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牛奶
niú nǎi



牛奶
milk


Definitions

Chinese > English
牛奶niúnǎi
     1. n. cow's milk
     2. n. (Taishanese) condensed milk
English > Chinese
milk
     1. 名词.
Components
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)
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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