au2 naai5嘔奶呕奶
Jyutpingau2 naai5
Yaleáu náaih
Definition
To spit up milk or vomit milk, especially of babies.
colloquialfamilyhealth
How it's used
Parents frequently use this term to describe the common occurrence of infants spitting up or regurgitating milk after feeding. It is distinct from vomiting due to illness, which is typically referred to as 嘔吐. The term carries a sense of routine concern rather than medical alarm.
Examples
The baby is throwing up milk after finishing a feed.
He is throwing up milk quite a lot today.
Related words
Common mistake
Avoid using this to describe an adult vomiting, as it is strictly reserved for infants and specifically relates to milk consumption.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
