Chinese symbol for “calf”
小牛
xiǎo niú
calf; (coll.) lower-priced model of Lamborghini
The closest CC-CEDICT match for calf is 小牛 (xiǎo niú), defined as: calf; (coll.) lower-priced model of Lamborghini.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “calf”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 犊 (犢) | dú | calf; sacrificial victim |
| 牛犊 (牛犢) | niú dú | calf |
| 犊子 (犢子) | dú zi | calf |
| 小腿肚 | xiǎo tuǐ dù | calf (of the leg) |
| 腿肚子 | tuǐ dù zi | calf (back of the leg below the knee) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 小牛.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 小时 (小時) | xiǎo shí | hour |
| 小说 (小說) | xiǎo shuō | novel; fiction |
| 小学 (小學) | xiǎo xué | elementary school; primary school |
| 小姐 | xiǎo jie | young lady; miss |
| 小组 (小組) | xiǎo zǔ | group |
| 小孩 | xiǎo hái | child; 个 (gè) |
| 牛奶 | niú nǎi | cow's milk; measure word: 瓶 (píng), 杯 (bēi) |
| 牛肉 | niú ròu | beef |
See also: Japanese symbol for “calf”.
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.