牛屄

Chinese

		awesome; (lit.) cow	a vulgar reference of vulva; cunt
trad. (牛屄)		牛	屄
simp. #(牛屄)		牛	屄
alternative forms		牛逼 牛B 牛鼻 euphemistic 牛比 euphemistic 牛𫱋 牛逼 牛B 牛鼻 euphemistic 牛比 euphemistic 牛𫱋 牛掰 euphemistic NB 🐮🍺 Internet slang 牛批 euphemistic 牛啤 euphemistic
牛批, 牛𫱋, 牛掰– rendering of a dialectal pron.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niúbī

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄅㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau⁴ bei¹
• Jin (Wiktionary): niou¹ bi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niúbī
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄅㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nióubi
    • Wade–Giles: niu²-pi¹
    • Yale: nyóu-bī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nioubi
    • Palladius: нюби (njubi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ pi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niúrbī
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊㄦ ㄅㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nióurbi
    • Wade–Giles: niu²-ʼrh-pi¹
    • Yale: nyóur-bī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nioulbi
    • Palladius: нюрби (njurbi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵ pi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngau⁴ bei¹
    • Yale: ngàuh bēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁴ bei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁴ béi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ pei̯⁵⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: niou¹ bi¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /niəu¹¹ pi¹¹/

Adjective

牛屄

1. (Mainland China, Mandarin, colloquial, vulgar) fucking awesome (or cool, fabulous, great, sweet, terrific, wicked); badass; the dog's bollocks

   他小說寫得太牛屄了。 [MSC, trad.]
   他小说写得太牛屄了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā xiǎoshuō xiě de tài niúbī le. [Pinyin]

   The novels he writes are fucking awesome.

   這輛摩托車真牛屄，載了三個人還開這麼快。 [MSC, trad.]
   这辆摩托车真牛屄，载了三个人还开这么快。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè liàng mótuōchē zhēn niúbī, zài le sān ge rén hái kāi zhème kuài. [Pinyin]

   This motorbike's frigging awesome. Even with three people it still goes pretty fast.

2. (dialectal Mandarin, Jin, vulgar) cocky; arrogant

Synonyms

• 牛叉 (niúchā), 牛X (niúchā)

Dialectal synonyms of 厲害 (“impressive; excellent; amazing; fantastic”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	牛, 牛兒, 牛屄 vulgar
	Taiwan	厲害, 棒
	Malaysia	厲害, 夠力
	Singapore	厲害
Cantonese	Guangzhou	犀利, 勁
	Hong Kong	犀利, 勁, 勁抽, 堅抽
	Penang (Guangfu)	犀利
	Singapore (Guangfu)	犀利, 勁
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	厲害, 慶
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	厲害, 慶, 壁
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	厲害, 慶
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	厲害, 慶
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	厲害, 慶
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	厲害, 慶
	Hong Kong	叻
	Kuching (Hepo)	慶
Southern Min	Xiamen	厲害
	Shishi	厲害
	Zhao'an	厲害
	Tainan	厲害
	Penang (Hokkien)	厲害
	Singapore (Hokkien)	厲害, 勥, 𠢕
	Manila (Hokkien)	厲害, 勥, 𠢕
	Puning	厲害, 野
	Haifeng	厲害
	Singapore (Teochew)	厲害
Wu	Shanghai	結棍
	Suzhou	結棍
	Wuxi	結棍
	Hangzhou	結棍
	Ningbo	結棍
Xiang	Changsha	䏧腮

See also

• 裝屄／装屄 (zhuāngbī)
• 傻屄 (shǎbī)
• 二屄 (èrbī)
• 酷比