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

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 看 (かん)護 (ご)婦 (ふ) (kangofu).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kānhùfù

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢ ㄏㄨˋ ㄈㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon¹ wu⁶ fu⁵
• Min Nan (POJ): khàn-hō͘-hū / khàn-lō͘-hū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kānhùfù
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢ ㄏㄨˋ ㄈㄨˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kanhuhfuh
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰän⁵⁵ xu⁵¹⁻⁵³ fu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon¹ wu⁶ fu⁵
    • Yale: hōn wuh fúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon¹ wu⁶ fu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon¹ wu⁶ fu⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /hɔːn⁵⁵ wuː²² fuː¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Hsinchu, Taichung, Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khàn-hō͘-hū
    • Tâi-lô: khàn-hōo-hū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qarnhoxhu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰan²¹⁻⁴¹ hɔ³³⁻²¹ hu³³/
  • (Hokkien: Hsinchu)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khàn-lō͘-hū
    • Tâi-lô: khàn-lōo-hū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qarnloxhu

Noun

看護婦

1. (chiefly Taiwanese Hokkien) nurse

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 護士 (“nurse”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		護士
Mandarin	Beijing	護士
	Taiwan	護士
	Jinan	護士
	Wanrong	護士
	Xi'an	護士
Cantonese	Guangzhou	護士, 姑娘
	Hong Kong	護士, 姑娘
Gan	Nanchang	護士
	Pingxiang	護士
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	護士
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	護士
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	護士
	Dongshi (Dabu)	護士
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	護士
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	護士
Huizhou	Jixi	護士
Jin	Taiyuan	護士
Min Bei	Jian'ou	護士, 看護士 dated, 看護 dated
Min Dong	Fuzhou	醫生姐
Min Nan	Xiamen	護士
	Quanzhou	護士
	Zhangzhou	護士
	Taipei	護士
	Kaohsiung	看護婦, 護士
	Tainan	看護婦, 護士
	Taichung	護士, 看護婦
	Hsinchu	護士, 看護婦
	Lukang	護士
	Sanxia	護士
	Yilan	護士
	Kinmen	護士
	Magong	護士
	Penang	婂媤
	Singapore	婂媤
	Philippines (Manila)	護士
Pinghua	Nanning	護士
Wu	Shanghai	護士, 看護 dated
	Wenzhou	看護 dated
	Ningbo	護士, 看護

Related terms

• 看護學／看护学 (kānhùxué)

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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): [kã̠ŋɡo̞ɸɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

看護婦 (hiragana かんごふ, rōmaji kangofu)

1. (medicine) female nurse

Related terms

• 看 (かん)護 (ご)師 (し) (kangoshi)
• 看 (かん)護 (ご)士 (し) (kangoshi)