牛逼

niúbī

adjective vulgar

Meanings

1 awesome
2 badass
3 fucking amazing

Characters

cow / awesome (slang)

(vulgar) vagina

Examples

他这操作太牛逼了！

Tā zhè cāozuò tài niúbī le!

That move of his was absolutely badass!

这家餐厅味道牛逼。

Zhèjiā cāntīng wèidào niúbī.

This restaurant's food is damn good.

他一个月赚十万，真牛逼。

Tā yígè yuè zhuàn shíwàn, zhēn niúbī.

He makes 100k a month — that's impressive as hell.

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Vulgar slang (逼 literally refers to the vagina). Extremely common online and between friends but avoid in formal/professional settings. Softer spellings 牛B / NB / 牛掰 / 牛 are used to dodge censors and sound less crude.

Stroke Order

牛 niú

逼 bī