Cow in Chinese (Mandarin): 牛 (niú)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 牛

• 牛

  Cow. It began as a drawing of a cow's head with horns.

  4 strokes

Second tone, rising. 牛 is in 牛奶 (niúnǎi, milk), and calling something 牛 is slang for "awesome".

More examples with 牛

• 牛很大。

  Niú hěn dà.

  The cow is big.

• 农场里有一头牛。

  農場裡有一頭牛。

  Nóngchǎng li yǒu yì tóu niú.

  There is a cow on the farm.

How to write 牛 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.