奶酪

Chinese

		breast; lady; milk	Chinese cream; cheese
trad. (奶酪)		奶	酪
simp. ^#(奶酪)		奶	酪

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): nǎilào, nǎiluò

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄞˇ ㄌㄠˋ, ㄋㄞˇ ㄌㄨㄛˋ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): нэло (nelo, II-III)
Cantonese (Jyutping): naai⁵ lok⁶ / naai⁵ lok³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ni-lo̍k
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶na-loq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nǎilào
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄞˇ ㄌㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nǎilào
  - Wade–Giles: nai³-lao⁴
  - Yale: nǎi-làu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: naelaw
  - Palladius: найлао (najlao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nǎiluò
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄞˇ ㄌㄨㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nǎiluò
  - Wade–Giles: nai³-lo⁴
  - Yale: nǎi-lwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: naeluoh
  - Palladius: найло (najlo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu̯ɔ⁵¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: нэло (nelo, II-III)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɛ⁵¹ lɔ⁴⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: naai⁵ lok⁶ / naai⁵ lok³
  - Yale: náaih lohk / náaih lok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naai⁵ lok⁹ / naai⁵ lok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: nai⁵ log⁶ / nai⁵ log³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːi̯¹³ lɔːk̚²/, /naːi̯¹³ lɔːk̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ni-lo̍k
  - Tâi-lô: ni-lo̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: nilok
  - IPA (Xiamen): /nĩ⁴⁴⁻²² lɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /nĩ³³ lɔk̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /nĩ⁴⁴⁻²² lɔk̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /nĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /nĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔk̚⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶na-loq
  - MiniDict: na^去 loh
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³na-loq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /na²² loʔ⁴⁴/

Noun

奶酪

cheese
(figurative) Synonym of 既得利益 (jìdé lìyì, “vested interest”)
(Taiwan) panna cotta

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 奶酪 (“cheese”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		奶酪
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	奶酪, 乳酪
	Taiwan	起司, 起士, 乳酪, 乾酪
	Malaysia	起司, 芝士
	Singapore	起司, 芝士
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	奶酪
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	奶酪
Cantonese	Guangzhou	芝士
	Hong Kong	芝士
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	芝士
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	芝士
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	芝士
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	芝士
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	芝士
	Móng Cái	奶油
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	起士
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	起士
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	起士
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	起士
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	起士
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	起士
Southern Min	Xiamen	奶酪, 乳酪, 鹹牛奶
	Taipei	奶酪, 乾酪, 刺乳, 鹹牛奶
	Penang (Hokkien)	cheese
	Chaozhou	芝士
Wu	Shanghai	起司
	Suzhou	起司
	Ningbo	起司

Derived terms