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奶

nǎi

HSK 2 Character

What 奶 means

1. breast
2. milk
3. to breastfeed

Other readings

奶 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• nǎimother; variant of {奶|nǎi}
• nǎivariant of {奶|nǎi}

Example sentences

• 加点牛奶。
  Jiādiǎn niúnǎi.
  Add a little milk.
• 牛奶馊了。
  Niúnǎi sōu le.
  The milk is sour.
• 没牛奶了。
  There isn't any milk left.
• 牛可产奶。
  Cows give milk.
• 牛奶酸了。
  The milk is sour.
• 喝牛奶吧！
  Drink your milk!

Words starting with 奶

• 奶奶nǎi nai(informal) grandma (paternal grandmother); (respectful) mistress of the house…
• 奶粉nǎi fěnpowdered milk
• 奶油nǎi yóucream; butter; (colloquial) effeminate
• 奶酪nǎi làocheese
• 奶茶nǎi chámilk tea
• 奶牛nǎi niúmilk cow; dairy cow
• 奶子nǎi zi(colloquial) milk; (colloquial) breast; booby
• 奶瓶nǎi píngbaby's feeding bottle
• 奶妈nǎi māwet nurse
• 奶制品nǎi zhì pǐndairy product
• 奶水nǎi shuǐbreast milk
• 奶头nǎi tóunipple; teat (on baby's bottle)
• 奶名nǎi míngpet name for a child; infant name
• 奶品nǎi pǐndairy product
• 奶嘴nǎi zuǐnipple (on a baby's bottle); pacifier
• 奶母nǎi mǔwet nurse
• 奶爸nǎi bàstay-at-home dad
• 奶站nǎi zhàndairy
• 奶精nǎi jīngnon-dairy creamer
• 奶素nǎi sù(adjective) lacto-vegetarian
• 奶农nǎi nóngdairy farming
• 奶音nǎi yīnchild's voice; childlike voice
• 奶黄nǎi huángcustard
• 奶奶的nǎi nai dedamn it!; blast it!

Words containing 奶

• 牛奶niú nǎicow's milk
• 酸奶suān nǎiyogurt
• 老奶奶lǎo nǎi nai(colloquial) father's father's mother; paternal great-grandmother…
• 吃奶chī nǎito suck the breast (for milk)
• 姑奶奶gū nǎi naipaternal great-aunt (father's father's sister)…
• 鲜奶xiān nǎifresh milk
• 喂奶wèi nǎito breast-feed
• 少奶奶shào nǎi naiyoung lady of the house; wife of the young master
• 断奶duàn nǎito wean
• 豆奶dòu nǎisoy milk
• 洗面奶xǐ miàn nǎicleansing lotion
• 挤奶jǐ nǎito milk
• 下奶xià nǎito produce milk; to lactate; to promote lactation
• 吸奶xī nǎito suckle; to pump breast milk with a breast pump
• 师奶shī nǎimarried woman of mature age
• 打奶dǎ nǎilit. to beat milk; to churn (to make butter); milk foamer (for cappuccino)
• 毒奶dú nǎicontaminated milk…
• 阿奶ā nǎigranny
• 吸奶器xī nǎi qìbreast pump
• 液态奶yè tài nǎigeneral term for milk packaged for the consumer, including long-life (UHT) milk…
• 生奶油shēng nǎi yóucream; whipped cream
• 石头奶shí tou nǎiengorged breasts; rock-hard breasts…
• 蛋奶素dàn nǎi sùovo-lacto vegetarian
• 配方奶pèi fāng nǎiformula (milk)

Characters that look like 奶

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 仍réngstill; yet; to remain; (literary) frequently; often
• 圳zhèn(dialect) drainage ditch between fields (Taiwan pr. zùn); used in place names, notably 深圳
• 幼yòuyoung
• 扔rēngto throw; to throw away
• 妃fēiimperial concubine
• 纫rènto thread (a needle); (bound form) to sew; to stitch; (literary) very grateful

Sounds the same

Read nǎi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 乃to be; thus; so
• 氖neon (chemistry)
• 倷you (dialect)
• 釢(old) neodymium; neptunium (chemistry)
• 迺variant of 乃
• 艿see 芋艿