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金牛

Mandarin · pinyin Jīn niú

Meanings

  1. Taurus (star sign)
  2. Jinniu district of Chengdu city 成都市 Chéng dū shì, Sichuan
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金
jīn · gold; metals in general; money; Kangxi radical 167
牛
niú · cow, ox, bull; Kangxi radical 93; 9th lunar mansion, determinative star β Capricorni (Dabih)
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1–2 · Jin1 niu2

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gam1 ngau4

Cantonese word readings for 金牛. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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noun

  1. (alt-of, alternative, name) Alternative name for 金牛宮／金牛宫 (jīnniúgōng).
  2. (alt-of, alternative, name) Alternative name for 金牛座 (jīnniúzuò).
  3. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) 1,000-dollar note (Classifier: 張／张 c)

name

  1. (～區) Jinniu (a district of Chengdu, Sichuan, China)
  2. (～鎮) Jinniu (a town in Qing, Hebei, China)

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