears; to talk over sb's head