牛奶

Character by character

• 牛niú4 strokesHSK 1cow, ox, bull; Kangxi radical 93; 9th lunar mansion, determinative star β Capricorni (Dabih)
• 奶nǎi5 strokesHSK 1milk; woman's breasts; nurse

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 要来点牛奶吗？

  Yào lái diǎn niú nǎi ma

  Do you want some milk?

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• 我完全不要牛奶。

  Wǒ wán quán bù yào niú nǎi

  I do not want any milk at all.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 牛奶. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 牛niúHSK 3

  ox; cow; bull; newton (abbr. for 牛顿); (slang) awesome

• 奶nǎiHSK 1

  breast; milk; to breastfeed

• 奶奶nǎi naiHSK 1

  (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother); (respectful) mistress of the house; (coll.) boobies; breasts

• 酸奶suān nǎiHSK 4

  yogurt

• 牛仔裤niú zǎi kùHSK 5

  jeans

• 奶牛nǎi niúHSK 6

  milk cow; dairy cow

• 吹牛chuī niúHSK 7

  to talk big; to shoot off one's mouth; to chat (dialect)

• 奶粉nǎi fěnHSK 6

  powdered milk

• 奶茶nǎi cháHSK 3

  milk tea