Butter is made from milk.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
牛油
butter
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
butter
02
beef tallow
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 牛油 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 牛油 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
The store sells foodstuffs, such as butter, cheese, and sugar.
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 牛油.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 牛油.
Directly before
- 是牛油1
- 和牛油1
Directly after
- 牛油是1
- 牛油以外1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 牛油
What does 牛油 mean in Chinese?
牛油 (niúyóu) means butter.
How do you pronounce 牛油?
牛油 is pronounced niúyóu.
Is 牛油 an HSK word?
牛油 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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