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奶奶

nǎi nai 3–5

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

HSK level
HSK 1
HSK 2.0 level 3 · HSK 3.0 level 1
Characters
2
奶 · 奶
Syllables
2
nǎi nai
Frequency
Less common
corpus count 2,809

Part of speech: n

Character by character

  • 奶nǎi5 strokesHSK 1milk; woman's breasts; nurse
  • 奶nǎi5 strokesHSK 1milk; woman's breasts; nurse

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Words with the same characters

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

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