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牛仔裤 (niú zǎi kù) — Chinese word meaning

HSK 5

牛仔裤 (niú zǎi kù) is a Chinese word: jeans. This page shows its pinyin, translation, example sentences, character breakdown, decomposition, and HSK level.

Meaning of 牛仔裤

名 míng noun

jeans

我买了一条新牛仔裤。

wǒ mǎi le yì tiáo xīn niú zǎi kù

I bought a new pair of jeans.

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Word breakdown

牛 niú — cow/cattle (referring to durable denim material)

仔 zǎi — boy/worker (cowboy, referring to Western workwear origin)

裤 kù — pants/trousers (the garment type)

Structure & writing
1 牛 niú — cow; ox; bull (large hoofed ruminant mammal with horns and a tufted tail, used for labor, milk, or meat)
牛 is a component in 13 characters

牛 is an atomic character — it does not decompose further.

Stroke order

2 仔 zǎi — (dial.) young man
Xpinyin

仔 is not used as a component in any other character.

consists of

2.1 亻 rén — person/human radical (standing figure)
亻 is a component in 117 characters
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Stroke order

3 裤 kù — trousers; pants worn below the waist with two legs

裤 is not used as a component in any other character.

consists of

3.2 库 kù — storehouse; warehouse; storage facility
库 is a component in 1 characters

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