milk in Chinese

How to write 牛奶

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牛奶 is listed in the official HSK vocabulary at HSK 1. The beginner band covers the first, most essential words every learner needs.

牛奶 in a sentence

• 我wǒ每měi天tiān喝hē牛niú奶nǎi。

  I drink milk every day.

• 请qǐng给gěi我wǒ一yī杯bēi牛niú奶nǎi。

  Please give me a glass of milk.

• 牛niú奶nǎi在zài冰bīng箱xiāng里lǐ。

  The milk is in the fridge.

牛奶 vs 奶 vs 奶奶

Similar and easily confused words, and how they differ.

• 奶 nǎi milk; breast (bound)

  The bound form — 奶牛 'cow', 酸奶 'yogurt'. Alone it also means 'breast' — context matters.

• 奶奶 nǎi nai grandma (paternal)

  Same 奶 doubled = 'grandma' (father's mother). 喝牛奶 'drink milk' vs 我奶奶 'my grandma' — context decides.