斷奶

See also: 断奶

Chinese

		to break; to judge; absolutely to break; to judge; absolutely; decidedly	breast; lady; milk
trad. (斷奶)		斷	奶
simp. (断奶)		断	奶
alternative forms		斷乳／断乳 Hakka; Eastern Min; Hokkien 斷𬂌／断𬂌 Northern Min

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duànnǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄋㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tyun⁵ naai⁵
• Gan (Wiktionary): ton⁵ lai³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): tón-nen

  (Meixian, Guangdong): don³ nên⁴

• Jin (Wiktionary): duan³ nai²
• Northern Min (KCR): dǒ̤ng-nâing
• Eastern Min (BUC): dâung-nèng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tn̄g-ni / tn̄g-leng / tn̄g-lin
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶doe-na; ⁶doe ⁶na

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duànnǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄋㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duànnǎi
    • Wade–Giles: tuan⁴-nai³
    • Yale: dwàn-nǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duannnae
    • Palladius: дуаньнай (duanʹnaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯än⁵¹ naɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tyun⁵ naai⁵
    • Yale: tyúhn náaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tyn⁵ naai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: tün⁵ nai⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰyːn¹³ naːi̯¹³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: ton⁵ lai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɵn¹¹ lai²¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tón-nen
    • Hakka Romanization System: don` nen
    • Hagfa Pinyim: don³ nen⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ton³¹ nen⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: don³ nên⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tɔn³¹ nɛn⁵³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: duan³ nai²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /tuæ̃⁴⁵ nai⁵³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dǒ̤ng-nâing
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔŋ²¹ naiŋ³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dâung-nèng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /touŋ²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ nˡɛiŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tn̄g-ni
    • Tâi-lô: tn̄g-ni
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dngxny
    • IPA (Taipei, Tainan): /tŋ̍³³⁻¹¹ nĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tŋ̍²²⁻²¹ nĩ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tn̄g-leng
    • Tâi-lô: tn̄g-ling
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dngxlefng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tŋ̍³³⁻²¹ liɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tn̄g-lin
    • Tâi-lô: tn̄g-lin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dngxlyn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tŋ̍³³⁻²¹ lin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tŋ̍³³⁻¹¹ lin⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶doe-na; ⁶doe ⁶na
    • MiniDict: doe^去 na; doe^去 na^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³doe-na; ³doe ³na
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /dø²² na⁴⁴/, /dø³³  na²³/

Verb

斷奶

1. to wean (a baby)
2. (figurative, usually in negative rhetorical sentences) to grow up

Synonyms

• (to wean):

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

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		斷奶, 斷乳
Mandarin	Taiwan	斷奶
	Yantai (Muping)	撂奶子
	Xi'an	斷奶
	Chengdu	隔奶, 隔奶奶, 斷奶
Cantonese	Guangzhou	斷奶, 切奶, 離奶
	Hong Kong	斷奶
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