母乳

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǔrǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˇ ㄖㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ jyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǔrǔ [Phonetic: múrǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˇ ㄖㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǔrǔ
    • Wade–Giles: mu³-ju³
    • Yale: mǔ-rǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muuruu
    • Palladius: мужу (mužu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʐu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mou⁵ jyu⁵
    • Yale: móuh yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ jyː¹³/
    • Homophones:

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Noun

母乳

1. breast milk; mother's milk

Synonyms

• 人奶 (rénnǎi)

Derived terms

• 母乳餵養／母乳喂养 (mǔrǔ wèiyǎng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
母	乳
ぼ Grade: 2	にゅう Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぼにゅう [bònyúú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [bo̞ɲ̟ɨː]

Noun

母(ぼ)乳(にゅう) • (bonyū) 

1. breast milk; mother's milk

   赤(あか)ちゃんを母乳(ぼにゅう)で育(そだ)てる

   akachan o bonyū de sodateru

   I breastfeed my baby. (lit. "I nurture the baby with breast milk.")

Derived terms

• 母(ぼ)乳(にゅう)栄(えい)養(よう) (bonyū eiyō)
• 母(ぼ)乳(にゅう)育(いく)児(じ) (bonyū ikuji)