Yak read mao or hao

The yak '牦' is pronounced máo, and the word is pronounced máoniú.

Source: Eastern Han Dynasty Xu Shen", "Shuowen Hebu": "秏, rice genus also." From the grass, the sound of hair. Vernacular translation: 秏, refers to a rice plant. Subordinate to the grass department, the voice part is hairy.

The yak has short, smooth hairs on its back and long, curly hairs on its thorax, sides, limbs and tail, which are used by the local people to pull plows and carry goods. Both meat and milk are edible.　Adapted to the alpine climate, the yak is the world's highest-altitude mammal, distributed in China's Qinghai-Tibet Plateau above 3,000 meters above sea level. The Tibetan word for yak is Yak, and the world is commonly known as "yak", which is the Tibetan transliteration. The yak barks like a pig, so it is also called a pig sound cow. Western countries are also known as Tibetan cattle because they are mainly produced in the Tibetan areas of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in China.

　The whole body of the yak is a treasure, and the Tibetan people cannot do without food, clothing, shelter, and farming. People drank yak milk, ate yak beef, and roasted yak dung. Its fur can be made into clothes or tents, and the skin is a good material for tanning. It can be used for farming and can also be used as a means of transport on the plateau, providing local herders with milk, meat, wool, labor, fuel and other necessities of production and life, and is an important source of livelihood and economy for herders on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, as well as an indispensable and important livestock breed in the local animal husbandry economy.