IDENTITY
牛niúox; cow
HSK 2Top 950
CORE MEANING
ox; cow
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.ox; cowHSK2
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 牛ox radical (niú)
- strokes
- 4
- Structure
- single pictograph
- IDS sequence
- 牛
USAGE
Common words
牛奶niúnǎimilk
牛肉niúròubeef
小牛xiǎoniúcalf
Graded examples
我每天早上喝牛奶。Wǒ měitiān zǎoshang hē niúnǎi.HSK1
I drink milk every morning.
RELATIONS
LEARNING
Memory aid
Horns on a face — an ox seen head-on.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #950
- Memory aid
- imagery
TRUST & SOURCES
- Reviewed by
- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-14
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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