肉牛 (ròu niú) — beef cattle | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

beef cattle

Measure word · 头

肉牛。
Zhè jiā nóng chǎng yǎng le wǔ bǎi tóu ròu niú.
This farm raises five hundred head of beef cattle.
肉牛。
ròu niú De ròu zhì bǐ nǎi niú gèng hǎo.
The meat quality of beef cattle is better than that of dairy cows.
肉牛。
Tā zhuān mén yán jiū ròu niú de sì yǎng jì shù.
He specializes in research on beef cattle feeding techniques.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

肉 means meat and 牛 means cattle, so together they point to cattle raised for meat.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The original shape of 肉 showed ribs of an animal’s torso, or simply a slice of meat.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

牛 is drawn as a bull's head, with two horns and two ears.