斷奶

See also: 断奶

Chinese

	to break; to judge; absolutely to break; to judge; absolutely; decidedly	breast; lady; milk
trad. (斷奶)	斷	奶
simp. (断奶)	断	奶
alternative forms	斷乳／断乳 Hakka; Eastern Min; Hokkien 斷𬂌／断𬂌 Northern Min

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): duànnǎi

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄋㄞˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tyun⁵ naai⁵
Gan (Wiktionary): ton⁵ lai³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): tón-nen

(Meixian, Guangdong): don³ nên⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): duan³ nai²
Northern Min (KCR): dǒ̤ng-nâing
Eastern Min (BUC): dâung-nèng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tn̄g-ni / tn̄g-leng / tn̄g-lin
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶doe-na; ⁶doe ⁶na

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: duànnǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄋㄞˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: duànnǎi
  - Wade–Giles: tuan⁴-nai³
  - Yale: dwàn-nǎi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duannnae
  - Palladius: дуаньнай (duanʹnaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯än⁵¹ naɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tyun⁵ naai⁵
  - Yale: tyúhn náaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tyn⁵ naai⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: tün⁵ nai⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰyːn¹³ naːi̯¹³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: ton⁵ lai³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɵn¹¹ lai²¹³/
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/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: don³ nên⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /tɔn³¹ nɛn⁵³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: duan³ nai²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /tuæ̃⁴⁵ nai⁵³/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dǒ̤ng-nâing
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔŋ²¹ naiŋ³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: dâung-nèng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /touŋ²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ nˡɛiŋ⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Tainan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tn̄g-ni
  - Tâi-lô: tn̄g-ni
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dngxny
  - IPA (Taipei, Tainan): /tŋ̍³³⁻¹¹ nĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tŋ̍²²⁻²¹ nĩ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tn̄g-leng
  - Tâi-lô: tn̄g-ling
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dngxlefng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tŋ̍³³⁻²¹ liɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tn̄g-lin
  - Tâi-lô: tn̄g-lin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dngxlyn
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tŋ̍³³⁻²¹ lin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tŋ̍³³⁻¹¹ lin⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶doe-na; ⁶doe ⁶na
  - MiniDict: doe^去 na; doe^去 na^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³doe-na; ³doe ³na
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /dø²² na⁴⁴/, /dø³³ na²³/

Verb

斷⫽奶 (verb-object)

to wean (a baby)
- 1919, 《新舊約全書：官話和合譯本》 [Mandarin Bible, Union Version], Shanghai: American Bible Society, 創世記 [Genesis] 21:8:
  
  孩子漸長、就斷了奶．以撒斷奶的日子、亞伯拉罕設擺豐盛的筵席。 [MSC, trad.]
  孩子渐长、就断了奶．以撒断奶的日子、亚伯拉罕设摆丰盛的筵席。 [MSC, simp.]
  Háizi jiàn zhǎng, jiù duànle nǎi. Yǐsǎ duànnǎi de rìzi, Yàbólāhǎn shèbǎi fēngshèng de yánxí. [Pinyin]
  The child grew and was weaned. Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. [World English Bible]
(figurative, usually in negative rhetorical sentences) to grow up

Synonyms

(to wean):

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
Cantonese	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