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牛油
  ngau4 jau4   jyutping
  niu2 you2   pinyin
butter, made from churned cow's milk | Literal translation, cow grease | Std. Chin.: 奶油; 黃油

noun

Level: 2   Google Frequency: 226,000

This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
牛油

This word has been viewed 4577 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by nanimo on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03
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Characters in this word:

 ngau4  -  cow; ox; cattle
 jau4  -  oil; fat; grease; petroleum

5 compounds containing this word:

人造牛油 - margarine
植物牛油 - margarine
牛油果 - avocado
牛油多士 - buttered toast
牛油刀 - butter knife
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