The Chinese word for milk is
牛奶
niú nǎiChinese Definition
milk | |
1. 名词. 奶 | |
Components | |
牛 | |
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) | |
奶 | |
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 奶 and their definitions
擠奶 | |
1. v. to milk (of animals) |
奶 | |
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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