奶子

Chinese

		breast; lady; milk	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (奶子)		奶	子
simp. #(奶子)		奶	子
alternative forms		嬭子 柰子 euphemistic 奈子 euphemistic

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): nǎizi

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄞˇ ˙ㄗ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): нэзы (nezɨ, II-0)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naai⁵ zi²
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): lai³ zr

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǎizi
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄞˇ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nǎizi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: nai³-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: nǎi-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nae.tzy
    • Palladius: найцзы (najczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naɪ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: нэзы (nezɨ, II-0)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɛ⁵¹ t͡sz̩⁰/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naai⁵ zi²
    • Yale: náaih jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naai⁵ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: nai⁵ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːi̯¹³ t͡siː³⁵/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: lai³ zr
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lai̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

Noun

奶子

1. (dialectal, colloquial) breast
2. (dialectal, colloquial) milk; breast milk
3. (dialectal, colloquial) wet nurse

Synonyms

• (breast):

Dialectal synonyms of 乳房 (“breast”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		乳
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		乳房
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	咂兒, 咂咂兒, 咂兒咂兒, 媽媽, 奶膀子, 奶子, 㜷㜷
	Taiwan	奶子, 咪咪 slang, 長輩 slang
	Langfang	咂咂兒
	Ulanhot	咂兒, 奶頭, 媽媽
	Tongliao	咂兒, 奶頭
	Chifeng	乳房
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	咂咂兒
	Harbin	奶子, 奶膀子, 咂兒, 咂咂兒, 媽兒媽兒
	Singapore	乳房
	Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)	奶膀子
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	個個
	Tangshan	悶兒
	Cangzhou	媽媽
	Baoding	媽媽
	Shijiazhuang	媽媽
	Jinan	媽媽, 奶
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	奶子
	Qingdao	奶子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	奶
	Daming	媽媽
	Wanrong	奶
	Zhengzhou	媽
	Xi'an	奶頭, 奶
	Xining	奶頭
	Xuzhou	媽媽
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	高高
	Bayanhot	高高, 奶頭
	Lanzhou	苶苶
	Ürümqi	奶子, 高高
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	奶奶, 包子 humorous
	Wuhan	媽, 媽媽, 奶
	Guiyang	咪咪, 奶
	Kunming	奶
	Guilin	奶
	Liuzhou	奶
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	奶
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	奶
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	奶兒, 奶子
	Yangzhou	奶子
	Nantong	奶子
	Hefei	奶頭
	Chuzhou	媽頭子
Mandarin	Nanping (Yanping)	奶奶
Cantonese	Guangzhou	𢆡
	Hong Kong	𢆡, 胸, 波, 車頭燈
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	媽仔
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	媽仔
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	𢆡姑
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	𢆡姑
	Macau	奶
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	𢆡, 奶
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	𢆡
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	𢆡
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	𢆡
	Foshan	𢆡
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	奶
	Foshan (Shunde)	乳房
	Foshan (Sanshui)	𢆡
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	𢆡
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	𢆡
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	𢆡, 呢仔
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	𢆡, 奄
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	𢆡
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	奶
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	𢆡
	Taishan	𢆡
	Kaiping (Chikan)	𢆡
	Enping (Niujiang)	𢆡
	Heshan (Yayao)	𢆡
	Dongguan	𢆡, 奶
	Shaoguan	奶
	Yunfu	𢆡
	Yangjiang	𢆡
	Xinyi	𢆡
	Nanning	奶
	Wuzhou	奶
	Yulin	𢆡
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	𢆡, 奶
	Singapore (Guangfu)	波
Gan	Nanchang	奶
	Lichuan	奶
	Pingxiang	奶
Hakka	Meixian	奶菇, 奶牯
	Xingning	奶菇, 奶
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	奶
	Huiyang	奶菇
	Huidong (Daling)	奶菇, 奶
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	奶牯
	Boluo (Bendihua)	奶
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	奶牯
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	奶
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	奶菇
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	奶
	Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)	奶牯
	Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua)	奶
	Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua)	奶牯
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	奶
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	奶房, 奶
	Liannan	奶
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	奶
	Jiexi	奶菇
	Changting	奶
	Wuping	奶菇
	Wuping (Pingyu)	奶菇
	Ninghua	奶菇
	Yudu	奶
	Ruijin	奶
	Shicheng	奶菇, 奶
	Shangyou (Shexi)	波
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	奶菇
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	奶菇
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	奶菇
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	奶菇
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	奶菇
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	奶
	Hong Kong	奶菇
	Luchuan	奶
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	奶
	Sabah (Longchuan)	奶
	Senai (Huiyang)	奶菇
	Singkawang	奶, 奶菇
Huizhou	Jixi	奶, 奶脯
	Shexian	奶, 媽
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	奶
Jin	Taiyuan	奶, 奶奶
	Xinzhou	奶, 奶奶, 奶牛, 奶牛牛
	Taibus (Baochang)	奶
	Linhe	奶頭
	Jining	奶
	Hohhot	牛牛
	Baotou	奶
	Dongsheng	奶
	Haibowan	奶頭
	Zhangjiakou	媽媽
	Handan	妹妹
Northern Min	Jian'ou	奶, 奶脬, 奶座
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	奶奶, 奶
	Fuzhou (Changle)	奶奶
	Fuqing	奶奶
	Yongtai	奶
	Gutian	奶
	Fu'an	奶
	Ningde	奶
	Shouning	奶
	Zhouning	奶
	Fuding	奶
Southern Min	Xiamen	奶, 奶仔
	Quanzhou	奶, 奶仔
	Zhangzhou	奶, 奶仔
	Taipei	奶
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	奶仔
	Kaohsiung	奶
	Yilan	奶
	Changhua (Lukang)	奶
	Taichung	奶
	Taichung (Wuqi)	奶
	Tainan	奶
	Taitung	奶
	Hsinchu	奶
	Kinmen	奶
	Penghu (Magong)	奶
	Penang (Hokkien)	奶
	Singapore (Hokkien)	奶, 奶仔, 奶奶
	Manila (Hokkien)	奶仔
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	奶
	Chaozhou	奶
	Shantou	奶
	Jieyang	奶
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	奶
	Singapore (Teochew)	奶
	Wenchang	奶
	Haikou	奶
Puxian Min	Putian	奶
	Xianyou	奶
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	𢆡
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	奶頭
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	奶
Wu	Shanghai	奶, 奶奶
	Shanghai (Chongming)	奶
	Suzhou	奶奶
	Danyang	奶奶
	Hangzhou	奶奶
	Ningbo	奶奶脯, 奶脯, 奶奶
	Wenzhou	奶奶, 奶
	Jinhua	奶, 奶窠
Xiang	Changsha	奶子, 奶, 奶唧唧 childish, 唧唧 childish
	Xiangtan	奶痣婆
	Loudi	奶婆
	Shuangfeng	奶婆
	Hengyang	奶婆
	Quanzhou	奶婆, 奶

