保母

Chinese

		to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard	female; mother
trad. (保母)		保	母
simp. #(保母)		保	母

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎomǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄇㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² mou⁵

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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:

      edit edit 保姆 褓姆 保母 鴇母 / 鸨母

• 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

Noun

保母

1. alternative form of 保姆 (bǎomǔ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
保	母
ほ Grade: 5	ぼ Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
保姆

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ほぼ [hóꜜbò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ho̞bo̞]

Noun

保(ほ)母(ぼ) or 保母(ほゞ) • (hobo) 

1. (education) (female) nurse (a woman who takes care of other people’s young)

References

• “保母”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026