牛奶 (ngau4 naai5 | niu2 nai3) : cow's milk

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牛奶

ngau4 naai5

niu2 nai3

Cow's milk, specifically, lactic secretions from female bovine creatures. Tastes nice in tea.

Level: 1 Google Frequency: 1,660,000

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

牛奶

This word was added by nanimo on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

Characters in this word:

牛 ngau4 - cow; ox; cattle
奶 naai5 - milk

4 compounds containing this word:

低脂牛奶 - low fat milk
牛奶糖 - toffee; caramel
酸牛奶 - yoghurt; yogurt
牛奶咖啡 - coffee with milk; café latte

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記住飲多啲牛奶呀！粵
Remember to drink more milk!

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"]

牛奶有益健康國
Milk is good for your health.

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

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