乳 (jyu5 | ru3) : breast; milk; newborn

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乳

jyu5

ru3

[1] breast; tit; nipple
[2] milk; milk-like liquid
[3] newborn; suckling
[4] give birth to; multiply

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Stroke count: 7

Level: 3

Radical: 乙 (#5)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

乳

Don't confuse with:
亂

This word has been viewed 11040 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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乳名 jyu5 meng4 = birth name; petname; infant name

乳鴿 jyu5 gap3 ru3 ge1 = a squab

燒乳鴿 siu1 jyu5 gap3 shao1 ru3 ge1 = roast squab

腐乳 fu6 jyu5 fu3 ru3 = fermented bean curd

乳罩 jyu5 zaau3 ru3 zhao4 = bra; brassiere; brassière 國

哺乳 bou6 jyu5 bu3 ru3 = to breast-feed; to suckle

哺乳動物 bou6 jyu5 dung6 mat6 bu3 ru3 dong4 wu4 = mammal

乳房 jyu5 fong4 ru3 fang2 = breast, udder; mammary gland

乳酪 jyu5 lok3 ru3 lao4 = cheese; yogurt; yoghurt

酸乳酪醬 syun1 jyu5 lok3 zoeng3 suan1 ru3 lao4 jiang4 = yoghurt; yogurt
See all 55 compounds (CantoDict reports 56 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 3 examples containing 乳

牛奶出自乳牛身上
Cow's milk comes from the body of dairy cows
[Instead of saying "cow produces milk", it sounds more natural to say it the other way: "milk comes from cow"]

現代嘅女裝恤衫，露出個乳溝、露出個肚臍，都係已經成為常態咗。粵
Today, it is no longer unusual to have tops for ladies which reveal the cleavage or the navel.

一頭乳牛一天可以生產約八加侖牛奶
One dairy cattle can produce about 8 gallons of milk in one day

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 乳
Unicode code for this character: U+4e73 (off-site link)

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