胎教

Chinese

		fetus; litter	teach; teaching; religion
trad. (胎教)		胎	教
simp. #(胎教)		胎	教

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tāijiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞ ㄐㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): toi¹ gaau³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thôi-kau
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): to¹ ga³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tāijiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞ ㄐㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: taijiào
    • Wade–Giles: tʻai¹-chiao⁴
    • Yale: tāi-jyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taijiaw
    • Palladius: тайцзяо (tajczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: toi¹ gaau³
    • Yale: tōi gaau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: toi¹ gaau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: toi¹ gao³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːi̯⁵⁵ kaːu̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thôi-kau
    • Hakka Romanization System: toi´ gau
    • Hagfa Pinyim: toi¹ gau⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰoi̯²⁴⁻¹¹ kau̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: to¹ ga³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tho kà
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰo³³⁻²³ ka²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: thoj kaewH

Rime
Character	胎	教
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	透 (6)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	II
Fanqie	土來切	古孝切
Baxter	thoj	kaewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰʌi/	/kˠauH/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰəi/	/kᵚauH/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɒi/	/kauH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰəj/	/kaɨwH/
Li Rong	/tʰᴀi/	/kauH/
Wang Li	/tʰɒi/	/kauH/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰɑ̆i/	/kauH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tāi	jiào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	toi1	gaau3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥ˤə  s.kˤraw-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰɯː  kraːws/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	胎	教
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tāi	jiào
Middle Chinese	‹ thoj ›	‹ kæwH ›
Old Chinese	/*l̥ˁə/	/*s.kˁraw-s/
English	fetus	teaching; instruction
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	胎	教
Reading #	1/1	2/2
No.	12259	14643
Phonetic component	台	爻
Rime group	之	宵
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	胎	敎
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰɯː/	/*kraːws/

Verb

胎教

1. to practice antenatal education (i.e. to do things deemed beneficial to the development of a baby in utero, such as playing calming music, talking and reading stories to the foetus, and maintaining a general healthy and mindful mentality in the expectant mother)

   • 古者胎教，王后腹之七月，而就宴室。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: 《大戴禮記·保傅》／《大戴礼记·保傅》

     Gǔ zhě tāijiào, wánghòu fù zhī qī yuè, ér jiù yànshì. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
胎	教
たい Grade: S	きょう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) たいきょー [tàíkyóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ta̠ikʲo̞ː]

Noun

胎(たい)教(きょう) • (taikyō) ^{←たいけう (taikeu)?}

1. antenatal education (i.e. doing things deemed beneficial to the development of a baby in utero, such as playing calming music, talking and reading stories to the foetus, and maintaining a general healthy and mindful mentality in the expectant mother)