# 斷奶
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): duànnǎi
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄋㄞˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): tyun$^5$ naai$^5$
* Gan (Wiktionary): ton$^5$ lai$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): tón-nen
    (Meixian, Guangdong): don$^3$ nên$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): duan$^3$ nai$^2$
* Northern Min (KCR): dǒ̤ng-nâing
* Eastern Min (BUC): dâung-nèng
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tn̄g-ni / tn̄g-leng / tn̄g-lin
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$doe-na; $^6$doe $^6$na
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: duànnǎi
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄋㄞˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: duànnǎi
*** Wade–Giles: tuan$^4$-nai$^3$
*** Yale: dwàn-nǎi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duannnae
*** Palladius: дуаньнай (duanʹnaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /tu̯än⁵¹ naɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tyun$^5$ naai$^5$
*** Yale: tyúhn náaih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tyn$^5$ naai$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tün$^5$ nai$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰyːn¹³ naːi̯¹³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: ton$^5$ lai$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɵn¹¹ lai²¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tón-nen
*** Hakka Romanization System: don$^ˋ$ nen
*** Hagfa Pinyim: don$^3$ nen$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ton³¹ nen⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: don$^3$ nên$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /tɔn³¹ nɛn⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: duan$^3$ nai$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /tuæ̃⁴⁵ nai⁵³/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dǒ̤ng-nâing
*** Sinological IPA : /tɔŋ²¹ naiŋ³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: dâung-nèng
*** Sinological IPA : /touŋ²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ nˡɛiŋ⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Tainan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tn̄g-ni
*** Tâi-lô: tn̄g-ni
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dngxny
*** IPA (Taipei, Tainan): /tŋ̍³³⁻¹¹ nĩ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tŋ̍²²⁻²¹ nĩ⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tn̄g-leng
*** Tâi-lô: tn̄g-ling
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dngxlefng
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tŋ̍³³⁻²¹ liɪŋ⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tn̄g-lin
*** Tâi-lô: tn̄g-lin
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dngxlyn
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tŋ̍³³⁻²¹ lin⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tŋ̍³³⁻¹¹ lin⁴⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$doe-na; $^6$doe $^6$na
*** MiniDict: doe$^去$ na; doe$^去$ na$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$doe-na; $^3$doe $^3$na
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /dø²² na⁴⁴/, /dø³³ na²³/

### Verb

斷⫽奶 (verb-object)
* to wean (a baby)
** 1919, 《新舊約全書：官話和合譯本》 [Mandarin Bible, Union Version], Shanghai: American Bible Society, 創世記 [Genesis] 21:8:
       Háizi jiàn zhǎng, jiù duànle nǎi. Yǐsǎ duànnǎi de rìzi, Yàbólāhǎn shèbǎi fēngshèng de yánxí. [Pinyin]
       The child grew and was weaned. Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. [World English Bible]
* (figurative, usually in negative rhetorical sentences) to grow up

#### Synonyms

* (to wean):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 斷奶, 斷乳 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 斷奶 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 撂奶子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 斷奶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 隔奶, 隔奶奶, 斷奶 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 斷奶, 切奶, 離奶 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 斷奶, 切奶 dated |
| Gan | Nanchang | 斷奶 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 斷奶 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 笮奶 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 斷奶 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 摘奶 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 斷奶 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 斷奶 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 斷奶 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 斷奶 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 斷奶 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 隔奶 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 隔奶 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 隔奶, 脫奶 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 隔奶, 斷奶 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 隔奶 |
| Wu | Danyang | 斷奶 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 賣奶 |