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

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• 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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• 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:

      edit edit 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
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵pau-mu
    • MiniDict: pau^去 mu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²pau-mu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pɔ³³ mu⁴⁴/

Noun

保姆

1. nursemaid; nanny; housekeeper; babysitter
2. (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) 

1. Alternative form of 保母