看護婦

See also: 看护妇

Chinese

		to nurse; to look after; to care	woman
trad. (看護婦)		看護	婦
simp. (看护妇)		看护	妇

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 看護婦(かんごふ) (kangofu).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kānhùfù

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢ ㄏㄨˋ ㄈㄨˋ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kānhùfù
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢ ㄏㄨˋ ㄈㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kanhùfù
    • Wade–Giles: kʻan¹-hu⁴-fu⁴
    • Yale: kān-hù-fù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kanhuhfuh
    • Palladius: каньхуфу (kanʹxufu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän⁵⁵ xu⁵¹⁻⁵³ fu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon¹ wu⁶ fu⁵
    • Yale: hōn wuh fúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon¹ wu⁶ fu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon¹ wu⁶ fu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn⁵⁵ wuː²² fuː¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (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/
    • IPA (Tainan): /kʰan²¹⁻⁵³ hɔ³³⁻¹¹ 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
	Tianjin	護士
	Tangshan	護士
	Cangzhou	護士, 護理
	Baoding	護士, 看護
	Shijiazhuang	護士
	Chifeng	護士
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	護士
	Harbin	護士
	Shenyang	護士
	Qingdao	護士
	Jinan	護士
	Wanrong	護士
	Zhengzhou	護士
	Xi'an	護士
	Yinchuan	護士
	Lanzhou	護士
	Xining	護士
	Ürümqi	護士
	Wuhan	護士, 看護
	Chengdu	護士, 看護
	Chongqing	護士
	Guiyang	護士
	Kunming	護士
	Guilin	護士
	Liuzhou	護士
	Xuzhou	護士
	Yangzhou	護士
	Nanjing	護士
	Hefei	護士
	Nantong	護士
	Malaysia	護士
	Singapore	護士
	Dagudi (Maliba)	護士
	Reshuitang (Longling)	護士
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	護士
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	護士
Cantonese	Guangzhou	護士, 姑娘
	Hong Kong	護士, 姑娘
	Taishan	護士, 看護
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	密司
	Singapore (Guangfu)	密司, 護士
Gan	Nanchang	護士
	Pingxiang	護士
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	護士
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	護士
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	護士
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	護士
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	護士
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	護士
	Senai (Huiyang)	密司
Huizhou	Jixi	護士
	Shexian	護士
Jin	Taiyuan	護士
	Xinzhou	護士
	Linhe	護士
	Jining	護士
	Hohhot	護士
	Zhangjiakou	護士
	Handan	護士
Northern Min	Jian'ou	護士, 看護士 dated, 看護 dated
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	醫生姐
Southern Min	Xiamen	護士
	Quanzhou	護士
	Zhangzhou	護士
	Taipei	護士
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	護士
	Kaohsiung	看護婦, 護士
	Yilan	護士
	Changhua (Lukang)	護士
	Taichung	護士, 看護婦
	Tainan	看護婦, 護士
	Hsinchu	護士, 看護婦
	Kinmen	護士
	Penghu (Magong)	護士
	Penang (Hokkien)	密司
	Singapore (Hokkien)	密司
	Manila (Hokkien)	看護, 護士
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	密司
	Singapore (Teochew)	密司
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	護士
Wu	Shanghai	護士, 看護 dated
	Ningbo	護士, 看護
	Wenzhou	看護 dated

Related terms

• 看護學／看护学 (kānhùxué)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
看	護	婦
かん Grade: 6	ご Grade: 5	ふ Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 看護 (“nursing”) +‎ 婦 (“woman; female”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かんご​ふ [kàńgóꜜfù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [kã̠ŋɡo̞ɸɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

看(かん)護(ご)婦(ふ) • (kangofu) 

1. (medicine) female nurse

Usage notes

This term was used in 保(ほ)健(けん)婦(ふ)助(じょ)産(さん)婦(ふ)看(かん)護(ご)婦(ふ)法(ほう) (Hoken-fu Josan-fu Kango-fu Hō, lit. Act on [Female] Public Health Nurses, [Female] Midwives and [Female] Nurses) enacted in 1948. This act provided that 看(かん)護(ご)婦(ふ) (kangofu) were nurses who were female. Men also can do women equivalent work and they were called 看(かん)護(ご)人(にん) (kangonin, “male nurse, lit. nurse person”) in the act. 看(かん)護(ご)人(にん) (kangonin) were applied on provisions relating to 看(かん)護(ご)婦(ふ) (kangofu).

In 1968, 看(かん)護(ご)人(にん) (kangonin) was renamed to 看(かん)護(ご)士(し) (kangoshi). 看(かん)護(ご)婦(ふ) (kangofu) and 看(かん)護(ご)士(し) (kangoshi) were combined into 看(かん)護(ご)師(し) (kangoshi) with propose of genderlessness in 2002.

Related terms

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

Descendants

• → Amis: kangkofo, kangkofu
• → Bunun: kangkuhu
• → Min Nan: 看護婦／看护妇 (khàn-hō͘-hū)
• → Paiwan: kanguhu
• → Taroko: kanggohu