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乳母

乳母

Chinese

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

Noun

乳母

wet nurse

Synonyms

奶媽／奶妈 (nǎimā)

Japanese

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

Noun

乳母 ‎(hiragana うば, romaji uba)

wet nurse

Etymology

From 乳 (rǔ, “breast; milk”) + 母 (mǔ, “mother”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): rǔmǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˇ ㄇㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁵ mou⁵
Min Nan (POJ): jú-bó / jú-bú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: rǔmǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˇ ㄇㄨˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruumuu
  - IPA ^(key): /ʐu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyu⁵ mou⁵
  - Yale: yúh móuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁵ mou⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /jyː¹³ mou̯¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jú-bó / jú-bú
  - Tâi-lô: jú-bó / jú-bú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jw'boir, jw'buo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /d͡zu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɤ⁵³/, /d͡zu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /d͡zu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bɤ⁵⁵⁴/, /d͡zu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɤ⁵³/, /d͡zu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /d͡zu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bo⁵³/, /d͡zu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /d͡zu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bɤ⁴¹/, /d͡zu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bu⁴¹/