Wiktionary

奶

See also: 嬭
奶 U+5976, 奶
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5976
← 奵
[U+5975] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 奷 →
[U+5977]

Translingual edit

Stroke order
 

Han character edit

奶 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 女弓竹尸 (VNHS), four-corner 47427, composition ⿰女乃)

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 255, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6043
  • Dae Jaweon: page 518, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1024, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+5976

Chinese edit

Glyph origin edit

Characters in the same phonetic series (乃) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
乃 *nɯːʔ
鼐 *nɯːʔ, *nɯːs
疓 *njɯːʔ
奶 *rneːlʔ
仍 *njɯŋ
艿 *njɯŋ
辸 *njɯŋ
礽 *njɯŋ
扔 *njɯŋ, *njɯŋs
芿 *njɯŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *rneːlʔ) : semantic 女 + phonetic 乃 (OC *nɯːʔ).

Etymology 1 edit

trad. 奶
simp. # 奶
alternative forms 嬭
𬂌 Eastern Min

Unknown.

Similar words in the area include Proto-Hmong-Mien *niaʔ²ᴰ (“mother”), Tibetan ཨ་ནེ (a ne), ནེ་ནེ (ne ne, “paternal aunt”), Khmer ញី (ñii, “female”). It may be comparable with Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-nja-n (“breast; milk; suck”), whence Nuosu ꑍ (nyip, “liquid milk”), ꀉꆂ (ax nie, “breast; milk”).

It is unknown how the Min forms relate to forms in other dialects. See this article for a discussion of the Min Nan etymon. For similar nasalisations in Min, compare 耳 (ěr).

Colloquial words in different Min dialects show considerable variation – most have an n- initial, but finals and tones differ greatly. Some propose that this is substrate influence, passed on from the maternal Baiyue lineages since the intermarriages between southward-migrating Han Chinese and native non-Han women. Other southern dialects also show remnants of this native word: Hakka [Meixian] nɛn5, Cantonese [Guangzhou] nin1 (𢆡). Compare Thai นม (nom, “breast; breastmilk”), Zhuang noemz (“breast; breastmilk”).

The long-recognised Sino-Tibetan etymon in Chinese is 乳 (OC *njoʔ); see there for more.

Pronunciation edit

Note: lai1 - only used in 奶子 (“paternal grandmother”).
Note:
  • Sixian:
    • nen - colloquial;
    • nâi - literary.
  • Meixian:
    • nên4 - colloquial;
    • nai1 - literary.
Note: nâing - colloquial.
Note:
  • nĕng - colloquial (“breast”);
  • nèng - colloquial (“breastmilk”);
  • nā̤ - colloquial;
  • nāi - literary.
Note:
  • ni/lin/leng - colloquial (“breast; milk; milk-like beverage; rubber; handle”);
  • nee/ne - colloquial (“breast; milk”);
  • nái - literary.
Note:
  • ni6 - colloquial;
  • ni1 - colloquial;
  • nai2 - literary.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 奶
Mandarin Beijing /nai²¹⁴/
Harbin /nai²¹³/
/nai⁴⁴/ ～孩子
Tianjin /nai¹³/
Jinan /nɛ⁵⁵/
Qingdao /nɛ⁵⁵/
Zhengzhou /nai⁵³/
Xi'an /nai⁵³/
Xining /nɛ⁵³/
Yinchuan /nɛ⁵³/
Lanzhou /lɛ⁴⁴²/
Ürümqi /nai⁵¹/
Wuhan /nai⁴²/
Chengdu /nai⁵³/
/nai⁵⁵/
Guiyang /nai⁴²/ 牛～
/nai⁵⁵/ 祖母
Kunming /næ⁵³/
Nanjing /lae³¹/
/lae²¹²/
Hefei /le̞²⁴/
Jin Taiyuan /nai⁵³/
Pingyao /næ⁵³/
Hohhot /nɛ⁵³/
Wu Shanghai /na²³/
Suzhou /nɑ³¹/
Hangzhou /ne̞³³/
/ne̞⁵³/
Wenzhou /na³⁵/
Hui Shexian /na³²⁴/
Tunxi /ȵiɛ¹¹/ 吃～
Xiang Changsha /lai⁴¹/
Xiangtan /nai⁴²/
Gan Nanchang /lai²¹³/
Hakka Meixian /nai⁴⁴/
Taoyuan
Cantonese Guangzhou /nai²³/
Nanning /nai²⁴/
/nai⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /nai¹³/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /nai⁵³/
/ni⁵³/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /nɛ³²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /nai²¹/
/nai³³/
Shantou (Teochew) /nãi⁵³/
/nĩ³⁵/
/nĩ³³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /nai²¹³/ ～粉
/ne²³/
/ni³¹/ ～媽
Rime
Character 奶 奶
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 泥 (8) 娘 (12)
Final (韻) 齊 (39) 佳 (31)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) IV II
Fanqie 奴禮切 奴蟹切
Baxter nejX nreaX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/neiX/ /ɳˠɛX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/neiX/ /ɳᵚæX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/nɛiX/ /næiX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/nɛjX/ /ɳaɨjX/
Li
Rong 		/neiX/ /nɛX/
Wang
Li 		/nieiX/ /naiX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/nieiX/ /naiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		nǐ nǎi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		nai5 naai5
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 奶
Reading # 1/1
No. 9341
Phonetic
component 		乃
Rime
group 		歌
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		嬭
Old
Chinese 		/*rneːlʔ/
Notes 嬭今字

Definitions edit

奶

  1. breast
    奶頭／奶头  ―  nǎitóu  ―  nipple
  2. milk; breast milk
    飲奶／饮奶 [Cantonese]  ―  jam2 naai5 [Jyutping]  ―  to drink milk
  3. to nurse
  4. to breastfeed; to suckle
  5. (in compounds) infant; infantile; milk (teeth, name, etc.)
    奶名  ―  nǎimíng  ―  childhood name
    奶聲奶氣／奶声奶气  ―  nǎishēngnǎiqì  ―  childish voice
  6. (regional) mother
  7. (regional) grandmother
Synonyms edit
  • (grandmother):
Dialectal synonyms of 祖母 (“paternal grandmother”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 祖母
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 祖母
Mandarin Beijing 奶奶, 奶
Taiwan 奶奶, 阿嬤
Tianjin 奶奶
Harbin 奶奶, 奶
Shenyang 奶奶
Yantai (Muping) 婆, 婆婆
Qingdao 奶奶
Jinan 奶奶
Luoyang 奶奶, 奶
Wanrong 娘
Zhengzhou 奶奶, 奶
Xi'an 奶, 婆 suburbs, 拿拿 Hui
Yinchuan 奶奶
Lanzhou 奶奶
Xining 奶奶
Ürümqi 奶奶, 阿奶 Hui
Wuhan 太, 奶奶, 婆婆 dated
Huanggang 婆婆
Chengdu 婆婆, 奶奶
Guiyang 太太, 奶奶, 老太太
Kunming 奶, 奶奶
Guilin 奶奶
Liuzhou 婆, 奶, 阿奶
Shanglin (Sanli) 婆
Xuzhou 奶奶
Yangzhou 奶奶, 太太 dated
Nanjing 奶奶, 奶
Hefei 奶奶
Nantong 奶奶
Singapore 奶奶
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 奶奶, 阿奶
Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) 拿拿
Cantonese Guangzhou 阿嫲
Hong Kong 阿嫲, 嫲嫲
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 阿婆, 阿嫲
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 阿嫲, 嫲
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 阿婆
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 阿婆
Macau 阿嫲
Guangzhou (Panyu) 阿嫲
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 阿嫲
Guangzhou (Conghua) 阿嫲
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 阿婆, 阿嫲
Foshan 阿嫲
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 阿人
Foshan (Shunde) 阿人
Foshan (Sanshui) 阿嫲
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 阿婆
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 阿婆
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 阿婆
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 阿婆
Zhuhai (Doumen) 阿婆
Jiangmen (Baisha) 阿婆
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 阿婆
Taishan 阿人
Kaiping (Chikan) 阿人
Enping (Niujiang) 阿人
Heshan (Yayao) 阿嫲
Dongguan 阿嫲, 嫲嫲, 阿婆
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 阿媽, 阿嫲
Shenzhen (Dapeng) 阿婆
Qingyuan 阿婆
Fogang 阿嫲
Yingde (Hanguang) 阿嫲
Yangshan 阿婆
Lianshan (Butian) 吾妣
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) 阿婆
Shaoguan 阿婆, 阿嫲
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 阿婆, 阿嫲
Renhua 阿婆, 阿嫲
Lechang 阿嫲
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 阿嫲, 阿奶
Sihui 阿婆
Guangning 阿婆
Deqing 阿婆, 阿奶
Huaiji 阿婆
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 婆
