"Butter" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 奶油 | nǎi yóu | cream / butter / (coll.) effeminate |  |
| 黄油 | huáng yóu | butter / CL:盒[he2] | |
| 牛油 | niú yóu | butter / beef tallow | |
| 酥油 | sū yóu | butter |  |
| 白脱 | bái tuō | (loanword) butter | |
| 拍马屁 | pāi mǎ pì | to flatter / to fawn on / to butter sb up / toadying / bootlicking | |
| 势如破竹 | shì rú pò zhú | like a hot knife through butter (idiom) / with irresistible force | |
| 酥油茶 | sū yóu chá | butter tea (Tibetan, Mongolian etc drink derived from milk) | |
| 酥油花 | sū yóu huā | butter sculpture (Tibetan art form using paint derived from milk products) | |
| 衣食父母 | yī shí fù mǔ | the people one depends upon for one's livelihood / one's bread and butter | |
| 花生酱 | huā shēng jiàng | peanut butter | |
| 炒米 | chǎo mǐ | fried rice / millet stir-fried in butter | |
| 拌面 | bàn miàn | noodles served with soy sauce, sesame butter etc | |
| 奶酥 | nǎi sū | butter biscuit / butter bun | |
| 灌米汤 | guàn mǐ tāng | to flatter / to butter sb up | |
| 花生浆 | huā shēng jiàng | peanut butter / also written 花生醬|花生酱 | |
| 可可脂 | kě kě zhī | (loanword) cocoa butter | |
| 棉豆 | mián dòu | lima bean, aka butter bean (Phaseolus lunatus) | |
| 灌迷魂汤 | guàn mí hún tāng | to butter sb up / to try to impress sb | |
| 代可可脂 | dài kě kě zhī | (loanword) cocoa butter substitute | |
| 菠萝油 | bō luó yóu | pineapple bun 菠蘿包|菠萝包[bo1luo2bao1] with a slice of butter inserted | |
