# 奶子
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): nǎizi
       (Zhuyin): ㄋㄞˇ ˙ㄗ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): нэзы (nezɨ, II-0)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): naai$^5$ zi$^2$
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): lai$^3$ zr
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: nǎizi
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄞˇ ˙ㄗ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: nǎizi̊h
*** Wade–Giles: nai$^3$-tzŭ$^5$
*** Yale: nǎi-dz
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nae.tzy
*** Palladius: найцзы (najczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /naɪ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: нэзы (nezɨ, II-0)
*** Sinological IPA : /nɛ⁵¹ t͡sz̩⁰/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: naai$^5$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: náaih jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: naai$^5$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: nai$^5$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /naːi̯¹³ t͡siː³⁵/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: lai$^3$ zr
*** Sinological IPA : /lai̯⁴¹ t͡sz̩³/

### Noun

奶子
* (dialectal, colloquial) breast
* (dialectal, colloquial) milk; breast milk
* (dialectal, colloquial) wet nurse

#### Synonyms

* (breast):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 乳 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 乳房 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 咂兒, 咂咂兒, 咂兒咂兒, 媽媽, 奶膀子, 奶子, 㜷㜷 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 奶子, 咪咪 slang, 長輩 slang |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 咂咂兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 咂兒, 奶頭, 媽媽 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 咂兒, 奶頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 乳房 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 咂咂兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 奶子, 奶膀子, 咂兒, 咂咂兒, 媽兒媽兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 乳房 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Olginsky (Mikhaylovka) | 奶膀子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 個個 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 悶兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 媽媽 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 媽媽 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 媽媽 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 媽媽, 奶 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 奶子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 奶子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 奶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 媽媽 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 奶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 媽 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 奶頭, 奶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 奶頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 媽媽 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 高高 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 高高, 奶頭 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 苶苶 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 奶子, 高高 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 奶奶, 包子 humorous |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 媽, 媽媽, 奶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 咪咪, 奶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 奶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 奶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 奶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 奶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 奶 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 奶兒, 奶子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 奶子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 奶子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 奶頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Chuzhou | 媽頭子 |
| Mandarin | Nanping (Yanping) | 奶奶 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 𢆡 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 𢆡, 胸, 波, 車頭燈 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 媽仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 媽仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 𢆡姑 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 𢆡姑 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 奶 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 𢆡, 奶 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 𢆡 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 𢆡 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 𢆡 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 𢆡 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 奶 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 乳房 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 𢆡 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 𢆡 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 𢆡 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 𢆡, 呢仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 𢆡, 奄 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 𢆡 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 奶 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 𢆡 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 𢆡 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 𢆡 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 𢆡 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 𢆡 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 𢆡, 奶 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 奶 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 𢆡 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 𢆡 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 𢆡 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 奶 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 奶 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 𢆡 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 𢆡, 奶 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 波 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 奶 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 奶 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 奶 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 奶菇, 奶牯 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 奶菇, 奶 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 奶 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 奶菇 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 奶菇, 奶 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 奶牯 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 奶 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 奶牯 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 奶 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 奶菇 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 奶 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) | 奶牯 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai Bendihua) | 奶 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) | 奶牯 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 奶 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 奶房, 奶 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 奶 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 奶 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 奶菇 |
| Hakka | Changting | 奶 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 奶菇 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 奶菇 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 奶菇 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 奶 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 奶 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 奶菇, 奶 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 波 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 奶菇 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 奶菇 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 奶菇 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 奶菇 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 奶菇 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 奶 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 奶菇 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 奶 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 奶 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 奶 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 奶菇 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 奶, 奶菇 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 奶, 奶脯 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 奶, 媽 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 奶 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 奶, 奶奶 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 奶, 奶奶, 奶牛, 奶牛牛 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 奶 |
