乳臭

Chinese

		breast; milk	sense of smell; smell bad; stench sense of smell; smell bad; stench; stink; smelly; to smell (bad)
trad. (乳臭)		乳	臭
simp. #(乳臭)		乳	臭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rǔxiù

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁵ cau³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lú-hiù / jí-hiù

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rǔxiù
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rǔsiòu
    • Wade–Giles: ju³-hsiu⁴
    • Yale: rǔ-syòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruushiow
    • Palladius: жусю (žusju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁵ cau³
    • Yale: yúh chau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁵ tsau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁵ ceo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː¹³ t͡sʰɐu̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lú-hiù
    • Tâi-lô: lú-hiù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lw'hiux
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hiu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiu²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jí-hiù
    • Tâi-lô: jí-hiù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jy'hiux
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiu²¹/

Noun

乳臭

1. smell of one's mother's milk
2. (figurative) childishness, boyishness

Synonyms

• (smell of one's mother's milk): (Hakka) 乳臊; (Northern Min) 奶香; (Hokkien) 臭奶獻／臭奶献, 臭奶獻味／臭奶献味

Derived terms

• 乳臭未乾／乳臭未干 (rǔxiùwèigān)