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Buffalo in Chinese

Buffalo in Chinese is 水牛城, 水牛, 在 — Buffalo means to intimidate, confuse, or trick someone, often to pressure them into doing something.

Buffalo in Chinese

水牛城
proper noun
Pronounced: shuǐ niú chéng
A major city, the county seat of Erie County, New York, USA; very near Niagara Falls.
水牛
noun
Pronounced: shuǐ niú
An animal from the subtribe Bubalina, also known as true buffalos, such as the Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo, Bubalus bubalis.
在
verb
Pronounced: zài
(US, slang, transitive) To outwit, confuse, deceive, or intimidate.

What does "Buffalo" mean?

  1. verb To intimidate, confuse, or trick someone, often to pressure them into doing something.
    "The nontechnical administrator should never be buffaloed by the esoteric vocabulary and the endless jargon of the computer expert."
  2. verb To hunt buffalo.
    "The tribe buffaloed each autumn to stock up on food for winter."
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Buffalo in a sentence

  • The nontechnical administrator should never be buffaloed by the esoteric vocabulary and the endless jargon of the computer expert.
  • If nonfiction is where you do your best writing, or your best teaching of writing, don't be buffaloed into the idea that it's an inferior species.
  • The tribe buffaloed each autumn to stock up on food for winter.
  • He spent that season buffaloing on the plains with a small group of hunters.

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What is "Buffalo" in Chinese?
"Buffalo" in Chinese is 水牛城, 水牛, 在. Buffalo means: To intimidate, confuse, or trick someone, often to pressure them into doing something.
How do you pronounce 水牛城?
"Buffalo" in Chinese is 水牛城, pronounced "shuǐ niú chéng".
Are there other ways to say "Buffalo" in Chinese?
Yes — Chinese has 3 translations listed for "Buffalo": 水牛城, 水牛, 在.
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