航母

航母

Chinese

		boat; ship; vessel boat; ship; vessel; craft; to navigate; to sail	female; mother
simp. and trad. (航母)		航	母

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hángmǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄤˊ ㄇㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hong⁴ mou⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: hángmǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄤˊ ㄇㄨˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: harngmuu
    • IPA ^(key): /xɑŋ³⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: hángmǔr
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄤˊ ㄇㄨˇㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: harngmuul
    • IPA ^(key): /xɑŋ³⁵ muɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hong⁴ mou⁵
    • Yale: hòhng móuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hong⁴ mou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: hong⁴ mou⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /hɔːŋ²¹ mou̯¹³/

Noun

航母

1. (informal) Short for 航空母艦／航空母舰 (hángkōng mǔjiàn, “aircraft carrier”).

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
航	母
こう Grade: 4	ぼ Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

航母 (hiragana こうぼ, rōmaji kōbo, historical hiragana かうぼ)

1. Clipping of 航空母艦 (kōkū bokan, “aircraft carrier”).[1]

   Synonym: 空母 (kūbo)

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan