奶
嬭Meanings
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- 1.mother
- 2.variant of 奶[nǎi]
- 1.breast
- 2.milk
- 3.to breastfeed
- 1.variant of 奶[nǎi]
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Wiktionary
- 1.breast
- 2.milk; breast milk
- 3.to nurse
- 4.to breastfeed; to suckle
- 5.infant; infantile; milk (teeth, name, etc.)
- 6.mother
- 7.grandmother
- 8.to behave in a coy, childish or coquettish manner; to coax; to wheedle
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *rneːlʔ): semantic 女 + phonetic 乃 (OC *nɯːʔ). 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.
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Components
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Example sentences
牛可产奶。
Cows give milk.
你想要糖和奶吗？
Would you like sugar and milk?
奶酪是用奶做成的。
Cheese is made from milk.
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