• (milk):

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• 乳 (rǔ) (literary, or in compounds)
• 乳汁 (rǔzhī)
• 唧唧 (ji⁴ ji⁴) (Xiang, childish)
• 奶 (nǎi) (literary, or in compounds)
• 奶唧唧 (lai³ ji⁴ ji⁴) (Xiang, childish)
• 奶奶 (Sichuanese, childish in Cantonese, Wu, childish in Cantonese)
• 奶水 (nǎishuǐ)
• 奶汁 (nǎizhī)

• (wet nurse):

Dialectal synonyms of 奶媽 (“wet nurse”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		奶媽, 乳母, 乳娘, 奶娘
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	奶媽子, 奶子, 㜷媽, 㜷㜷
	Taiwan	奶媽
	Harbin	奶媽子
	Singapore	奶媽
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	奶媽子, 奶母
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	奶媽子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	奶媽兒
	Wanrong	奶母
	Xi'an	奶媽
	Xining	奶媽子
	Xuzhou	奶媽子, 奶媽
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	奶媽子
	Lanzhou	奶媽 face-to-face, 奶媽子 non-face-to-face
	Ürümqi	奶媽子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	奶媽兒, 奶媽, 奶子
	Wuhan	奶媽
	Guiyang	奶媽
	Guilin (Lingui)	奶媽
	Liuzhou	奶媽
	Liuzhou (Luorong)	奶媽
	Nanning (Wuming)	奶媽
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	奶媽
Cantonese	Guangzhou	奶媽, 濕腰
	Hong Kong	奶媽
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	奶媽
	Macau	奶媽
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	奶媽
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	奶媽
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	奶媽
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	奶媽
	Foshan	奶媽
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	奶媽
	Foshan (Shunde)	奶媽
	Foshan (Sanshui)	奶媽
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	奶媽
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	奶媽
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	奶媽
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	奶媽
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	奶媽
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	奶媽
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	奶媽
	Taishan	奶媽
	Kaiping (Chikan)	奶媽
	Enping (Niujiang)	奶媽
	Heshan (Yayao)	奶媽
	Dongguan	奶媽, 奶婆
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	奶母
	Nanning	奶媽
	Guiping	奶媽
	Mengshan (Xihe)	奶媽
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	奶媽
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	奶媽
	Baise	奶媽
	Bobai	奶媽
	Lingshan	奶媽
	Pubei	奶媽
	Qinzhou	奶媽
	Beihai	奶媽
	Ningming	奶媽
	Hengzhou	奶媽
	Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)	𢆡媽
Gan	Nanchang	奶娘
	Lichuan	奶娘
	Pingxiang	奶娘
Hakka	Meixian	奶媽, 奶哀
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	奶婆
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	奶媽
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	契媽
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	奶媽
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	奶媽
	Yudu	奶媽, 契姐
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	奶哀
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	奶哀
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	奶哀
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	奶哀
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	奶哀
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	奶哀
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	奶媽
	Mashan (Pianlian)	奶媽
Huizhou	Jixi	奶娘, 妹姨, 妹娘
Jin	Taiyuan	奶媽
	Xinzhou	奶巴子 non-face-to-face, 巴子 non-face-to-face, 奶波 non-face-to-face, 巴子啊 face-to-face
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	奶媽, 依奶 face-to-face
Southern Min	Xiamen	奶母, 邀奶, 邀奶的, 邀奶母
	Quanzhou	奶母, 邀奶母
	Zhangzhou	奶母, 邀奶, 邀奶的
	Tainan	奶母
	Manila (Hokkien)	奶母
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	奶媽
	Jieyang	奶母
	Singapore (Teochew)	奶母
	Haikou	奶媽
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	奶媽
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	奶母
	Nanning (Shajing)	奶媽
	Binyang	奶媽
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Chaoyang)	奶媽
	Guilin (Zhuyuan)	奶娘
Wu	Shanghai	奶媽, 奶嬸嬸 dated
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	奶娘, 奶嫲
	Shanghai (Chongming)	奶娘
	Suzhou	奶嬸嬸
	Danyang	奶娘, 奶婆, 帶奶個
	Hangzhou	奶娘
	Ningbo	阿伴, 阿奶, 奶嬸
	Wenzhou	奶嫂
	Jinhua	奶娘
Xiang	Changsha	奶媽
	Loudi	奶婆娘
	Quanzhou	奶媽
	Guanyang (Wenshi)	奶媽

Descendants

• Wutunhua: naize