The Chinese word for milk is
牛奶
niú nǎi
Chinese 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
| 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 ? |
| 擠奶 | |
| 1. v. to milk (of animals) |
| 挤奶 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 擠奶 |
| 牛奶 | |
| 1. n. cow's milk | |
| 2. n. (Taishanese) condensed milk |
Dictionary entries from Wiktionary
Pronunciation
niú nǎi
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