羊奶 (yáng nǎi) — goat milk (also sheep milk) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

goat milk (also sheep milk)

Examples

羊奶。
Měi tiān zǎo shàng wǒ dōu hē yì bēi yáng nǎi.
I drink a glass of goat milk every morning.
羊奶，。
yáng nǎi De yíng yǎng jià zhí hěn gāo, hěn duō rén xǐ huan hē.
Goat milk has high nutritional value, and many people like to drink it.
羊奶。
Wǒ zài chāo shì mǎi le liǎng hé yáng nǎi.
I bought two cartons of goat milk at the supermarket.

Origin

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.

羊yánggoat or sheep

羊 names the animal source and 奶 names milk, producing goat or sheep milk.

Characters in this word

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

The shape of 羊 comes from a drawing of a ram's head.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

女乃奶

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

乃

乃nǎi奶nǎi

Same sound today

奶 combines 女, a woman, and 乃, which gives the sound.

Appears in

Beverages Food (General)

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