椰奶

yēnǎi
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 coconut milk

Examples

Tàishì gālí lǐ yào jiā yēnǎi cái gòu xiāngnóng.
Thai curry needs coconut milk added to be rich and fragrant enough.
Wǒ xǐhuan yòng yēnǎi dàitì niúnǎi zuò yànmàizhōu.
I like using coconut milk instead of cow's milk to make oatmeal.

Tips

usage
椰奶 can refer to both the drink (coconut-milk beverage, often sweetened — the famous Hainan brand is 椰树) and the cooking ingredient (thick coconut cream from pressed flesh). The latter is also called (yējiāng) to disambiguate on recipes.

Stroke Order

nǎi