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Chinese symbol for “lactate”

下奶
xià nǎi
to produce milk; to lactate; to promote lactation

The closest CC-CEDICT match for lactate is 下奶 (xià nǎi), defined as: to produce milk; to lactate; to promote lactation.

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Characters and stroke order

下 xià
below, underneath; inferior; to bring down; next
radical 1 ⼀ · 3 strokes
奶 nǎi
milk; breasts; nurse, grandmother
radical 38 ⼥ · 5 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 下奶.

WordPinyinMeaning
一下yī xià(after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly
以下yǐ xiàthat level or lower; that amount or less
下来 (下來)xià laito come down; (completed action marker)
下载 (下載)xià zǎito download; also pr. [xia4zai4]
下午xià wǔafternoon; 个 (gè)
下去xià qùto go down; to descend
奶奶nǎi nai(informal) grandma (paternal grandmother); (respectful) mistress of the house
牛奶niú nǎicow's milk; measure word: 瓶 (píng), 杯 (bēi)

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.