牛乳 (niú rǔ) — cow's milk | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

Literary/formal term for 'cow's milk'; in everyday speech learners will usually encounter 牛奶 instead. Same meaning, higher register.

noun

cow's milk

Measure word · 杯

牛乳。
Zhè zhǒng chǎn pǐn hán yǒu niú rǔ.
This product contains cow's milk.
牛乳，。
niú rǔ Fù hán gài zhì, duì gǔ gé jiàn kāng hěn yǒu bāng zhù.
Cow's milk is rich in calcium and is very helpful for bone health.
牛乳。
Yǒu xiē rén duì niú rǔ zhōng de rǔ táng bú nài shòu.
Some people are intolerant to the lactose in cow's milk.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

牛乳 pairs 牛 and 乳 to mean milk from a cow.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

牛 is drawn as a bull's head, with two horns and two ears.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

乳 originally drew a kneeling woman holding and breastfeeding a child, matching its meanings of breast and milk.