酪
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lào · cream, cheese

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13Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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酉Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 酪

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làoWords pronounced lào
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Example sentences

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Nǎi lào shì yòng nǎi zuò chéng de.奶酪是用奶做成的。

Cheese is made from milk.

Source: Tatoeba #782314 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ xǐ huān chī jiā lào lí de sù shí hàn bǎo.我喜歡吃加酪梨的素食漢堡。

I enjoy a veggie burger with avocado.

Source: Tatoeba #13543140 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǎi yóu hé rǔ lào shì yóu niú nǎi zuò chéng de.奶油和乳酪是由牛奶做成的。

Butter and cheese are made from milk.

Source: Tatoeba #881103 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǎi lào bú shì huáng sè de.奶酪不是黄色的。

The cheese is not yellow.

Source: Tatoeba #2777862 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Xiǎng chī yì diǎn qiǎo kè lì nǎi lào ma?想吃一点巧克力奶酪吗?

How about some chocolate cheese?

Source: Tatoeba #414151 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ xiǎng chī nǎi lào.我想吃奶酪。

I want to eat the cheese.

Source: Tatoeba #2782744 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 酪 in context

  1. Say lào, then recall the core meaning: cream, cheese.
  2. Write all 13 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Use it in 奶酪 (nǎi lào), meaning “cheese”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 酪 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.