牛奶 niúnǎi

1. niúnǎi noun cow's milk
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Food and Drink , Concept: Dairy Product 乳制品
   Notes: 牛奶 is an example of a compound word where the left side 牛 'cow' shows the kind of the right 奶 'milk' (Sun 2006, loc. 646).
2. yángnǎi noun sheep's milk
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Food and Drink , Concept: Dairy Product 乳制品
   Notes: 牛奶 is an example of a compound word where the left side 牛 'sheep' shows the kind of the right 奶 'milk' (Sun 2006, loc. 646).

Contained in

• 不加牛奶 without milk; black (of tea, coffee etc)
• 要加牛奶 with milk; white (of tea, coffee etc)
• 牛奶糖 milk candy
• 纯牛奶(純牛奶) pure milk

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 第二十四回 Chapter 24 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 10
• 第二十三回 Chapter 23 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 10
• 第二回 Chapter 19 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 2
• 目录导言 Contents and Introduction An Introduction to Chinese Grammar 汉语语法入门 — count: 1
• 第二回 Chapter 60 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1

Collocations

• 牛奶奶 (牛奶奶) 你帶回去送與牛相公的夫人牛奶奶 — The Scholars 儒林外史, 第二十三回 Chapter 23 — count: 20
• 碗牛奶 (碗牛奶) 別說我吃了一碗牛奶 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 19 — count: 2