Chinese word dictionary

吃奶

chī nǎi · to suck the breast (for milk)

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Word information

Simplified吃奶

Traditional吃奶

Pinyinchī nǎi

Part of speechDictionary

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HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

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吃chī

to eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear

奶nǎi

milk; breasts; nurse, grandmother

How to learn 吃奶

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Words with the same characters

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吃chī

to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc); variant of 吃[chi1]

好吃hǎochī

tasty; delicious

牛奶niúnǎi

cow's milk; CL:瓶[ping2],杯[bei1]

奶茶nǎichá

milk tea

奶奶nǎinai

(informal) grandma (paternal grandmother); (respectful) mistress of the house; CL:位[wei4]; (coll.) boobies; breasts

吃惊chījīng

to be startled; to be shocked; to be amazed