奶

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breast; milk; to breastfeed

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

女 meaning “woman” + 乃 sound ( nǎi )

Components 女乃

milk · Heisig RSH #626

女 woman + fist

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
牛奶	niú nǎi	cow's milk; CL:瓶[ping2],杯[bei1]
奶奶	nǎi nai	(informal) grandma (paternal grandmother); (respectful) mistress of the house; CL:位[wei4];…
奶油小生	nǎi yóu xiǎo shēng	handsome but effeminate man; pretty boy
石头奶	shí tou nǎi	engorged breasts; rock-hard breasts (resulting from postnatal milk accumulation or complic…
法式酸奶油	Fǎ shì suān nǎi yóu	crème fraîche
吃奶之力	chī nǎi zhī lì	all one's strength
奶头乐	nǎi tóu lè	(calque of "tittytainment") low-brow entertainment that distracts the poor from their circ…
奶油菜花	nǎi yóu cài huā	creamed cauliflower
吃奶的力气	chī nǎi de lì qi	all one's strength
吃奶的气力	chī nǎi de qì lì	utmost effort
生奶油	shēng nǎi yóu	cream; whipped cream
奶嘴儿	nǎi zuǐ r	erhua variant of 奶嘴[nai3 zui3]
马奶酒	mǎ nǎi jiǔ	kumis; horse milk wine
奶白菜	nǎi bái cài	milk cabbage (aka "white bok choy" and various other names), a variety of bok choy
奶黄包	nǎi huáng bāo	custard bun
包二奶	bāo èr nǎi	to cohabit with and financially support a mistress
奶子	nǎi zi	(coll.) milk; (coll.) breast; booby; tit
奶水	nǎi shuǐ	breast milk
奶头	nǎi tóu	nipple; teat (on baby's bottle)
人造奶油	rén zào nǎi yóu	margarine

Characters sharing the sound component 乃 — compare how they read.