Chinese symbol for “haughty”
牛气
niú qi
Traditional: 牛氣
(coll.) haughty; overbearing; (economics) bullish
The closest CC-CEDICT match for haughty is 牛气 (niú qi), defined as: (coll.) haughty; overbearing; (economics) bullish.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “haughty”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 骄矜 (驕矜) | jiāo jīn | haughty; proud |
| 傲慢 | ào màn | arrogant; haughty |
| 奡 | ào | haughty; vigorous |
| 高傲 | gāo ào | arrogant; haughty |
| 眼高 | yǎn gāo | haughty; contemptuous |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 牛气.
| 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 |
| 天气 (天氣) | tiān qì | weather |
| 空气 (空氣) | kōng qì | air; atmosphere |
See also: Japanese symbol for “haughty”.
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.