奶 (naai5 | nai3) : milk

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奶

naai5

nai3

[1] milk [2] woman's breasts [3] grandma; nurse [4] [v] feed with milk; [v] breast-feed; nurse

Stroke count: 5

Level: 2

Radical: 女 (#38)

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

奶

This word has been viewed 18742 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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奶茶 naai5 caa4 nai3 cha2 = milk tea

牛奶 ngau4 naai5 niu2 nai3 = cow's milk

豆奶 dau6 naai5 = soy bean milk; soya bean drink

師奶 si1 naai5*1 shi1` nai3 = middle-aged woman; housewife 粵

奶油 naai5 jau4 nai3 you2 = butter 國

低脂牛奶 dai1 zi1 ngau4 naai5 di1 zhi1 niu2 nai3 = low fat milk

奶白色 naai5 baak6 sik1 nai3 bai2 se4 = milky white, creamy white

奶嘴 laai5 zeoi2 / naai5 zeoi2 = pacifier / dummy 粵

港式奶茶 gong2 sik1 naai5 caa4 gang3 shi4 nai3 cha2 = Hong Kong style tea

少奶 siu3 naai1 = young lady (married)
See all 76 compounds (CantoDict reports 78 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 9 examples containing 奶

我很喜歡喝珍珠奶茶。國
I like to drink Pearl Milk Tea.

我好鐘意飲珍珠奶茶。粵
I like to drink bubble tea!

記得買奶吧。國
Remember to buy milk.

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"]

呢杯鮮奶有好多鈣質粵
There's a lot of calcium in this glass of milk.
[Lit. this glass milk have many calcium]

牛奶有益健康國
Milk is good for your health.

我擺咗你杯奶喺雪櫃畀你聽日飲。粵
I put your glass of milk in the refrigerator for you to drink tomorrow.

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: 奶
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