Chinese

奶茶

/naɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵/

milk tea

HSK 3
TOCFL 4

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characterChinese奶 “breast”
- meaningChinese女 “woman; (only of humans in Standard Chinese) female”
- soundChinese乃 “you, your”
characterChinese茶 “tea (plant, leaves)”
- meaningChinese艸 “grass”
- soundChinese余 “I; me”

Sources

HSK / TOCFL word lists — Facts (levels)
教育部《國語辭典簡編本》 (Taiwan MOE) — CC BY-ND 3.0 TW
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Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0