# 奶油
## Chinese

* 奶油

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): nǎiyóu
    (Zhuyin): ㄋㄞˇ ㄧㄡˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): naai$^5$ jau$^4$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): nai$^1$ yu$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): nai-iû / ni-iû / lin-iû / leng-iû
    (Teochew, Peng'im): nai$^2$ iu$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: nǎiyóu
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄞˇ ㄧㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: nǎiyóu
*** Wade–Giles: nai$^3$-yu$^2$
*** Yale: nǎi-yóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: naeyou
*** Palladius: найю (najju)
*** Sinological IPA : /naɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ joʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: naai$^5$ jau$^4$
*** Yale: náaih yàuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: naai$^5$ jau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: nai$^5$ yeo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /naːi̯¹³ jɐu̯²¹/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: nai$^1$ yu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /naɪ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ iu¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nai-iû
*** Tâi-lô: nai-iû
*** Phofsit Daibuun: nai'iuu
*** IPA (Xiamen): /nãi⁴⁴⁻²² iu²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ni-iû
*** Tâi-lô: ni-iû
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ni'iuu
*** IPA (Xiamen): /nĩ⁴⁴⁻²² iu²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lin-iû
*** Tâi-lô: lin-iû
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lin'iuu
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lin³³ iu²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: leng-iû
*** Tâi-lô: ling-iû
*** Phofsit Daibuun: leng'iuu
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² iu¹³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iu²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: nai$^2$ iu$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nái iû
*** Sinological IPA : /nai⁵²⁻³⁵ iu⁵⁵/

### Noun

奶油
* cream (oily part of milk)
* butter
* (Hong Kong Cantonese, humorous, slang) Alternative form of 理由

#### Synonyms

* (cream): 乳脂 (rǔzhī), 淇淋 (qílín); (Cantonese) 忌廉
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 奶油 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 牛油 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 牛油 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 酥油 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 巴得油 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 牛油 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 牛油 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 牛油 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 牛油 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 牛油 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 牛油 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 白塔, 乳油 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 白塔, 乳油 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 白塔, 乳油 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 白塔, 乳油 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 乳油, 白塔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 乳油, 白塔 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 黃油 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 牛奶油 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 牛油 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 牛油 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 牛油 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | bá-tah |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 牛油 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 牛油 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 牛油 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 牛油 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 牛油 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 白脫油, 白脫 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 白脫 |

#### Derived terms

* 人造奶油 (rénzào nǎiyóu)
* 冇奶油
* 奶油凍／奶油冻 (nǎiyóudòng)
* 奶油包 (nǎiyóubāo)
* 奶油圓蛋糕／奶油圆蛋糕 (nǎiyóu yuándàngāo)
* 奶油泡芙 (nǎiyóu pàofú)
* 奶油茶點／奶油茶点 (nǎiyóu chádiǎn)
* 奶油製品／奶油制品 (nǎiyóu zhìpǐn)
* 濃縮奶油／浓缩奶油 (nóngsuō nǎiyóu)
* 焦糖奶油 (jiāotáng nǎiyóu)
* 生奶油 (shēngnǎiyóu)
* 酸奶油 (suānnǎiyóu)