襁褓

Chinese

		cloth for carrying baby on back	cloth for carrying baby on back
trad. (襁褓)		襁	褓
simp. #(襁褓)		襁	褓
alternative forms		繈緥／襁褓 襁緥／襁褓 繈褓／襁褓 襁保 繈保／襁保 繈緥／襁褓 襁緥／襁褓 繈褓／襁褓 襁保 繈保／襁保 繈葆／襁葆 強葆／强葆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiǎngbǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄤˇ ㄅㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): koeng⁵ bou²
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): kiang⁵ bao²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiǎngbǎo [Phonetic: qiángbǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤˇ ㄅㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciǎngbǎo
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiang³-pao³
    • Yale: chyǎng-bǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheangbao
    • Palladius: цянбао (cjanbao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: koeng⁵ bou²
    • Yale: kéuhng bóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: koeng⁵ bou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: kêng⁵ bou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰœːŋ¹³ pou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kiang⁵ bao²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khiâng páu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pau⁵²/

Noun

襁褓

1. swaddling clothes
2. (figurative) infancy; babyhood; early childhood; early stages

Synonyms

• (swaddling clothes): 毛衫 (máoshān); (Hokkien) 花帕

Derived terms

• 襁褓之年
• 襁褓物