| 牛 | niú | ox; cow; bull; CL:条,头 |
| 牛顿 | Niú dùn | Newton (name); Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), British mathematician and physicist |
| 牛奶 | niú nǎi | cow's milk; CL:瓶,杯 |
| 牛马 | niú mǎ | oxen and horses; beasts of burden; CL:只 |
| 牛肉 | niú ròu | beef |
| 牛皮 | niú pí | cowhide; leather; fig. flexible and tough; boasting; big talk |
| 牛角 | niú jiǎo | cow horn |
| 牛皮菜 | niú pí cài | chard (Beta vulgaris), a foliage beet |
| 牛油 | niú yóu | butter |
| 牛仔 | niú zǎi | cowboy |
| 牛仔裤 | niú zǎi kù | jeans; CL:条; also written 牛崽裤 |
| 牛屄 | niú bī | awesome; capable (vulgar); arrogant; cocky; bastard (vulgar); also written 牛Ｂ |
| 牛山濯濯 | niú shān zhuó zhuó | treeless hills (idiom) |
| 牛崽裤 | niú zǎi kù | jeans; CL:条; also written 牛仔裤 |
| 牛市 | niú shì | bull market (i.e. period of rising share prices) |
| 牛年 | niú nián | Year of the Ox or Bull (e.g. 2009) |
| 牛排 | niú pái | steak |
| 牛排餐厅 | niú pái cān tīng | steakhouse; chophouse |
| 牛排馆 | niú pái guǎn | steakhouse |
| 牛柳 | niú liǔ | sirloin |
| 牛樟 | niú zhāng | Cinnamomum kanehirae; small-leaf camphor; stout camphor (indigenous to Taiwan) |
| 牛桥 | niú qiáo | Oxbridge; Cambridge and Oxford |
| 牛比 | niú bī | awesome; capable (vulgar); arrogant; cocky; bastard (vulgar); also written 牛Ｂ |
| 牛油戟 | niú yóu jǐ | cup cake |
| 牛油果 | niú yóu guǒ | avocado (Persea americana) |
| 牛津 | Niú jīn | Oxford (city in England) |
| 牛津大学 | Niú jīn Dà xué | University of Oxford |
| 牛津群 | niú jīn qún | Oxfordshire (English county) |
| 牛海绵状脑病 | niú hǎi mián zhuàng nǎo bìng | bovine spongiform encephalopathy, BSE; mad cow disease |
| 牛溲马勃 | niú sōu mǎ bó | cow's piss, horse's ulcer (idiom); worthless nonsense; insignificant |
| 牛痘 | niú dòu | cowpox |
| 牛痘病 | niú dòu bìng | cow pox |
| 牛百叶 | niú bǎi yè | omasum; beef tripe |
| 牛皮癣 | niú pí xuǎn | psoriasis |
| 牛皮色 | niú pí sè | buff (color) |
| 牛磺酸 | niú huáng suān | taurine |
| 牛羊 | niú yáng | cattle and sheep; livestock |
| 牛肉丸 | niú ròu wán | beef meatballs |
| 牛肉干 | niú ròu gān | dried beef; jerky; charqui |
| 牛肉拉面 | niú ròu lā miàn | ramen (pulled noodles) with beef |
| 牛肉炒面 | niú ròu chǎo miàn | stir-fried noodles with beef |
| 牛肉芹菜 | niú ròu qín cài | beef and celery |
| 牛肉面 | niú ròu miàn | beef noodle soup |
| 牛脊肉 | niú jǐ ròu | sirloin (beef joint) |
| 牛腩 | niú nǎn | brisket (esp. Cantonese); belly beef; spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs; erroneously translated as sirloin |
| 牛膝 | niú xī | Achyranthes bidentata (root used in Chinese medicine) |
| 牛膝草 | niú xī cǎo | hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis) |
| 牛至 | niú zhì | oregano (Origanum vulgare); marjoram |
| 牛舌 | niú shé | ox tongue |
| 牛蒡 | niú bàng | burdock |
