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奶油nǎi yóu
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. 糊 | ||
Components | ||
奶 | 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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油 | 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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