襁褓

襁褓

Chinese

		cloth for carrying baby on back	cloth for carrying baby on back
simp. and trad. (襁褓)		襁	褓
variant forms		繈緥 襁緥 繈褓 襁保 繈保 繈緥 襁緥 繈褓 襁保 繈保 繈葆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiǎngbǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄤˇ ㄅㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): koeng⁵ bou²
• Min Nan (Teochew, Peng'im): kiang⁵ bao²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qiǎngbǎo [Phonetic: qiángbǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤˇ ㄅㄠˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheangbao
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: koeng⁵ bou²
    • Yale: kéuhng bóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: koeng⁵ bou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: kêng⁵ bou²
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰœ̽ːŋ¹³ pou̯³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kiang⁵ bao²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khiâng páu
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰiaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pau⁵²/

Noun

襁褓

1. swaddling clothes
2. (figuratively) infancy; babyhood; early childhood; early stages

Synonyms

• (swaddling clothes): 毛衫兒／毛衫儿 (máoshānr); (Min Nan) 花帕

Derived terms

襁褓之年

襁褓物