“Milk” in Japanese, Chinese and 18 more languages
In Japanese, “milk” is 牛乳 (gyūnyū). In Chinese it is 牛奶 (niú nǎi).
Japanese
牛乳
ぎゅうにゅう · gyūnyū
私は朝、牛乳を飲みます。
I drink milk in the morning.
Chinese (Simplified)
牛奶
niú nǎi
我早上喝牛奶。
I drink milk in the morning.
Chinese counts it with the measure word 瓶: 一瓶牛奶 means “one milk”.
“Milk” in 20 languages
The word and an example sentence in each language. The speaker buttons read them aloud with your browser’s voice.
| Language | Word | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | 牛乳 ぎゅうにゅう · gyūnyū | 私は朝、牛乳を飲みます。 |
| English | milk /mɪlk/ | I drink milk in the morning. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 牛奶 niú nǎi | 我早上喝牛奶。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 牛奶 niú nǎi | 我早上喝牛奶。 |
| Korean | 우유 | 저는 아침에 우유를 마셔요. |
| Spanish | leche | Bebo leche por la mañana. |
| French | lait | Je bois du lait le matin. |
| German | Milch | Ich trinke morgens Milch. |
| Italian | latte | Bevo il latte la mattina. |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | leite | Eu bebo leite de manhã. |
| Russian | молоко | Я пью молоко утром. |
| Arabic | حليب | أشرب الحليب في الصباح. |
| Hindi | दूध | मैं सुबह दूध पीता हूँ। |
| Indonesian | susu | Saya minum susu di pagi hari. |
| Vietnamese | sữa | Tôi uống sữa vào buổi sáng. |
| Thai | นม | ฉันดื่มนมตอนเช้า |
| Turkish | süt | Sabahları süt içerim. |
| Dutch | melk | Ik drink 's ochtends melk. |
| Swedish | mjölk | Jag dricker mjölk på morgonen. |
| Polish | mleko | Rano piję mleko. |
