同胞

Chinese

		like; same; similar like; same; similar; together; alike; with	the placenta; womb
simp. and trad. (同胞)		同	胞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóngbāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄅㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung⁴ baau¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thùng-pâu
• Min Nan (POJ): tông-pau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tóngbāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄅㄠ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torngbau
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóngbao
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ pɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tung⁴ baau¹
    • Yale: tùhng bāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung⁴ baau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung⁴ bao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹ päːu̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thùng-pâu
    • Hakka Romanization System: tungˇ bau´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tung² bau¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰuŋ¹¹ pau̯²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông-pau
    • Tâi-lô: tông-pau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dongpaw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² paʊ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² paʊ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ¹³⁻²² paʊ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ paʊ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ²³⁻³³ paʊ⁴⁴/

Noun

同胞

1. offspring born from the same parents; siblings
2. fellow countryman; compatriot

Synonyms

• (siblings): (Min Nan) 𫝛腹, 仝腹, 仝母腹

Derived terms

• 同胞兄弟 (tóngbāo xiōngdì)
• 同胞共乳
• 同胞雙生／同胞双生

• 大陸同胞／大陆同胞
• 山地同胞

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
同	胞
Grade: 2	Grade: S
Irregular

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) どーほー [dòóhóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [do̞ːho̞ː]
• (Tokyo) はらから [hàrákárá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠ɾa̠ka̠ɾa̠]

Noun

同胞 (hiragana はらから, rōmaji harakara)

1. siblings by the same mother
   • 10th century: Ise Monogatari (chapter 1, page 79)

     その里に、いとなまめいたる女はらから住みけり。

2. fellow countryman, compatriot

Kanji in this term
同	胞
どう Grade: 2	ほう Grade: S
on’yomi

Noun

同胞 (hiragana どうほう, rōmaji dōhō, historical hiragana どうはう)

1. siblings by the same mother
2. fellow countryman, compatriot

See also

• 兄弟 (きょうだい) (kyōdai): brother

References

• Horiuchi, Hideaki; Ken Akiyama (1997) Taketori Monogatari, Ise Monogatari, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
同	胞

Noun

同胞 • (dongpo) (hangeul 동포)

1. Hanja form^? of 동포 (“compatriot, countryman”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
同	胞

Noun

同胞

1. Hán tự form of đồng bào (“compatriot, countryman”).