Yunfu 阿奶
Xinxing 阿娘
Luoding 阿嫲
Yunan (Pingtai) 阿嫲
Yangjiang 阿婆, 阿嫲
Xinyi 阿婆
Maoming (Xinpo) 阿婆
Lianjiang 阿嫲
Wuchuan (Wuyang) 奶, 阿奶
Nanning 阿婆, 婆, 奶奶
Wuzhou 阿嫲
Yulin 阿婆
Hepu (Lianzhou) 阿嫲
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 阿嫲
Singapore (Guangfu) 阿嫲, 嫲嫲
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 阿嫲
Gan Nanchang 婆婆, 奶奶
Lichuan 姆媽
Pingxiang 婆婆
Hakka Meixian 阿婆
Xingning 阿婆
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 阿婆, 阿嫲
Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua) 阿婆
Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua) 阿婆
Huiyang 阿婆
Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua) 阿嫲, 阿婆
Huidong (Daling) 阿婆
Dongguan (Qingxi) 阿婆
Longmen (Pingling Bendihua) 阿婆
Longmen (Luxi Bendihua) 阿嫲
Boluo (Bendihua) 阿婆, 阿嫲
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 阿婆
Zengcheng (Zhengguo) 阿婆
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 阿婆
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 阿婆
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 阿婆
Wuhua (Huacheng) 阿婆
Wuhua (Changbu) 阿婆
Wuhua (Mianyang) 阿婆
Heyuan (Bendihua) 阿婆, 祖婆
Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua) 阿嫲
Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) 阿婆
Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua) 阿濟
Heping (Linzhai Bendihua) 阿濟
Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua) 阿嫲
Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) 阿嫲
Wengyuan 阿婆
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 娭姐
Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua) 阿嫲
Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua) 阿嫲
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 阿婆
Liannan 阿婆
Conghua (Lütian) 阿婆
Jiexi 阿婆
Luhe 阿婆
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 阿嬤
Changting 娭姐
Wuping 娭姐
Wuping (Yanqian) 娭姐
Wuping (Pingyu) 阿婆
Liancheng 阿姐, 媽
Ninghua 媽媽
Yudu 婆婆, 婆, 婆奶
Ningdu 婆婆
Ruijin 奶奶, 奶
Shicheng 婆
Shangyou (Shexi) 奶奶, 阿奶
Tonggu (Sandu) 姐姐
Ganzhou (Panlong) 奶奶
Dayu 奶奶
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 阿婆
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 阿婆, 阿嬤
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 阿婆
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 阿婆, 阿奶
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 阿嬤, 阿婆
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 阿媽
Hong Kong 阿婆
Yangxi (Tangkou) 阿婆
Yangchun (Sanjia) 阿婆
Xinyi (Sihe) 阿婆
Xinyi (Qianpai) 阿婆
Gaozhou (Xindong) 阿婆
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 阿婆
Huazhou (Xin'an) 阿婆
Lianjiang (Shijiao) 阿婆
Lianjiang (Qingping) 阿婆, 阿媽
