Definition
奶水 refers specifically to breast milk produced by a mother, not animal milk. It's a colloquial term commonly used in everyday conversation about breastfeeding. If you translate the English 'milk' back to Chinese, you'd likely say 牛奶 (cow's milk) — 奶水 is reserved for human breast milk.
n.
breast milk (colloquial)
Examples
- 奶水，。Tā de nǎi shuǐ hěn chōngzú, háizi chī de hěn hǎo.Her breast milk is abundant; the baby feeds well.
- 奶水。Māma yào duō hē shuǐ cáinéng yǒu zúgòu de nǎi shuǐ.Mom needs to drink more water to have enough breast milk.
- 奶水。Yīshēng jiànyì tā jiǎnchá yíxià nǎi shuǐ de zhìliàng.The doctor suggested she check the quality of her breast milk.
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