母乳 (mǔ rǔ) — breast milk | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

breast milk

Examples

母乳。
mǔ rǔ Shì fēi cháng yǒu yíng yǎng de.
Breast milk is very nutritious.
母乳。
Hěn duō mā ma xuǎn zé gěi hái zi wèi mǔ rǔ.
Many mothers choose to feed their babies breast milk.
母乳。
Yī shēng jiàn yì qián liù gè yuè zhī chī mǔ rǔ.
Doctors recommend only breast milk for the first six months.

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.

母mǔmother

母 means mother and 乳 means milk, so the word names milk from a mother.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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.

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