Chinese symbol for “brisket”
牛腩
niú nǎn
brisket (esp. Cantonese); belly beef; spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs; erroneously translated as sirloin
The closest CC-CEDICT match for brisket is 牛腩 (niú nǎn), defined as: brisket (esp. Cantonese); belly beef; spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs; erroneously translated as sirloin.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “brisket”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 腩 | nǎn | brisket; belly beef |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 牛腩.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 牛奶 | niú nǎi | cow's milk; measure word: 瓶 (píng), 杯 (bēi) |
| 牛肉 | niú ròu | beef |
| 牛顿 (牛頓) | niú dùn | newton (SI unit of force) |
| 牛仔裤 (牛仔褲) | niú zǎi kù | jeans; 条 (tiáo) |
| 牛仔 | niú zǎi | cowboy |
| 公牛 | gōng niú | bull |
| 肚腩 | dù nǎn | belly |
| 鱼腩 (魚腩) | yú nǎn | soft, tender belly part of a fish (considered a delicacy); (fig.) (sports) weak team; pushover; minnow |
See also: Japanese symbol for “brisket”.
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.