保姆

Chinese

		to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard	governess
trad. (保姆)		保	姆
simp. ^#(保姆)		保	姆
alternative forms		褓母褓姆保母

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǎomǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄇㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² mou⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pó-bú / pó-bó

(Teochew, Peng'im): bo² m²
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁵pau-mu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǎomǔ [Phonetic: báomǔ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄇㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǎomǔ
  - Wade–Giles: pao³-mu³
  - Yale: bǎu-mǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baomuu
  - Palladius: баому (baomu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    保姆
    保母
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: bou² mou⁵
  - Yale: bóu móuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou² mou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: bou² mou⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ mou̯¹³/
  - Homophones:
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    保姆
    保母
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó-bú
  - Tâi-lô: pó-bú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poy'buo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /po⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bu⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó-bó
  - Tâi-lô: pó-bó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poy'boir
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bo⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bo² m²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pó ḿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /po⁵²⁻³⁵ m⁵²⁻²¹/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁵pau-mu
  - MiniDict: pau^去 mu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²pau-mu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pɔ³³ mu⁴⁴/

Noun

保姆

nursemaid; nanny; housekeeper; babysitter
(Wu) female servant; maid; maidservant

Synonyms

(female servant): 女傭／女佣 (nǚyōng), 女僕／女仆 (nǚpú), 侍女 (shìnǚ); (Hokkien) 婆仔, 母仔; (Wu) 娘姨

Japanese

Kanji in this term
保	姆
ほ Grade: 5	ぼ Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Noun

保(ほ)姆(ぼ) • (hobo)

Alternative form of 保母

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