Cantonese words starting with N
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牛角麵包牛角面包
ngau4 gok3 min6 baau1croissant
牛角尖
ngau4 gok3 zim1a dead end; a blind alley
牛角椒
ngau4 gok3 ziu1Cayenne pepper; chili
牛皋
ngau4 gou1rough
牛高馬大牛高马大
ngau4 gou1 maa5 daai6(adjective) tall and hefty; fully grown
牛牯
ngau4 gu2male bull or cow
牛公
ngau4 gung1bull; ox
牛鬼蛇神
ngau4 gwai2 se4 san4villians; freaks; rabbles; political heretics, especially refering to anti-Maoists during the Cultual Revolution
牛骨
ngau4 gwat1bovine bones
牛氣牛气
ngau4 hei3(coll.) haughty; (economics) bullish
牛河
ngau4 ho4stir-fried beef rice noodle
牛海綿狀腦病牛海绵状脑病
ngau4 hoi2 min4 zong6 nou5 beng6bovine spongiform encephalopathy, BSE
牛飲牛饮
ngau4 jam2gulp
牛一
ngau4 jat1(n.) Birthday (a dated term).
牛油
ngau4 jau4butter
牛油多士
ngau4 jau4 do1 si2buttered toast [colloquial]
牛油刀
ngau4 jau4 dou1a butter knife [colloquial]
牛油戟
ngau4 jau4 gik1pound cake
牛油果
ngau4 jau4 gwo2avocado (Persea americana)
牛衣對泣牛衣对泣
ngau4 ji1 deoi3 jap1couple living in destitute misery (idiom)
牛蠅牛蝇
ngau4 jing4horsefly; cleg
牛羊
ngau4 joeng4cattle and sheep
牛肉
ngau4 juk6beef
牛肉炒河
ngau4 juk6 caau2 ho4beef kway teow; stir-fried ho-fun (rice noodles) with beef
牛肉腸牛肉肠
ngau4 juk6 coeng2rice noodle roll with beef filling
牛肉乾牛肉干
ngau4 juk6 gon1a parking fine (slang)
牛肉丸
ngau4 juk6 jyun2beef meatballs
牛肉麵牛肉面
ngau4 juk6 min6beef noodle soup
牛肉湯麵牛肉汤面
ngau4 juk6 tong1 min6beef noodle soup
牛乳餅牛乳饼
ngau4 jyu5 beng2(food) a milk cookie
牛丸
ngau4 jyun2beef balls
牛驥同槽牛骥同槽
ngau4 kei3 tung4 cou4cow and famous steed at the same trough (idiom); fig. the common and the great are treated alike
牛驥同皂牛骥同皂
ngau4 kei3 tung4 zou6cow and famous steed at the same trough (idiom); fig. the common and the great are treated alike
牛橋牛桥
ngau4 kiu4Oxbridge
牛欄牛栏
ngau4 laan4cattle pen
牛柳
ngau4 lau5(beef) tenderloin
牛脷
ngau4 lei6(noun) xo's tongue; Or (food) bovine tongue
牛脷酥
ngau4 lei6 sou1ox tongue pastry, oval Guangdong pastry made of fried dough, resembling an ox tongue
牛力
ngau4 lik6great strength
牛郎
ngau4 long4Cowherd of the folk tale Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女
牛郎織女牛郎织女
ngau4 long4 zik1 neoi5Cowherd and Weaving maid (characters in folk story); Altair and Vega (stars)
牛唔飲水點撳得牛頭低牛唔饮水点揿得牛头低
ngau4 m4 jam2 seoi2 dim2 gam6 dak1 ngau4 tau4 dai1one cannot be forced to do something against their own will
牛唔飲水唔撳得牛頭低牛唔饮水唔揿得牛头低
ngau4 m4 jam2 seoi2 m4 gam6 dak1 ngau4 tau4 dai1it's impossible to force one to do something unwillingly (slang)
牛馬牛马
ngau4 maa5oxen and horses; beasts of burden
牛尾
ngau4 mei5an oxtail
牛魔王
ngau4 mo1 wong4Gyuumao
牛虻
ngau4 mong4gadfly (Tabanus bovinus)
牛毛
ngau4 mou4tiny; minute (dialect)
牛乸
ngau4 naa2(noun) a cow
牛奶
ngau4 naai5cow's milk
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