Mengshan (Xihe) 婆
Luchuan 阿婆
Luchuan (Daqiao) 阿婆
Sabah (Longchuan) 阿婆
Senai (Huiyang) 阿婆
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) 阿媽
Singkawang 阿婆
Huizhou Jixi 婦, 阿婦
Shexian 奶奶, 老姨
Tunxi 老婄, 婄
Xiuning 阿婄, 婄, 奶兒, 阿奶
Yixian 老婦兒
Qimen 嫗兒, 娪娭
Wuyuan 婆婆
Fuliang 媽媽
Dexing 娘
Jingde 奶奶
Shitai (Xianyu) 奶奶
Jin Taiyuan 奶奶
Pingyao 娘娘
Xinzhou 娘娘啊, 呀娘, 娘娘
Linhe 娘娘
Hohhot 奶奶
Dongsheng 娘娘
Northern Min Jian'ou 奶奶, 媽媽
Jian'ou (Dikou) 阿媽
Songxi 嫲老
Zhenghe 媽老
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 阿老
Jianyang 媽媽
Wuyishan 媽媽
Pucheng (Shibei) 媽媽, 阿大
Eastern Min Fuzhou 依媽
Changle 依媽
Fuqing 阿媽, 媽
Yongtai 依媽
Gutian 媽
Fu'an 婆
Ningde 婆
Shouning 阿婆
Zhouning 阿婆
Fuding 阿媽
Matsu 依媽
Singapore (Fuqing) 阿媽
Southern Min Xiamen 阿媽, 俺媽, 內媽
Xiamen (Tong'an) 俺媽, 阿媽
Quanzhou 阿媽, 引媽, 媽仔, 內媽
Jinjiang 俺媽, 引媽
Yongchun 阿媽, 媽
Zhangzhou 阿媽, 咉媽, 內媽
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 媽
Zhao'an 媽
Dongshan 阿媽
Taipei 阿媽
New Taipei (Sanxia) 阿媽
Kaohsiung 阿媽
Yilan 阿媽
Changhua (Lukang) 阿媽, 俺媽
Taichung 阿媽
Taichung (Wuqi) 阿媽
Tainan 阿媽, 內媽
Taitung 阿媽
Hsinchu 阿媽
Kinmen 俺媽
Penghu (Magong) 阿媽
Penang (Hokkien) 阿媽, 媽
Singapore (Hokkien) 阿媽, 俺媽, 內媽
Manila (Hokkien) 俺媽, 阿媽, 引媽
Longyan 媽
Zhangping 媽
Zhangping (Yongfu) 俺媽
Datian 阿媽
Pingnan (Shangdu) 阿媽, 媽
Chaozhou 阿媽
Shantou 阿媽
Shantou (Chenghai) 阿媽
Jieyang 阿媽
Haifeng 媽, 阿媽
Bangkok (Teochew) 阿媽
Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew) 內媽
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 阿媽
Singapore (Teochew) 阿媽
Leizhou 尼奶, 尼媽, 奶, 媽
Wenchang 奶, 婆
Haikou 阿媽 face-to-face, 阿婆 face-to-face, 媽 non-face-to-face, 婆 non-face-to-face
Singapore (Hainanese) 阿婆
Puxian Min Putian 阿媽
Xianyou 阿媽
Central Min Yong'an 俺媽
Sanyuan 婆媽
Shaxian 俺媽
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 婆
Sanxiang 婆, 阿婆
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 奶, 阿奶, 奶奶, 太婆
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 奶奶
Shehua Fu'an 阿婆
Fuding 阿嫲
Luoyuan 阿嫲
Sanming 阿嫲
Shunchang 阿婆
Hua'an 阿婆
Guixi (Zhangping) 阿婆
Cangnan 嫲
Jingning 姐
Lishui 姐
Longyou 阿姐
Chaozhou 姐
Fengshun 姐
Waxiang Guzhang (Gaofeng) 婆
Wu Shanghai 爾奶, 阿奶, 奶奶
Shanghai (Chongming) 裡婆, 親婆, 婆, 阿婆, 婆阿
Suzhou 好婆, 好親婆, 親婆
Wuxi 親娘
Danyang 嫚嫚
Hangzhou 奶奶
Ningbo 阿娘
Wenzhou 娘娘, 祖婆, 祖婆娘, 阿娘
Jinhua 媽媽
Jinhua (Tangxi) 媽媽
Xiang Changsha 娭毑
Xiangtan 娭毑
Loudi 佳婆, 奶奶
Shuangfeng 奶奶
Quanzhou 奶奶
  • (breast):
Dialectal synonyms of 乳房 (“breast”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 乳
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 乳房
Mandarin Beijing 咂兒, 咂咂兒, 咂兒咂兒, 媽媽, 奶膀子, 奶子, 㜷㜷
Taiwan 奶子, 咪咪 slang, 長輩 slang
Tianjin 個個
Langfang 咂咂兒
