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
Min Nan (POJ): jú-bó / jú-bú / lú-bó / lú-bú / jí-bó

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: rǔmǔ [Phonetic: rúmǔ]
  - 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
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁵ mou⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /jyː¹³ mou̯¹³/
Min Nan
- (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): /d͡ʑi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bo⁵³/

Middle Chinese: /ȵɨo^X məu^X/▼

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵɨo^X/	/məu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵio^X/	/məu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑio^X/	/məu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵuə̆^X/	/məw^X/
Li Rong	/ȵio^X/	/mu^X/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭu^X/	/məu^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯u^X/	/mə̯u^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rǔ	mǒu

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	‹ nyu^X ›	‹ muw^X ›
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

乳母

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

Pronunciation

(Irregular reading)
- IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝba̠]

Noun

乳母 (hiragana うば, rōmaji uba)

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.

Pronunciation

(Irregular reading)
- IPA^(key): [õ̞mba̠]

Noun

乳母 (hiragana おんば, rōmaji onba)

wet nurse

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- IPA^(key): [t͡ɕio̞mo̞]

Noun

乳母 (hiragana ちおも, rōmaji chiomo)

wet nurse

Etymology 4

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

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ɯ̟ᵝːbo̞]

Noun

乳母 (hiragana にゅうぼ, rōmaji nyūbo)

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 at まま.
まま【乳母】 [noun]wet nurse
(This term, 乳母, is a kanji spelling of まま.)

Etymology 6

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

Pronunciation

(Irregular reading)
- IPA^(key): [me̞no̞to̞]

Noun

乳母 (hiragana めのと, rōmaji menoto)

wet nurse

Korean

Hanja in this term
乳	母

Noun

乳母 • (yumo) (hangeul 유모)

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

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
乳	母

Noun

乳母

Hán tự form of nhũ mẫu (“nanny; wet nurse”).