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The Chinese word for milk is
牛奶

niú nǎi



milk

Chinese Definition


milk
     1. 名词.
Components
     1. bovine, e.g. cow, bull, ox, buffalo, bison, yak
     2. beef
           乾gān炒.牛河 - beef chow fun
     3. stubborn; pigheaded
     4. (colloquial) arrogant
     5. (mainland, Mandarin, slang) awesome; powerful
           牛屄 - vulgar awesome
           牛人 - an awesome person
     6. (astronomy) the Ox, a Chinese constellation near Capricorn
     7. (physics) Short for 牛頓, tr=niúdùn, newton
     8. (Hong Kong Cantonese, computing) Short for 火牛, transformer
           ^牛 ^僧-孺 - Niu Sengru (Tang politician)
     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 ?



Translations for and their definitions

擠奶
     1. v. to milk (of animals)


     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 ?


挤奶
     1. Simplified form of 擠奶


牛奶
     1. n. cow's milk
     2. n. (Taishanese) condensed milk




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