If a woman breast-feeds, she feeds her baby with milk from her own breast, not from a bottle. You can say it with no object (she breast-feeds) or with one (she breast-feeds the baby). The spelling often keeps the hyphen, breast-feed; breastfeeding is the usual noun for the whole practice.

If a woman breast-feeds如果一個女性breast-feeds，she feeds her baby with milk from her own breast她是用自己乳房的奶餵寶寶，not from a bottle不是用奶瓶。You can say it with no object (she breast-feeds)你可以不接受詞說（she breast-feeds），or with one (she breast-feeds the baby)也可以接受詞說（she breast-feeds the baby）。The spelling often keeps the hyphen, breast-feed拼法通常保留連字號，breast-feed；breastfeeding is the usual noun for the whole practicebreastfeeding則是這整件事常用的名詞

Though actually, people sometimes use the word loosely for any feeding with a mother's milk, even from a bottle after she has pumped it. In careful talk, that is bottle-feeding; breast-feeding is feeding at the breast.

Though actually不過其實，people sometimes use the word loosely for any feeding with a mother's milk人們有時候會鬆散地用這個字，泛指任何用媽媽的奶餵的方式，even from a bottle after she has pumped it就算是擠出來後用奶瓶餵也算。In careful talk講究一點的話，that is bottle-feeding那叫bottle-feeding；breast-feeding is feeding at the breastbreast-feeding專指直接在乳房上餵

It is a normal family and hospital word, not a rude one, though some people feel shy and say nurse the baby instead. Fathers and other carers cannot breast-feed in the strict sense.

It is a normal family and hospital word這是家庭和醫院裡很平常的用詞，not a rude one不是不禮貌的字，though some people feel shy and say nurse the baby instead不過有些人會害羞，改說nurse the baby。Fathers and other carers cannot breast-feed in the strict sense嚴格來說，爸爸和其他照顧者是不能breast-feed的