Milk in Chinese (Mandarin): 牛奶 (niúnǎi)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 牛奶

• 牛

  Cow. It began as a drawing of a cow's head with horns.

  4 strokes

• 奶

  Milk. 女 (woman) is on the left.

  5 strokes

牛奶 is "cow milk". 牛 is second tone, rising; 奶 is third tone, dipping low.

More examples with 牛奶

• 我每天喝牛奶。

  Wǒ měi tiān hē niúnǎi.

  I drink milk every day.

• 牛奶是白色的。

  Niúnǎi shì báisè de.

  Milk is white.

How to write 牛奶 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.