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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 牛毛

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
牛毛 niú máo - ox hair (used as a metaphor for sth very numerous or sth fine and delicate)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 57,534 73,345 55,526

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
niú- surname Niu
niú- ox
- cow
- bull
- CL:條|条[tiao2],頭|头[tou2]
- newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿[niu2 dun4])
- (slang) awesome
máo- surname Mao
máo- hair
- feather
- down
- wool
- mildew
- mold
- coarse or semifinished
- young
- raw
- careless
- unthinking
- nervous
- scared
- (of currency) to devalue or depreciate
- classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1])

Other Words Containing 牛毛

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
多如牛毛 - - 42,692 51,516 44,173
牛毛 - - 57,534 73,345 55,526