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奶nǎibreast
女woman · nǚMeaning part
乃then · nǎiSound part
女 hints at the meaning (woman); 乃 (nǎi) hints at the sound. Compare it with nǎi.
茶chátea
艹grass form of 艸 · cǎoMeaning part
人person · rén
木tree · mù
Memory aidA plant 艹 over a person 人 and a tree 木: tea leaves picked from the bush.
How to write 奶茶
奶 5 strokes · 茶 9 strokes
Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.
Stroke order chart for 奶茶 (nǎichá). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
奶茶 (nǎichá) means “milk tea”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 2 word.
Say it nǎichá: nǎi with a 3rd tone, then chá with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 奶茶 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type naicha with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 奶茶 from the suggestions. Typing naicha into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
奶茶 is an HSK 3.0 Level 2 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 2 word list. It is not on the older HSK 2.0 word lists.
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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
奶nǎi3rd tone, dipping
茶chá2nd tone, rising
