斷乳

Chinese

		to break; to judge; absolutely to break; to judge; absolutely; decidedly	breast; milk
trad. (斷乳)		斷	乳
simp. (断乳)		断	乳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duànrǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄖㄨˇ

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tón-nen

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duànrǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄖㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duànrǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tuan⁴-ju³
    • Yale: dwàn-rǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duannruu
    • Palladius: дуаньжу (duanʹžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯än⁵¹ ʐu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tón-nen
    • Hakka Romanization System: don^ˋ nen
    • Hagfa Pinyim: don³ nen⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ton³¹ nen⁵⁵/

Verb

斷乳

1. to wean (a baby)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 斷奶 (“to wean”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		斷奶, 斷乳
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	斷奶
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	撂奶子
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	斷奶
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	隔奶, 隔奶奶, 斷奶
Cantonese	Guangzhou	斷奶, 切奶, 離奶
	Hong Kong	斷奶, 切奶 dated
Gan	Nanchang	斷奶
	Lichuan	斷奶
	Pingxiang	笮奶
Hakka	Meixian	斷奶
Huizhou	Jixi	摘奶
Jin	Taiyuan	斷奶
Northern Min	Jian'ou	斷奶
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	斷奶
Southern Min	Xiamen	斷奶
	Tainan	斷奶
	Jieyang	隔奶
	Leizhou	隔奶
	Haikou	隔奶, 脫奶
Wu	Shanghai	隔奶, 斷奶
	Shanghai (Chongming)	隔奶
	Danyang	斷奶
	Wenzhou	賣奶