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The Chinese word for cream is
奶油

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cream

Chinese Definition


cream
     1. 奶油
     2. 精华
     3. 奶油色
     4. 抽取精华加乳酪
     5. 用烹调食物
     6. 成乳酪
     7. 起泡沫
     8. 乳霜
     9.
Components
     1. breast
           奶頭 - nipple -
     2. milk; breast milk
           飲 奶 - to drink milk -
     3. to nurse
     4. to breastfeed; to suckle
     5. (in compounds) infant; infantile; milk (teeth, name, etc.)
           奶名 - childhood name -
           奶聲奶氣 - childish voice -
     6. (regional) mother
     7. (regional) grandmother
     8. (Hokkien) to behave in a coy, childish or coquettish manner; to coax; to wheedle
     9. Simplified form of ?
     1. name of an ancient river
     2. oil: fat, grease, lard, etc.
           麻油 - sesame oil
           豬油 - lard
           機油 - engine oil
           炒 菜 要 落 油。 - You need to add oil when you stir-fry vegetables.
     3. petroleum; fuel
           石油 - petroleum; oil
           漏油jau4-2 - to leak fuel
           加油 - to refuel
           油站 - petrol station; gas station
     4. to paint
           油 屋 - to paint the house
     5. (Cantonese) Short for 油漆, paint, tr=-
           啲 油jau4-2 未 乾 呀。 - The paint hasn't dried yet.
           油油jau4-2 - to apply paint
     6. (Cantonese) to colour (with crayons, coloured pencils, oil pastel, etc.)
           老師 將 弟dai6-4弟dai6-2 油 嗰 幅 畫 貼堂。 - The teacher posted the picture that my brother coloured on the board.
     7. (Cantonese) Short for 油門, accelerator; gas pedal; throttle
           踩油jau4-2 - to hit the gas; to accelerate
     8. (Cantonese) oily
     9. to be grease-stained
     10. sly; glib
     11. vigorous, abundant
     12. shiny
     13. sweet-tempered, acquiescent
     14. flippant and insincere
     15. dark
     16. (chiefly Taiwan originally ACG slang) resembling a weeb; obsessive towards ACG
     17. Used in 浩油



Translations for and their definitions

奶油
     1. n. cream (oily part of milk)
     2. n. butter
     3. n. (Hong Kong Cantonese, humorous, slang) Alternative form of 理由 (-)


乳脂
     1. n. cream; milk fat (oily part of milk)


面霜
     1. n. facial cream; face cream


乳白色
     1. n. milky white
     2. adj. milky white



     1. frost
     2. frost-like powder
     3. (medicine) cream
           防曬霜 - sunscreen
     4. (literary, figurative) white
     5. (Min Nan) ice


奶油色
     1. n. cream (color)


雪花膏
     1. n. (cosmetics) cream; vanishing cream; cold cream


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