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牛奶niú nǎi
milk
Definitions
Chinese > English | ||
牛奶 | niúnǎi | |
1. n. cow's milk | ||
2. n. (Taishanese) condensed milk | ||
English > Chinese | ||
milk | ||
1. 名词. 奶 | ||
Components | ||
牛 | niú | |
1. bovine, e.g. cow, bull, ox, buffalo, bison, yak | ||
2. beef | ||
乾gān炒.牛河 - beef chow fun | ||
3. stubborn; pigheaded | ||
4. (colloquial) arrogant | ||
5. (mainland, Mandarin, slang) awesome; powerful | ||
牛屄 - vulgar awesome | ||
牛人 - an awesome person | ||
6. (astronomy) the Ox, a Chinese constellation near Capricorn | ||
7. (physics) Short for 牛頓 (tr=niúdùn, newton) | ||
8. (Hong Kong Cantonese, computing) Short for 火牛 (transformer) | ||
牛 僧-孺 - Niu Sengru (Tang politician) | ||
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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Pronunciation
niú nǎi
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