Chinese symbol for “bison”
野牛
yě niú
bison
The closest CC-CEDICT match for bison is 野牛 (yě niú), defined as: bison.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “bison”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 野牛.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 野生 | yě shēng | (of animals, plants etc) wild |
| 野蛮 (野蠻) | yě mán | barbarous; uncivilized |
| 视野 (視野) | shì yě | field of view; (fig.) outlook; perspective |
| 野兽 (野獸) | yě shòu | beast; wild animal |
| 野心 | yě xīn | ambition; wild schemes |
| 野外 | yě wài | countryside; areas outside the city |
| 牛奶 | niú nǎi | cow's milk; measure word: 瓶 (píng), 杯 (bēi) |
| 牛肉 | niú ròu | beef |
See also: Japanese symbol for “bison”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.