Wiktionary

乳母

Chinese

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breast; milk female; mother
simp. and trad.
(乳母) 		乳 母
anagram 母乳

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character 乳 母
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 日 (38) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 虞 (24) 侯 (137)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) III I
Fanqie 而主切 莫厚切
Baxter nyuX muwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ȵɨoX/ /məuX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ȵioX/ /məuX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȵʑioX/ /məuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ȵuə̆X/ /məwX/
Li
Rong 		/ȵioX/ /muX/
Wang
Li 		/ȵʑĭuX/ /məuX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ȵʑi̯uX/ /mə̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		rǔ mǒu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jyu5 mau5
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 乳 母
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		rǔ mǔ
Middle
Chinese 		‹ nyuX › ‹ muwX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*noʔ/ /*məʔ/ (? or *mˁoʔ)
English milk; nipple mother

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 乳 母
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 10868 9288
Phonetic
component 		乳 母
Rime
group 		侯 之
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		乳 母
Old
Chinese 		/*njoʔ/ /*mɯʔ/

Noun

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乳母

  1. wet nurse

Synonyms

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Dialectal synonyms of 奶媽 (“wet nurse”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 奶媽, 乳母, 乳娘, 奶娘
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 奶媽子, 奶子, 㜷媽, 㜷㜷
Taiwan 奶媽
Harbin 奶媽子
Singapore 奶媽
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 奶媽子, 奶母
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 奶媽子
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 奶媽兒
Wanrong 奶母
Xi'an 奶媽
Xining 奶媽子
Xuzhou 奶媽子, 奶媽
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 奶媽子
Lanzhou 奶媽 face-to-face, 奶媽子 non-face-to-face
Ürümqi 奶媽子
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 奶媽兒, 奶媽, 奶子
Wuhan 奶媽
Guiyang 奶媽
Guilin (Lingui) 奶媽
Liuzhou 奶媽
Liuzhou (Luorong) 奶媽
Nanning (Wuming) 奶媽
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 奶媽
Cantonese Guangzhou 奶媽, 濕腰
Hong Kong 奶媽
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 奶媽
Macau 奶媽
Guangzhou (Panyu) 奶媽
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 奶媽
Guangzhou (Conghua) 奶媽
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 奶媽
Foshan 奶媽
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 奶媽
Foshan (Shunde) 奶媽
Foshan (Sanshui) 奶媽
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 奶媽
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 奶媽
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 奶媽
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 奶媽
Zhuhai (Doumen) 奶媽
Jiangmen (Baisha) 奶媽
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 奶媽
Taishan 奶媽
Kaiping (Chikan) 奶媽
Enping (Niujiang) 奶媽
Heshan (Yayao) 奶媽
Dongguan 奶媽, 奶婆
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 奶母
Nanning 奶媽
Guiping 奶媽
Mengshan (Xihe) 奶媽
Guigang (Nanjiang) 奶媽
Beiliu (Tangliao) 奶媽
Baise 奶媽
Bobai 奶媽
Lingshan 奶媽
Pubei 奶媽
Qinzhou 奶媽
Beihai 奶媽
Ningming 奶媽
Hengzhou 奶媽
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) 𢆡媽
Gan Nanchang 奶娘
Lichuan 奶娘
Pingxiang 奶娘
Hakka Meixian 奶媽, 奶哀
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 奶婆
Dongguan (Qingxi) 奶媽
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 契媽
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 奶媽
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 奶媽
Yudu 奶媽, 契姐
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 奶哀
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 奶哀
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 奶哀
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 奶哀
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 奶哀
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 奶哀
Beiliu (Tang'an) 奶媽
Mashan (Pianlian) 奶媽
Huizhou Jixi 奶娘, 妹姨, 妹娘
Jin Taiyuan 奶媽
Xinzhou 奶巴子 non-face-to-face, 巴子 non-face-to-face, 奶波 non-face-to-face, 巴子啊 face-to-face
Eastern Min Fuzhou 奶媽, 依奶 face-to-face
Southern Min Xiamen 奶母, 邀奶, 邀奶的, 邀奶母
Quanzhou 奶母, 邀奶母
Zhangzhou 奶母, 邀奶, 邀奶的
Tainan 奶母
Pingnan (Shangdu) 奶媽
Jieyang 奶母
Singapore (Teochew) 奶母
Haikou 奶媽
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 奶媽
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 奶母
Nanning (Shajing) 奶媽
Binyang 奶媽
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Chaoyang) 奶媽
Guilin (Zhuyuan) 奶娘
Wu Shanghai 奶媽, 奶嬸嬸 dated
Shanghai (Songjiang) 奶娘, 奶嫲
Shanghai (Chongming) 奶娘
Suzhou 奶嬸嬸
Danyang 奶娘, 奶婆, 帶奶個
Hangzhou 奶娘
Ningbo 阿伴, 阿奶, 奶嬸
Wenzhou 奶嫂
Jinhua 奶娘
Xiang Changsha 奶媽
Loudi 奶婆娘
Quanzhou 奶媽
Guanyang (Wenshi) 奶媽

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
乳 母
う
Grade: 6 		は > ば
Grade: 2
irregular kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
姆

Both 乳母 and 祖母 (“grandmother”) are attested from the 9th century pronounced おおば (ōba). The pronunciation うば (uba) may have developed in the 11th century to avoid confusion with 伯母(おば) (oba, “aunt”).[1] During the 13th century the meaning of 乳母 shifted definitively to “wet nurse”, with the former meanings “grandmother” or “old woman” lost by the late 17th century.[1]

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乳(う)母(ば) • (uba) 

  1. wet nurse
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
乳 母
おんば
Grade: 6 Grade: 2
jukujikun

Sound change of お乳母 (o-uba).[2][3]

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Noun

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乳母(おんば) • (onba) 

  1. wet nurse

Etymology 3

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Kanji in this term
乳 母
ち
Grade: 6 		おも
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Attested from the 8th century.[1] Superficially 乳(ち) (chi, “milk”) + 母(おも) (omo, “mother”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Noun

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乳(ち)母(おも) • (chiomo) 

  1. wet nurse

Etymology 4

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Kanji in this term
乳 母
にゅう
Grade: 6 		ぼ
Grade: 2
goon kan'yōon

Attested from the late 16th century.[1] Superficially 乳(にゅう) (nyū, “milk”) + 母(ぼ) (bo, “mother”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Noun

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乳(にゅう)母(ぼ) • (nyūbo) 

  1. wet nurse

Etymology 5

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Kanji in this term
乳 母
まま
Grade: 6 Grade: 2
jukujikun

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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乳母(まま) • (mama) 

  1. wet nurse

Etymology 6

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Kanji in this term
乳 母
めのと
Grade: 6 Grade: 2
jukujikun
Alternative spelling
傅

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Noun

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乳母(めのと) • (menoto) 

  1. 乳母: wet nurse
  2. 傅: guardian of the noble
    Synonym: 守役 (moriyaku)
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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term
乳母

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乳母 • (yumo) (hangeul 유모)

  1. hanja form? of 유모 (“nanny; wet nurse”)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term
乳母

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乳母

  1. chữ Hán form of nhũ mẫu (“nanny; wet nurse”).
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