Chinese symbol for “steak”
牛排
niú pái
steak
The closest CC-CEDICT match for steak is 牛排 (niú pái), defined as: steak.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “steak”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 排 | pái | to arrange in order; to line up; to exclude; to eliminate; to repel; to expel; to discharge |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 牛排.
| 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 |
| 安排 | ān pái | to arrange; to plan |
| 排名 | pái míng | to rank (1st, 2nd etc); ranking |
See also: Japanese symbol for “steak”.
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.