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看護婦

看護婦

See also: 看护妇

Chinese

		to nurse; to look after; to watch over	woman
trad. (看護婦)		看護	婦
simp. (看护妇)		看护	妇

Noun

看護婦

(chiefly Min Nan) nurse

Synonyms

護士／护士 (hùshì)

Related terms

看護學／看护学 (kānhùxué)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
看	護	婦
かん Grade: 6	ご Grade: 5	ふ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

On'yomi
IPA^(key): [kã̠ŋɡ̃o̞ɸɯᵝ]

Noun

看護婦 ‎(hiragana かんごふ, romaji kangofu)

(medicine) female nurse

Related terms

Etymology

Borrowing from Japanese 看護婦 (かんごふ) ‎(kangofu)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): kānhùfù

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄢㄏㄨˋ ㄈㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hon¹ wu⁶ fu⁵
Min Nan (POJ): khàn-hō͘-hū

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: kānhùfù
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄢㄏㄨˋ ㄈㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kanhuhfuh
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰa̠n⁵⁵ xu⁵¹⁻⁵³ fu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hon¹ wu⁶ fu⁵
  - Yale: hōn wuh fúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hon¹ wu⁶ fu⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /hɔːn⁵⁵ wuː²² fuː¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khàn-hō͘-hū
  - Tâi-lô: khàn-hōo-hū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qarnhoxhu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰan²¹⁻⁵³ hɔ²²⁻²¹ hu²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hɔ⁴¹⁻²² hu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰan²¹⁻⁵³ hɔ²²⁻²¹ hu²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰan¹¹⁻⁵³ hɔ³³⁻¹¹ hu³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰan²¹⁻⁴¹ hɔ³³⁻²¹ hu³³/