胞衣

胞衣

Chinese

		the placenta; womb	gown; clothes; to dress gown; clothes; to dress; to wear
simp. and trad. (胞衣)		胞	衣
anagram		衣胞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāoyī

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠ ㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baau¹ ji¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pâu-yî
• Min Nan (POJ): pau-i

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bāoyī
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠ ㄧ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baui
    • IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵⁵ i⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: baau¹ ji¹
    • Yale: bāau yī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baau¹ ji¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bao¹ yi¹
    • IPA ^(key): /päːu̯⁵⁵ jiː⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 包衣 胞衣

• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pâu-yî
    • Hakka Romanization System: bau´ i´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bau¹ yi¹
    • IPA: /pau̯²⁴⁻¹¹ i²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pâu-yî
    • Hakka Romanization System: bau´ (r)i´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bau¹ yi¹
    • IPA: /pau̯²⁴⁻¹¹ (j)i²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pau-i
    • Tâi-lô: pau-i
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pau'y
    • IPA (Xiamen): /paʊ⁴⁴⁻²² i⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /paʊ³³ i³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /paʊ⁴⁴⁻²² i⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /paʊ⁴⁴⁻³³ i⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /paʊ⁴⁴⁻³³ i⁴⁴/

Noun

胞衣

1. (obstetrics) afterbirth

Synonyms

• 胎衣 (tāiyī)
• 衣胞 (yībāo)
• (Min Nan) 茶鼓衣

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
胞	衣
Grade: S	Grade: 4

Alternative forms

• ほうい
• ほうえ

Noun

胞衣 (hiragana えな, rōmaji ena)

1. (anatomy) placenta
2. afterbirth (material expelled after childbird)

Synonyms

• 胎盤