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奶
nǎi
1. breast
2. milk
3. to breastfeed
Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 5 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

奶
nǎi
milk; breasts; nurse, grandmother
HSK 2 5 丶

Compound Words (20)

二奶
èrnǎi
mistress
催奶
cuīnǎi
to promote lactation
吃奶
chīnǎi
to suck the breast (for milk)
喂奶
wèinǎi
to breast-feed
奶名
nǎimíng
pet name for a child
奶品
nǎipǐn
dairy product
奶嘴
nǎizuǐ
nipple (on baby's bottle)
奶奶
nǎinai
(informal) grandma (paternal grandmother)
HSK 3
奶娘
nǎiniáng
(dialect) wet nurse
奶妈
nǎimā
wet nurse
奶子
nǎizi
breast
奶昔
nǎixī
milkshake (loanword)
奶母
nǎimǔ
wet nurse
奶水
nǎishuǐ
mother's milk
奶汁
nǎizhī
milk from a woman's breast
奶油
nǎiyóu
cream
奶汤
nǎitāng
white broth, or milky broth: an unctuous, milky white pork broth of Chinese cuisine
奶爸
nǎibà
stay-at-home dad
奶牛
nǎiniú
milk cow
奶瓶
nǎipíng
baby's feeding bottle

Alternate Entries

奶
nǎi
variant of [[嬭|奶<nǎi>]]
奶
nǎi
mother / variant of [[奶<nǎi>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
2
Character Frequency Rank
1,277
Word Frequency Rank
2,853 of 84,292