乳房

Chinese

		breast; milk	house
simp. and trad. (乳房)		乳	房

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rǔfáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˇ ㄈㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁵ fong⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: rǔfáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˇ ㄈㄤˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruufangr
    • IPA ^(key): /ʐu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ fɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁵ fong⁴
    • Yale: yúh fòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁵ fong⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /jyː¹³ fɔːŋ²¹/

Noun

乳房

1. breast
2. udder

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (乳房):

• Japanese: 乳房 ‎(にゅうぼう, nyūbō)
• Korean: 유방 (乳房, yubang)

See also

• nǎitóu 奶頭, 奶头
• rǔtóu 乳頭, 乳头

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
乳	房
ち Grade: 6	ふさ > ぶさ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Noun

乳房 ‎(hiragana ちぶさ, romaji chibusa)

1. a protrusion on the chest connected to a mammary gland; breasts

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
乳	房
にゅう Grade: 6	ぼう Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

乳房 ‎(hiragana にゅうぼう, romaji nyūbō)

1. a protrusion on the chest connected to a mammary gland; breasts

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Korean

Hanja in this word
乳	房

Noun

乳房 • ‎(yubang) ‎(hangeul 유방)

1. Hanja form^? of 유방, “udder”.