奶喙

Chinese

		breast; lady; milk	beak; to pant
trad. (奶喙)		奶	喙
simp. #(奶喙)		奶	喙
alternative forms		奶嘴

Pronunciation

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): neng¹ cui⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ni-chhùi / lin-chhùi / leng-chhùi

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• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: neng¹ cui⁴ [Phonetic: neng⁵ cui⁴]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɛŋ⁵³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰui⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ni-chhùi
    • Tâi-lô: ni-tshuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nizhuix
    • IPA (Taipei): /nĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰui¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /nĩ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰui²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lin-chhùi
    • Tâi-lô: lin-tshuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: linzhuix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lin³³ t͡sʰui⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: leng-chhùi
    • Tâi-lô: ling-tshuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lengzhuix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰui²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰui²¹/

Noun

奶喙

1. (Southern Min, Puxian Min) nipple of a baby bottle
2. (Southern Min, Puxian Min) pacifier; dummy

Synonyms

• (nipple of a baby bottle): 奶頭／奶头 (nǎitóu), 奶嘴 (nǎizuǐ); (Gan) 奶頭子／奶头子; (Jin) 奶嘴嘴; (Hokkien) 奶喙仔, 奶仔頭／奶仔头
• (pacifier): 奶嘴 (nǎizuǐ); (Hokkien) 奶喙仔, 牛奶喙仔

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “奶喙”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 399.