Chinese symbol for “cattle”
黄牛
huáng niú
Traditional: 黃牛
ox; cattle; scalper of tickets etc; (dialect) to fail to show up; (dialect) to break a promise
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cattle is 黄牛 (huáng niú), defined as: ox; cattle; scalper of tickets etc; (dialect) to fail to show up; (dialect) to break a promise.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “cattle”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 黄牛.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 黄金 (黃金) | huáng jīn | gold; golden (opportunity) |
| 黄色 (黃色) | huáng sè | yellow; vulgar; lewd; pornographic |
| 黄昏 (黃昏) | huáng hūn | dusk; evening |
| 黄瓜 (黃瓜) | huáng guā | cucumber; 条 (tiáo) |
| 金黄 (金黃) | jīn huáng | golden yellow; golden |
| 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) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “cattle”.
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.