Ox

Also known as Ox (zodiac)

2nd sign of Chinese zodiac

Key facts

Chinese: 牛
Hanyu pinyin: niú
Wade giles: niu
Ipa: [njo ̌ ʊ]
Romanization: ngiù
Yale romanization: ngàuh
Jyutping: ngau4
Hokkien poj: gû
Fuzhou buc: ngiù
Jian ou romanized: niû
Middle chinese: ngiu
Baxter 1992: * ŋʷjɨ
Baxter sagart 2014: * ŋʷə

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Zodiacal ox, showing the Chinese character niú (牛), meaning "ox" or "bovine creature". The same character is also used in some related languages. Carving of a bovine animal ("ox"), at Mount Hôrai-ji Buddhist Temple, Aichi Prefecture, Japan: a stone monument showing the Earthly Branch symbol chǒu (丑)

The Ox (牛) is the second of the 12-year periodic sequence (cycle) of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar, and also appears in related calendar systems.