Chinese symbol for “lactation”
泌乳
mì rǔ
lactation
The closest CC-CEDICT match for lactation is 泌乳 (mì rǔ), defined as: lactation.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “lactation”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 泌乳.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 分泌 | fēn mì | to secrete; secretion |
| 内分泌 (內分泌) | nèi fēn mì | endocrine (internal secretion, e.g. hormone) |
| 分泌物 | fēn mì wù | secretion |
| 泌尿 | mì niào | to urinate; urination; urinary |
| 泌尿外科 | mì niào wài kē | urology |
| 乳房 | rǔ fáng | breast; udder |
| 乳头 (乳頭) | rǔ tóu | nipple |
| 母乳 | mǔ rǔ | breast milk |
See also: Japanese symbol for “lactation”.
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.