Tangshan 悶兒
Cangzhou 媽媽
Baoding 媽媽
Shijiazhuang 媽媽
Daming 媽媽
Ulanhot 咂兒, 奶頭, 媽媽
Tongliao 咂兒, 奶頭
Chifeng 乳房
Bayanhot 高高, 奶頭
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 咂咂兒
Harbin 奶子, 奶膀子, 咂兒, 咂咂兒, 媽兒媽兒
Yantai (Muping) 奶子
Qingdao 奶子
Jinan 媽媽, 奶
Luoyang 奶
Wanrong 奶
Zhengzhou 媽
Xi'an 奶頭, 奶
Yinchuan 高高
Lanzhou 苶苶
Xining 奶頭
Ürümqi 奶子, 高高
Wuhan 媽, 媽媽, 奶
Chengdu 奶奶, 包子 humorous
Guiyang 咪咪, 奶
Kunming 奶
Guilin 奶
Liuzhou 奶
Xuzhou 媽媽
Yangzhou 奶子
Nanjing 奶兒, 奶子
Hefei 奶頭
Chuzhou 媽頭子
Nantong 奶子
Yanping 奶奶
Singapore 乳房
Mae Salong (Lancang) 奶
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 奶
Olginsky (Mikhaylovka) 奶膀子
Cantonese Guangzhou 𢆡
Hong Kong 𢆡, 胸, 波, 車頭燈
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 媽仔
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 媽仔
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 𢆡姑
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 𢆡姑
Macau 奶
Guangzhou (Panyu) 𢆡, 奶
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 𢆡
Guangzhou (Conghua) 𢆡
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 𢆡
Foshan 𢆡
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 奶
Foshan (Shunde) 乳房
Foshan (Sanshui) 𢆡
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 𢆡
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 𢆡
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 𢆡, 呢仔
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 𢆡, 奄
Zhuhai (Doumen) 𢆡
Jiangmen (Baisha) 奶
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 𢆡
Taishan 𢆡
Kaiping (Chikan) 𢆡
Enping (Niujiang) 𢆡
Heshan (Yayao) 𢆡
Dongguan 𢆡, 奶
Shaoguan 奶
Yunfu 𢆡
Yangjiang 𢆡
Xinyi 𢆡
Nanning 奶
Wuzhou 奶
Yulin 𢆡
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 𢆡, 奶
Singapore (Guangfu) 波
Gan Nanchang 奶
Lichuan 奶
Pingxiang 奶
Hakka Meixian 奶菇, 奶牯
Xingning 奶菇, 奶
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 奶
Huiyang 奶菇
Huidong (Daling) 奶菇, 奶
Dongguan (Qingxi) 奶牯
Boluo (Bendihua) 奶
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 奶牯
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 奶
Wuhua (Huacheng) 奶菇
Heyuan (Bendihua) 奶
Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) 奶牯
Heping (Linzhai Bendihua) 奶
Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) 奶牯
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 奶
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 奶房, 奶
Liannan 奶
Conghua (Lütian) 奶
Jiexi 奶菇
Changting 奶
Wuping 奶菇
Wuping (Pingyu) 奶菇
Ninghua 奶菇
Yudu 奶
Ruijin 奶
Shicheng 奶菇, 奶
Shangyou (Shexi) 波
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 奶菇
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 奶菇
