牛ぎゅう
Meanings
Noun
1. cattle (Bos taurus); cow; bull; ox; calf
It is often used to feed to animals such as cattle.
2. beef
usu. ぎゅう
Is the meat beef?
3. Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
when read as "ぎゅう"
Kanji used
cow
Pitch accent
ぎゅ
う
Used in vocabulary (70 in total)
gyudon; rice covered with sliced beef, usu. with fried onion
ox carriage (for Heian-era nobles); oxcart
raging bull; ferocious bull
ushi-oni; mythical ox-headed monster
water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis); domestic Asian water buffalo; wild water buffalo (Bubalus arnee); Asian water buffalo
Wagyu (any of four breeds of Japanese cattle); Wagyu beef
cow shed; cattle barn
beef tongue; ox tongue
cow tail; oxtail; rump of a cow
horn (of a cow)
skewered beef
snail's pace; slow progress
Kobe beef; Kobe cattle
cattle manure; cow dung; cowpat; bullshit
beef sinew; beef tendon
cowhide; oxhide
beef bone (used to make stock); cattle bone; bovine bone
butcher specializing in beef; dealer in beef; beef-hotpot restaurant
mad cow disease; bovine spongiform encephalopathy; BSE
cowhide; oxhide
beef sinew; beef tendon
Taurus (2nd zodiacal sign); the Bull
beef rib meat
cowshed; cow farmer; restaurant specializing in beef dishes; store (butcher, etc.) that sells beef
ground beef; minced beef
heavy eating and drinking; gorging and swilling; drinking like a cow and eating like a horse
beef roast; beef sirloin
pasturing cattle
beef sinew; beef tendon
aurochs; urus (extinct ancestor of the modern cow, Bos taurus)
Ten Bulls (ten stages of the herding of an ox, used as an analogy for training the mind on the path to enlightenment)
Tajima cattle (breed of black Wagyu cattle); Tajima beef
small fraction (of); drop in the bucket; drop in the ocean
rump of a cow; low-ranking member of a large group
beef tongue; ox tongue
ground beef; minced beef
rice covered with beef and vegetables
minced beef; ground beef
cattle manure; cow dung; cowpat; bullshit
beef shin; beef shank; gravy beef
nerd; incel; chud
ground beef; minced beef
beef shin; beef shank; gravy beef
beef shin; beef shank; gravy beef
longhorn; long-horned cattle
enzootic bovine leukosis (formerly bovine leukemia)
bovine leukemia (former name for enzootic bovine leukosis)
culled cow; spent cow; spent bull
calf; cattle being reared
work cow; work cattle
bull (breeding); sire
culled cow; spent cow; spent bull
boneless beef rib; boned beef rib
water buffalo
contagious bovine pleuropneumonia; CBPP
Examples (28 in total)
Is the meat beef?
A horse or a cow is fine.
How many cows do you have?