Cantonese Dictionary

牛鞭

ngau4 bin1

Mandarin: biu2 bian1

pizzle, bull's penis (served as food)

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牛頓

ngau4 deon6

Mandarin: niu2 dun4

(Isaac) Newton

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牛頓力學

ngau4 deon6 lik6 hok6

Mandarin: niu2 dun4 li4 xue2

Newtonian mechanics

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牛頭不對馬嘴

ngau4 tau4 bat1 deoi3 maa5 zeoi2

Mandarin: niu2 tou2 bu4 dui4 ma3 zui3

irrelevant, incongruous, no sense (Lit. a cow's head doesn't match a horse's jaw) [粵]: 牛頭唔搭馬嘴

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牛頭唔搭馬嘴

ngau4 tau4 m4 daap3 maa5 zeoi2

Mandarin: niu2 tou2 m2 da1 ma3 zui3

Simplified: 牛头唔搭马嘴

Cantonese

(Metaphor) in a situation when people are talking, someone speaks | replies with irrelevant speeches. It implies that someone speaks with nonsense.

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牛頭犬

ngau4 tau4 hyun2

Mandarin: niu2 tou2 quan3

a bulldog

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牛頭褲

ngau4 tau4 fu3

Mandarin: niu2 tou2 ku4

Simplified: 牛头裤

shorts

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牛頭角

ngau4 tau4 gok3

Mandarin: niu2 tou2 jiao3

Simplified: 牛头角

Ngau Tau Kok, a town situated in eastern Kowloon in Hong Kong

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牛頸

ngau4 geng2

Mandarin: niu2 jing3

Simplified: 牛颈

(noun) xo's neck; Or (food) bovine chuck; or (Metaphor) someone is very stubborn

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牛頸鈴

ngau4 geng2 ling4

cowbell

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牛飲

ngau4 jam2

Mandarin: niu2 yin3

gulp

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牛馬

ngau4 maa5

Mandarin: niu2 ma3

beasts of burden (lit., "oxen and horses")

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牛骨

ngau4 gwat1

Mandarin: niu2 gu3

bovine bones

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牛高馬大

ngau4 gou1 maa5 daai6

Mandarin: niu2 gao1 ma3 da4

Simplified: 牛高马大

(adjective) tall and hefty; fully grown

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牛鬼蛇神

ngau4 gwai2 se4 san4

Mandarin: niu2 gui3 she2 shen2

villians; freaks; rabbles; political heretics, especially refering to anti-Maoists during the Cultual Revolution

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牛鰍

ngau4 cau1

Cantonese

flathead (fish)

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牛黃頭

ngau4 wong4 tau4

a naughty boy

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牛鼻子

ngau4 bei6 zi2

Mandarin: niu2 bi2 zi5

center stage (lit., "the nose of an ox")

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牛𦟌

ngau4 zin2

Mandarin: Niu2 jian3

(noun) xo's shank; Or (food) beef shank

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牛𡁻牡丹

ngau4 ziu6 maau5 daan1

Mandarin: niu2𡁻 mu3dan5

doesn't know chalk from cheese [colloquial]

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牾

ng6

Mandarin: wu3

to oppose | to gore | # adapted from cc-cedict

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狃

nau5

Mandarin: niu3

accustomed to | # adapted from cc-cedict

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猊

ngai4

Mandarin: ni2

(mythical animal) | lion | a wild horse | # adapted from cc-cedict

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猗

ngo5

Mandarin: yi1

pliable, pleasantly soft | # adapted from cc-cedict

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猱

nou4

Mandarin: nao2

macaque (zoology) | brisk and nimble | to scratch | a fingering technique for playing a guqin (an instrument) | # adapted from cc-cedict

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獃

ngoi4 daai1

Mandarin: dai1

dull; dull-minded, simple,stupid

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獃

ngoi4

Mandarin: dai1

foolish | stupid | expressionless | blank | to stay | dull | dull-minded | simple | # adapted from cc-cedict

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獰

ning4

Mandarin: ning2

Simplified: 狞

fierce-looking | ferocious appearance | hideous | # adapted from cc-cedict

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珂

ngo1

Mandarin: ke1

jade-like stone | inferior kind of jade | # adapted from cc-cedict

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珥

nei6

Mandarin: er3

pearl or jade earring | stick | insert | halo around the sun or moon | # adapted from cc-cedict

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