奶酪 (nǎilào) · cheese, sweet set-milk pudding

Measure Word

一块奶酪 kuài

Meanings

1 cheese
2 sweet set-milk pudding

About the ingredient

Mostly processed cheese, as slices and snacks, and mozzarella for pizza and baked rice; menus often call it 芝士. In Beijing, 奶酪 also names a sweet set-milk pudding made with rice wine.

Contains milk

Also called 芝士、乳酪、起司、干酪

Characters

Examples

HSK 1

你喜欢吃奶酪吗？

Nǐ xǐhuan chī nǎilào ma?

Do you like eating cheese?

HSK 6

这个披萨上面有很多奶酪。

Zhège pīsà shàngmiàn yǒu hěnduō nǎilào.

This pizza has a lot of cheese on it.

Tips

usage

奶酪 is the standard Mandarin word for cheese. In some regions you may also hear 芝士 (from English 'cheese') or 起司 (from English, used in Taiwan).

culture

In Beijing, 奶酪 also names a traditional dessert: milk set with sweet rice wine into a soft curd and sold in small bowls, often as 宫廷奶酪 (palace milk pudding).