催乳

Chinese

		urge; press; expedite urge; press; expedite; prompt; hurry	breast; milk
simp. and trad. (催乳)		催	乳

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cuīrǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄟㄖㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi¹ jyu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cuīrǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄟㄖㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cueirǔ
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻui¹-ju³
  - Yale: tswēi-rǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsueiruu
  - Palladius: цуйжу (cujžu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ʐu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ceoi¹ jyu⁵
  - Yale: chēui yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey¹ jy⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: cêu¹ yu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵ jyː¹³/

Verb

催乳

to promote lactation; to promote milk letdown

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 催奶 (“to promote lactation; to promote milk letdown”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		催奶, 催乳
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	催奶
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	催奶, 下奶
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	下奶
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	催奶
	Wuhan	發媽
	Liuzhou	催奶
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	發奶
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	催奶, 發奶, 下奶
Cantonese	Guangzhou	䏱奶
Gan	Lichuan	發奶
Jin	Taiyuan	下奶
Southern Min	Xiamen	激奶
	Quanzhou	激奶
	Zhangzhou	激奶

Derived terms

催乳素 (cuīrǔsù)