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 奶菇
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 奶菇
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 奶菇
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 奶
Hong Kong 奶菇
Luchuan 奶
Luchuan (Daqiao) 奶
Sabah (Longchuan) 奶
Senai (Huiyang) 奶菇
Singkawang 奶, 奶菇
Huizhou Jixi 奶, 奶脯
Shexian 奶, 媽
Tunxi 奶
Jin Taiyuan 奶, 奶奶
Xinzhou 奶, 奶奶, 奶牛, 奶牛牛
Taibus (Baochang) 奶
Linhe 奶頭
Jining 奶
Hohhot 牛牛
Baotou 奶
Dongsheng 奶
Haibowan 奶頭
Zhangjiakou 媽媽
Handan 妹妹
Northern Min Jian'ou 奶, 奶脬, 奶座
Eastern Min Fuzhou 奶奶, 奶
Changle 奶奶
Fuqing 奶奶
Yongtai 奶
Gutian 奶
Fu'an 奶
Ningde 奶
Shouning 奶
Zhouning 奶
Fuding 奶
Southern Min Xiamen 奶, 奶仔
Quanzhou 奶, 奶仔
Zhangzhou 奶, 奶仔
Taipei 奶
New Taipei (Sanxia) 奶仔
Kaohsiung 奶
Yilan 奶
Changhua (Lukang) 奶
Taichung 奶
Taichung (Wuqi) 奶
Tainan 奶
Taitung 奶
Hsinchu 奶
Kinmen 奶
Penghu (Magong) 奶
Penang (Hokkien) 奶
Singapore (Hokkien) 奶, 奶仔, 奶奶
Manila (Hokkien) 奶仔
Pingnan (Shangdu) 奶
Chaozhou 奶
Shantou 奶
Jieyang 奶
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 奶
Singapore (Teochew) 奶
Wenchang 奶
Haikou 奶
Puxian Min Putian 奶
Xianyou 奶
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 𢆡
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 奶頭
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 奶
Wu Shanghai 奶, 奶奶
Shanghai (Chongming) 奶
Suzhou 奶奶
Danyang 奶奶
Hangzhou 奶奶
Ningbo 奶奶脯, 奶脯, 奶奶
Wenzhou 奶奶, 奶
Jinhua 奶, 奶窠
Xiang Changsha 奶子, 奶, 奶唧唧 childish, 唧唧 childish
Xiangtan 奶痣婆
Loudi 奶婆
Shuangfeng 奶婆
Quanzhou 奶婆, 奶
  • (milk):
  • 乳 (rǔ) (literary, or in compounds)
  • 乳汁 (rǔzhī)
  • 唧唧 (ji4 ji4) (Xiang, childish)
  • 奶唧唧 (lai3 ji4 ji4) (Xiang, childish)
  • 奶奶 (Sichuanese, childish in Cantonese, Wu, childish in Cantonese)
  • 奶子 (nǎizi) (dialectal, colloquial)
  • 奶水 (nǎishuǐ)
  • 奶汁 (nǎizhī)

Compounds edit

Etymology 2 edit

trad. 奶
simp. # 奶
alternative forms 乃
奈

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Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

奶

  1. (Hokkien) to behave in a coy, childish or coquettish manner; to coax; to wheedle

Compounds edit

Etymology 3 edit

For pronunciation and definitions of 奶 – see 𦧺 (“to lick; to suck up to; to brownnose”).
(This character is a variant form of 𦧺).

References edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

奶

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Korean edit

Hanja edit

奶 (eumhun 젖 내 (jeot nae))

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Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

奶: Hán Nôm readings: nãi, nái

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