牛奶

Chinese

		ox; cow; bull	breast; lady; milk
trad. (牛奶)		牛	奶
simp. #(牛奶)		牛	奶
alternative forms		牛乳 Hakka; Hokkien 牛𬂌 Min Bei
anagram		奶牛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niúnǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄋㄞˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ngau⁴ naai⁵

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ngeu³ nai⁴

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ngiù-nen

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ngiu² nên⁴

• Min Bei (KCR): niû-nâing
• Min Dong (BUC): ngù-nèng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): gû-ni / gû-lin / gû-leng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ghu⁵ ni⁶

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Shanghainese): ⁶gnieu-na

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niúnǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄋㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nióunǎi
    • Wade–Giles: niu²-nai³
    • Yale: nyóu-nǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niounae
    • Palladius: нюнай (njunaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ naɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngau⁴ naai⁵
    • Yale: ngàuh náaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁴ naai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁴ nai⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ naːi̯¹³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ngeu³ nai⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵑɡeu²² ⁿdai²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiù-nen
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngiuˇ nen
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngiu² nen⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ɲi̯u¹¹ nen⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ngiu² nên⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ɲiu¹¹ nɛn⁵³/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: niû-nâing
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niu³³ naiŋ³³/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ngù-nèng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋu⁵³⁻³³ nˡɛiŋ⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Tainan, Magong, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-ni
    • Tâi-lô: gû-ni
    • Phofsit Daibuun: guny
    • IPA (Singapore): /ɡu²⁴⁻²¹ ni⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Tainan): /ɡu²⁴⁻³³ nĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² nĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡu²⁴⁻¹¹ nĩ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Hsinchu, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-lin
    • Tâi-lô: gû-lin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gulyn
    • IPA (Kinmen): /ɡu²⁴⁻¹² lin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Lukang, Jinjiang, Philippines): /ɡu²⁴⁻²² lin³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Yilan, Taichung, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-leng
    • Tâi-lô: gû-ling
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gulefng
    • IPA (Penang): /ɡu²³⁻²¹ leŋ³³/
    • IPA (Yilan): /ɡu²⁴⁻³³ liɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡu²³⁻³³ liɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡu¹³⁻²² liɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ghu⁵ ni⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: gû nĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɡu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ni³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wugniu: ⁶gnieu-na
    • Wiktionary Romanisation: ³nyieu-na
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲiɤ²² na⁴⁴/

Noun

牛奶

1. cow's milk
2. (Taishanese) condensed milk

Synonyms

• (cow's milk):

Dialectal synonyms of 牛奶 (“cow's milk”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		牛奶, 牛乳
Mandarin	Taiwan	牛奶
	Jinan	牛奶
Cantonese	Hong Kong	牛奶
Gan	Lichuan	牛奶
Hakka	Meixian	牛奶
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	牛奶
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	牛奶
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	牛奶
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	牛奶
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	牛奶
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	牛奶
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	牛奶
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	牛奶
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	牛奶
Min Bei	Jian'ou	牛奶
Min Dong	Fuzhou	牛奶
Min Nan	Xiamen	牛奶
	Quanzhou	牛奶
	Jinjiang	牛奶
	Zhangzhou	牛奶
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	牛奶
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	牛奶
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	牛奶
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	牛奶
	Yilan (Toucheng)	牛奶
	Tainan	牛奶
	Tainan (Anping)	牛奶
	Penghu (Xiyu)	牛奶
	Manila (Hokkien)	牛奶
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	牛奶
Wu	Shanghai	牛奶
Xiang	Changsha	牛唧唧 childish

• (condensed milk):

Dialectal synonyms of 煉乳 (“condensed milk”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		煉乳
Mandarin	Taiwan	煉乳
Cantonese	Hong Kong	煉奶
	Taishan	牛奶
Jin	Taiyuan	煉乳
Min Dong	Fuzhou	牛奶膏
Min Nan	Xiamen	牛奶膏
	Quanzhou	牛奶膏
	Zhangzhou	牛奶膏
	Tainan	煉奶
Wu	Shanghai	煉乳
	Suzhou	煉乳
	Ningbo	煉乳

Derived terms

• 牛奶喙仔
• 牛奶果 (niúnǎiguǒ)
• 牛奶沙司 (niúnǎi shāsī)
• 牛奶沫
• 牛奶油
• 牛奶粉
• 牛奶糖 (niúnǎitáng)
• 牛奶膏
• 牛奶蕉
• 牛奶蛇 (niúnǎishé)
• 脫脂牛奶／脱脂牛奶 (tuōzhī niúnǎi)
• 酸牛奶 (suānniúnǎi)

 

Descendants

• → Paiwan: guling

See also

• 豆奶 (dòunǎi)
• 馬奶／马奶 (mǎnǎi)
• 乳汁 (rǔzhī)
• 羊奶 (yángnǎi)
• 椰奶 (yēnǎi)