奶渣 (nǎizhā): dried milk curd (Tibetan/Mongolian dairy product)

Meanings

1 dried milk curd (Tibetan/Mongolian dairy product)
2 milk residue left after extracting butter

Characters

奶

Examples

藏族牧民把奶渣晒干后保存。

Zàngzú mùmín bǎ nǎizhā shài gān hòu bǎocún.

Tibetan herders dry milk curd in the sun to preserve it.

奶渣又硬又酸，需要慢慢含在嘴里。

Nǎizhā yòu yìng yòu suān, xūyào mànmàn hán zài zuǐ lǐ.

Milk curd is hard and tangy — you have to slowly hold it in your mouth.

Tips

culture

奶渣 (Tibetan: ཆུ་ར་ chura) is what remains after churning butter from yak or cow milk. The solids are pressed and sun-dried into rock-hard pieces that keep for months — essential winter protein on the plateau. Also appears in Tibetan pastries like 奶渣饼 and sweet sprinkles.