包養

See also: 包养

Chinese

		to hire; to charter	to take care of
trad. (包養)		包	養
simp. (包养)		包	养

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包養

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bāoyǎng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄠㄧㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baau¹ joeng⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pau-ióng / pau-iáng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bāoyǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠㄧㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: baoyǎng
  - Wade–Giles: pao¹-yang³
  - Yale: bāu-yǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bauyeang
  - Palladius: баоян (baojan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵⁵ jɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baau¹ joeng⁵
  - Yale: bāau yéuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baau¹ joeng⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: bao¹ yêng⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːu̯⁵⁵ jœːŋ¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pau-ióng
  - Tâi-lô: pau-ióng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pau'iorng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pau⁴⁴⁻²² iɔŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pau³³ iɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pau-iáng
  - Tâi-lô: pau-iáng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pau'iarng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pau⁴⁴⁻²² iaŋ⁵³/

Verb

包養

(of a man) to hire a mistress; (of a woman) to hire a male lover
to buy off (someone)

Usage notes

This term usually refers to a financial arrangement in which one party takes care of the expenses of the other party in exchange for a sexual relationship. Some of these extra-marital relationships are based on love, especially in traditional societies where arranged marriages are common.