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奶油
nǎi yóu



奶油
cream


Definitions

Chinese > English
奶油nǎiyóu
     1. n. cream (oily part of milk)
     2. n. butter
     3. n. (Hong Kong Cantonese, humorous, slang) Alternative form of 理由 (-)
English > Chinese
cream
     1. 奶油
     2. 精华
     3. 奶油色
     4. 抽取精华加乳酪
     5. 用烹调食物
     6. 成乳酪
     7. 起泡沫
     8. 乳霜
     9.
Components
nǎi
     1. breast
           (zh-co, 奶頭, nipple)
     2. milk; breast milk
           (zh-co, 飲 奶, to drink milk, C)
     3. to nurse
     4. to breastfeed; to suckle
     5. (in compounds) infant; infantile; milk (teeth, name, etc.)
           (zh-co, 奶名, childhood name)
           (zh-co, 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 ?
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yóu
     1. name of an ancient river
     2. oil: fat, grease, lard, etc.
           麻油 - sesame oil
           豬油 - lard
           機油 - engine oil
           炒 菜 要 落 油。 - You need to add oil when you stir-fry vegetables.
     3. petroleum; fuel
           石油 - petroleum; oil
           漏油jau4-2 - to leak fuel
           加油 - to refuel
           油站 - petrol station; gas station
     4. to paint
           油 屋 - to paint the house
     5. (Cantonese) Short for 油漆 (paint, tr=-)
           啲 油jau4-2 未 乾 呀。 - The paint hasn't dried yet.
           油油jau4-2 - to apply paint
     6. (Cantonese) to colour (with crayons, coloured pencils, oil pastel, etc.)
           老師 將 弟dai6-4弟dai6-2 油 嗰 幅 畫 貼堂。 - The teacher posted the picture that my brother coloured on the board.
     7. (Cantonese) Short for 油門 (accelerator; gas pedal; throttle)
           踩油jau4-2 - to hit the gas; to accelerate
     8. (Cantonese) oily
     9. to be grease-stained
     10. sly; glib
     11. vigorous, abundant
     12. shiny
     13. sweet-tempered, acquiescent
     14. flippant and insincere
     15. dark
     16. (chiefly Taiwan originally ACG slang) resembling a weeb; obsessive towards ACG
     17. (zh-used in, 浩油)
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