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牛子

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Chinese

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ox; cow; bull
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
 
simp. and trad.
(牛子)
alternative forms 牛仔 Northern Min

Pronunciation

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Noun

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牛子

  1. (literary) ox; cattle
  2. (archaic, derogatory or humorous) villager; bumpkin; brute
  3. (traditional Chinese medicine) Alternative name for 牛蒡 (niúbàng, “burdock”).
  4. (dialectal Gan, Hakka, Northern Min, dialectal Wu) calf
  5. (Mancheng Mandarin) snail
  6. (Xinzhou Jin) insect; bug
  7. (Taiwanese Hakka, derogatory, figurative) someone naughty and disobedient
  8. (dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Wu) rice weevil
  9. (Sichuanese, gold panning jargon) large pebble
  10. (Northeastern Mandarin) penis

Synonyms

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  • (bumpkin):

Derived terms

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