Chinese word

奶酪

Pronunciation

Pinyinnǎi lào

Meaning

  • nouncheese

Example

奶酪的味道很浓。nǎi lào de wèi dào hěn nóng

The cheese has a strong flavor.

Illustration for 奶酪 (cheese)

More examples

我喜欢吃奶酪。wǒ xǐ huān chī nǎi lào

I like eating cheese.

Core concept

A solid or semi-solid dairy food made by concentrating and setting milk.

Common phrases

  • 吃奶酪chī nǎi lào

    eat cheese

  • 喜欢奶酪xǐ huān nǎi lào

    like cheese

  • 买奶酪mǎi nǎi lào

    buy cheese

Similar words

芝士zhī shì: A common spoken and menu term for cheese borrowed from English.
起司qǐ sī: A Taiwanese name for cheese often used in conversation and restaurant menus.
干酪gān lào: A formal name for cheese used in food labeling and specialist writing.

Definition in Chinese

由牛奶或其他哺乳动物乳汁经过凝固或发酵等加工，形成固体或半固体的乳制品。yóu niú nǎi huò qí tā bú rǔ dòng wù rǔ zhī jīng guò níng gù huò fā jiào děng jiā gōng xíng chéng gù tǐ huò bàn gù tǐ de rǔ zhì pǐn

Word origin

奶 (nǎi, "milk") identifies the source, while 酪 (lào, "fermented dairy product") identifies the processed result, so the compound traces cheese from milk to a changed dairy food.

Usage tips

  • Chinese can describe the amount of this food with different measure words according to its form, such as 块 (kuài, "piece") for a chunk and 片 (piàn, "slice") for a thin piece.

Related words

  • 奶酪蛋糕nǎi lào dàn gāocheesecakenoun
  • 奶酪片nǎi lào piàncheese slicenoun

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