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HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *奶* | 奶* | *奶
breast / milk / to breastfeed
HSK 1
milk tea
HSK 3
cow's milk / CL: ,
HSK 1
powdered milk
HSK 6
milk chocolate
to remove fat / to skim (milk)
to add water (or other liquid) to (another ingredient such as powdered milk or tea leaves) / to infuse (tea)
milk cow / dairy cow
HSK 6
(milk)shake (loanword)
butter tea (Tibetan, Mongolian etc drink derived from milk)
milk / (botany) latex
to reconstitute (a powdered beverage) by adding water, milk etc
soy milk
HSK 7-9
to produce (graduates, breast milk, toxic waste, creative ideas etc) / output
lit. smell of breast milk not yet dried (idiom) / fig. immature and inexperienced; still wet behind the ears
(dentistry) deciduous tooth; baby tooth; milk tooth
milk from a woman's breast / milk (used in the names of dishes to indicate white sauce)
spilt water / (fig.) sth that can not be retrieved / spilt milk
cream / milk fat
to have engorged breasts (after childbirth); to have swollen and painful breasts from excess milk
(literary) to feed an infant breast milk
contaminated milk powder (milk powder adulterated with melamine in a 2008 scandal in China)
carton (e.g. for milk or juice) / Tetra Pak
Yakult (Japanese brand of fermented milk drink)
non-staple foods / (Tw) solids (food for infants other than breast milk and formula)
reconstituted milk (Tw)
pure milk
to grow replacement teeth (zoology) / to grow permanent teeth in place of milk teeth
to forget and not bear recriminations (idiom); to let bygones be bygones / There is no point in crying over spilt milk.
abbr. for pearl milk tea 珍珠奶茶
soy milk
casein (milk protein)
huangqi / milk vetch root (used in TCM) / Astragalus membranaceus or Astragalus mongholicus
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *乳* | 乳* | *乳
(bound form) breast / (bound form) milk / (bound form) newborn; suckling
pearl milk tea / tapioca milk tea / bubble milk tea
rice milk
malt milk extract
to suck the breast (for milk)
fruit medley in coconut milk – a chilled dessert consisting of assorted fresh fruits served in sweetened coconut milk, yogurt or fruit syrup
breast milk
to rake in (money); to plunder; to milk people dry
bubble milk tea (Tw) / Boba milk tea / tapioca milk tea / see also 珍珠奶茶
Gong Cha, international franchise selling Taiwan-style milk tea and smoothies etc, established in Kaohsiung in 2006
lit. whoever provides milk is your mother (idiom) / fig. to follow whoever is feeding you / to put one's loyalties where one's interests lie
milk cabbage (aka "white bok choy" and various other names), a variety of bok choy
general term for milk packaged for the consumer, including long-life (UHT) milk, pasteurized milk and reconstituted milk
to condense milk (by evaporation) / condensed milk
spilt water is difficult to retrieve (idiom) / it's no use crying over spilt milk / what's done is done and can't be reversed / the damage is done / once divorced, there's no reuniting
to suckle / to pump breast milk with a breast pump
coconut milk
cow's milk
(medicine) to unblock breastmilk flow (of a nursing mother with clogged milk ducts)
(coll.) milk / (coll.) breast / booby / tit
formula (milk)
douzhi, fermented drink made from ground mung beans / soy milk
to milk
breast milk substitute
dental transition (from milk teeth to adult teeth)
(loanword) au lait; with milk
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *湩* | 湩* | *湩
milk / sound of a drum
grouting / (of grain) to be in the milk / to form a vesicle (medicine)
Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus)
coconut milk
almond tofu; almond jelly (dessert made with apricot kernel milk, sugar and agar)
breast milk
butter sculpture (Tibetan art form using paint derived from milk products)
milk vetch / plant genus Astragalus / huangqi 黃芪|黄芪, Astragalus membranaceus (used in TCM)
Nestlé Milo (chocolate-flavored powder added to milk or water)
(lit.) land of fish and rice / (fig.) fertile region / land of milk and honey
fresh milk
lit. to beat milk / to churn (to make butter) / milk foamer (for cappuccino)
to produce milk; to lactate / to promote lactation
teh tarik, an Indian-style tea with milk
to fret over the worries of long-departed people (idiom); to worry unnecessarily / crying over spilt milk / often used with negatives, e.g. no need to worry about past issues
casein (milk protein)
(milk) to turn sour / (meat, fish) to go off
contaminated milk (esp. milk products adulterated with melamine in a 2008 scandal in China) / (slang) a jinx effect from praising or supporting sb too much
condensed milk
deciduous tooth / milk tooth / baby tooth / also written 乳齒|乳齿
to fret over the worries of long-departed people (idiom); to worry unnecessarily / crying over spilt milk / often used with negatives, e.g. no need to worry about past issues
kumis / horse milk wine
reconstituted milk
sheep's milk
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *龆* | 龆* | *龆
shed the milk teeth / young
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *酪* | 酪* | *酪
(bound form) semi-solid food made from milk (junket, cheese etc) / (bound form) fruit jelly; sweet paste made with crushed nuts / Taiwan pr. [luo4]
unsweetened soy milk; plain soy milk
engorged breasts; rock-hard breasts (resulting from postnatal milk accumulation or complications from breast implants)
deciduous tooth / milk tooth / baby tooth
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *龀* | 龀* | *龀
to replace the milk teeth
Quickly, tapioca milk tea franchise


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