| Jin | Linhe | 奶頭 |
| Jin | Jining | 奶 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 牛牛 |
| Jin | Baotou | 奶 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 奶 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 奶頭 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 媽媽 |
| Jin | Handan | 妹妹 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 奶, 奶脬, 奶座 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 奶奶, 奶 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 奶奶 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 奶奶 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 奶 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 奶 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 奶 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 奶 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 奶 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 奶 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 奶 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 奶, 奶仔 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 奶, 奶仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 奶, 奶仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 奶 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 奶仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 奶 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 奶 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 奶 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 奶 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 奶 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 奶 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 奶 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 奶 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 奶 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 奶 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 奶 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 奶, 奶仔, 奶奶 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 奶仔 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 奶 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 奶 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 奶 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 奶 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 奶 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 奶 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 奶 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 奶 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 奶 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 奶 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 𢆡 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 奶頭 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 奶 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 奶, 奶奶 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 奶 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 奶奶 |
| Wu | Danyang | 奶奶 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 奶奶 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 奶奶脯, 奶脯, 奶奶 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 奶奶, 奶 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 奶, 奶窠 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 奶子, 奶, 奶唧唧 childish, 唧唧 childish |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 奶痣婆 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 奶婆 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 奶婆 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 奶婆 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 奶婆, 奶 |
* (milk):
* 乳 (rǔ) (literary, or in compounds)
* 乳汁 (rǔzhī)
* 唧唧 (ji$^4$ ji$^4$) (Xiang, childish)
* 奶 (nǎi) (literary, or in compounds)
* 奶唧唧 (lai$^3$ ji$^4$ ji$^4$) (Xiang, childish)
* 奶奶 (Sichuanese, childish in Cantonese, Wu, childish in Cantonese)
* 奶水 (nǎishuǐ)
* 奶汁 (nǎizhī)
* (wet nurse):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 奶媽, 乳母, 乳娘, 奶娘 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 奶媽子, 奶子, 㜷媽, 㜷㜷 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 奶媽 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 奶媽子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 奶媽 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 奶媽子, 奶母 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 奶媽子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 奶媽兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 奶母 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 奶媽 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 奶媽子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 奶媽子, 奶媽 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 奶媽子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 奶媽 face-to-face, 奶媽子 non-face-to-face |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 奶媽子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 奶媽兒, 奶媽, 奶子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 奶媽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 奶媽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin (Lingui) | 奶媽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 奶媽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou (Luorong) | 奶媽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 奶媽 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 奶媽, 濕腰 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 奶媽, 奶婆 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 奶母 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 奶媽 |
| Cantonese | Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) | 𢆡媽 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 奶娘 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 奶娘 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 奶娘 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 奶媽, 奶哀 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 奶婆 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 奶媽 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 契媽 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 奶媽 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 奶媽 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 奶媽, 契姐 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 奶哀 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 奶哀 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 奶哀 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 奶哀 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 奶哀 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 奶哀 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Tang'an) | 奶媽 |
| Hakka | Mashan (Pianlian) | 奶媽 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 奶娘, 妹姨, 妹娘 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 奶媽 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 奶巴子 non-face-to-face, 巴子 non-face-to-face, 奶波 non-face-to-face, 巴子啊 face-to-face |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 奶媽, 依奶 face-to-face |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 奶母, 邀奶, 邀奶的, 邀奶母 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 奶母, 邀奶母 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 奶母, 邀奶, 邀奶的 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 奶母 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 奶媽 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 奶母 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 奶媽 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 奶媽 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 奶母 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Shajing) | 奶媽 |
| Southern Pinghua | Binyang | 奶媽 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Chaoyang) | 奶媽 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Zhuyuan) | 奶娘 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 奶媽, 奶嬸嬸 dated |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 奶娘, 奶嫲 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 奶娘 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 奶嬸嬸 |
| Wu | Danyang | 奶娘, 奶婆, 帶奶個 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 奶娘 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 阿伴, 阿奶, 奶嬸 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 奶嫂 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 奶娘 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 奶媽 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 奶婆娘 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 奶媽 |
| Xiang | Guanyang (Wenshi) | 奶媽 |

#### Descendants

* Wutunhua: naize