切奶

Chinese

		close to; to cut; to slice	breast; lady; milk
trad. (切奶)		切	奶
simp. #(切奶)		切	奶

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cit³ naai⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cit³ naai⁵
    • Yale: chit náaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsit⁸ naai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: qid³ nai⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːt̚³ naːi̯¹³/

Verb

切奶

1. (Cantonese) to wean (a baby)
   • 1969, 司徒安, directed by 陳焯生, 得咗 [O.K.]‎^[1]:

     我呢個侄仔，佢……佢有啲白痴㗎，而家都未曾切奶㗎。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     我呢个侄仔，佢……佢有啲白痴㗎，而家都未曾切奶㗎。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     ngo⁵ ni¹ go³ zat⁶ zai², keoi⁵...... keoi⁵ jau⁵ di¹ baak⁶ ci¹ gaa³, ji⁴ gaa¹ dou¹ mei⁶ cang⁴ cit³ naai⁵ gaa³. [Jyutping]

     My nephew, he... he is a little mentally challenged. He still hasn't weaned yet.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 斷奶 (“to wean”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		斷奶, 斷乳
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	斷奶
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	撂奶子
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	斷奶
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	隔奶, 隔奶奶, 斷奶
Cantonese	Guangzhou	斷奶, 切奶, 離奶
	Hong Kong	斷奶, 切奶 dated
Gan	Nanchang	斷奶
	Lichuan	斷奶
	Pingxiang	笮奶
Hakka	Meixian	斷奶
Huizhou	Jixi	摘奶
Jin	Taiyuan	斷奶
Northern Min	Jian'ou	斷奶
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	斷奶
Southern Min	Xiamen	斷奶
	Tainan	斷奶
	Jieyang	隔奶
	Leizhou	隔奶
	Haikou	隔奶, 脫奶
Wu	Shanghai	隔奶, 斷奶
	Shanghai (Chongming)	隔奶
	Danyang	斷奶
	Wenzhou	賣奶