妊婦

妊婦

See also: 妊妇

Chinese

		be pregnant	woman
trad. (妊婦)		妊	婦
simp. (妊妇)		妊	妇
variant forms		姙婦／姙妇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rènfù

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˋ ㄈㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jam⁶ fu⁵, jam⁴ fu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: rènfù
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˋ ㄈㄨˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rennfuh
    • IPA ^(key): /ʐən⁵¹⁻⁵³ fu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: jam⁶ fu⁵, jam⁴ fu⁵
    • Yale: yahm fúh, yàhm fúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jam⁶ fu⁵, jam⁴ fu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yem⁶ fu⁵, yem⁴ fu⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐm²² fuː¹³/, /jɐm²¹ fuː¹³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 妊婦／妊妇 淫婦／淫妇

Note: jam4 fu5 - rare, since homophonous to 淫婦／淫妇 (yínfù, “promiscuous woman”).

Noun

妊婦

1. pregnant woman; expecting mother

Synonyms

• 孕婦／孕妇 (yùnfù)
• 孕媽／孕妈 (yùnmā)
• (Min Nan) 有身人, 帶身人／带身人

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
妊	婦
にん Grade: S	ふ > ぷ Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) に​んぷ [níꜜǹpù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ĩmpɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

妊婦 (hiragana にんぷ, rōmaji ninpu)

1. pregnant woman; expecting mother

Synonyms

• 孕 (よう)婦 (ふ) (yōfu)

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
妊	婦

Noun

妊婦 • (imbu) (hangeul 임부)

1. Hanja form^? of 임부 (“pregnant woman; expecting mother”).