乳母

Chinese

		breast; milk	female; mother
simp. and trad. (乳母)		乳	母
anagram		母乳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rǔmǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˇ ㄇㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁵ mou⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): jú-bó / jú-bú / lú-bó / lú-bú / jí-bó

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rǔmǔ [Phonetic: rúmǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˇ ㄇㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rǔmǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ju³-mu³
    • Yale: rǔ-mǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruumuu
    • Palladius: жуму (žumu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁵ mou⁵
    • Yale: yúh móuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁵ mou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁵ mou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː¹³ mou̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jú-bó
    • Tâi-lô: jú-bó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jw'boir
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bɤ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jú-bú
    • Tâi-lô: jú-bú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jw'buo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bu⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lú-bó
    • Tâi-lô: lú-bó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lw'boir
    • IPA (Taipei): /lu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bo⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lú-bú
    • Tâi-lô: lú-bú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lw'buo
    • IPA (Taipei): /lu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jí-bó
    • Tâi-lô: jí-bó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jy'boir
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bo⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: nyuX muwX

Rime
Character	乳	母
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	而主切	莫厚切
Baxter	nyuX	muwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵɨoX/	/məuX/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵioX/	/məuX/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑioX/	/məuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵuə̆X/	/məwX/
Li Rong	/ȵioX/	/muX/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭuX/	/məuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯uX/	/mə̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rǔ	mǒu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu5	mau5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*noʔ  məʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*njoʔ  mɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	乳	母
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	rǔ	mǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ nyuX ›	‹ muwX ›
Old Chinese	/*noʔ/	/*məʔ/ (? or *mˁoʔ)
English	milk; nipple	mother
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	乳	母
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	10868	9288
Phonetic component	乳	母
Rime group	侯	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	乳	母
Old Chinese	/*njoʔ/	/*mɯʔ/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 乳母

1. wet nurse

Synonyms

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
乳	母
う Grade: 6	は > ば Grade: 2
irregular	kun’yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

乳(う)母(ば) • (uba) 

1. wet nurse

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
乳	母
おん Grade: 6	は > ば Grade: 2
irregular	kun’yomi

おうば (ōba) > おんば (onba). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

乳(おん)母(ば) • (onba) 

1. wet nurse

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
乳	母
ち Grade: 6	おも Grade: 2
kun’yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

乳(ち)母(おも) • (chiomo) 

1. wet nurse

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
乳	母
にゅう Grade: 6	ぼ Grade: 2
goon	kan’yōon

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

乳(にゅう)母(ぼ) • (nyūbo) 

1. wet nurse

Etymology 5

Kanji in this term
乳	母
Grade: 6	Grade: 2
irregular

For pronunciation and definitions of 乳母 – see the following entry: まま

(The following entry is uncreated: まま.)

Etymology 6

Kanji in this term
乳	母
め Grade: 6	と Grade: 2
irregular

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

乳母(めのと) • (menoto) 

1. wet nurse

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Korean

Hanja in this term
乳	母

Noun

乳母 • (yumo) (hangeul 유모)

1. Hanja form^? of 유모 (“nanny; wet nurse”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
乳	母

Noun

乳母

1. Template:han tu form of