乳

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Pronunciation

Peng'im: ru2
POJ: jú
Variety: chaozhou

Pronunciation note: Realised [dz] ~ [z] ~ [l] depending on speaker and register; many younger speakers merge it with /l/. The cited sources corroborate [dz], relaxing to [z] for younger/overseas speakers; neither attests the further merger to /l/.

Meanings and usage

noun: milk, breast, to breastfeed
乳

The single Teochew reading covers several distinct senses (to breastfeed, breast, milk, to breed/multiply, newborn) with no dialect-specific restriction, so a single primary sense/part of speech required judgment.

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