奶
breast; milk; to breastfeed
5 strokes
Dict coverage rank #736 U+5976
How 奶 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
女 (semantic, “woman”) + 乃 (phonetic, nǎi)
How to remember it
milk · Heisig RSH #626
女 woman + fist
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 乃
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 乃 (nǎi) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乃 sound component | nǎi | then; really, indeed, after all |
| 扔 | rēng | to throw, to hurl, to cast away |
| 尕 | gǎ | small (used in place names) |
| 艿 | nǎi | taro |
| 氖 | nǎi | neon |
| 鼐 | nài | incense tripod |
Words containing 奶
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 奶油小生 | nǎi yóu xiǎo shēng | handsome but effeminate man; pretty boy |
| 石头奶 | shí tou nǎi | engorged breasts; rock-hard breasts (resulting from postnatal milk accumulation or complic… |
| 法式酸奶油 | Fǎ shì suān nǎi yóu | crème fraîche |
| 吃奶之力 | chī nǎi zhī lì | all one's strength |
| 奶头乐 | nǎi tóu lè | (calque of "tittytainment") low-brow entertainment that distracts the poor from their circ… |
| 奶油菜花 | nǎi yóu cài huā | creamed cauliflower |
| 吃奶的力气 | chī nǎi de lì qi | all one's strength |
| 吃奶的气力 | chī nǎi de qì lì | utmost effort |
| 生奶油 | shēng nǎi yóu | cream; whipped cream |
| 奶嘴儿 | nǎi zuǐ r | erhua variant of 奶嘴[nai3 zui3] |
| 马奶酒 | mǎ nǎi jiǔ | kumis; horse milk wine |
| 奶白菜 | nǎi bái cài | milk cabbage (aka "white bok choy" and various other names), a variety of bok choy |
| 奶黄包 | nǎi huáng bāo | custard bun |
| 包二奶 | bāo èr nǎi | to cohabit with and financially support a mistress |
| 奶子 | nǎi zi | (coll.) milk; (coll.) breast; booby; tit |
| 奶水 | nǎi shuǐ | breast milk |
| 奶头 | nǎi tóu | nipple; teat (on baby's bottle) |
| 人造奶油 | rén zào nǎi yóu | margarine |
| 奶制品 | nǎi zhì pǐn | dairy product |
| 下奶 | xià nǎi | to produce milk; to lactate; to promote lactation |