育兒

See also: 育児 and 育儿

Chinese

		nourish; to rear	son; child; diminutive suffix
trad. (育兒)		育	兒
simp. (育儿)		育	儿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yù'ér

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄦˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ ji⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yù'ér
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄦˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yù-ér
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴-êrh²
    • Yale: yù-ér
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuherl
    • Palladius: юйэр (jujɛr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: juk⁶ ji⁴
    • Yale: yuhk yìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ ji⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² jiː²¹/

Verb

育兒

1. to feed an infant
2. to raise a child; to bring up a child

Synonyms

• (to feed an infant):

• 哺育 (bǔyù)
• 哺養／哺养 (bǔyǎng)
• 豢養／豢养 (huànyǎng)
• 飼養／饲养 (sìyǎng)
• 養活／养活 (yǎnghuo) (colloquial)
• 餵／喂 (wèi)
• 餵養／喂养 (wèiyǎng)
• 馴養／驯养 (xùnyǎng)

 

• (to raise a child):

• 供養／供养
• 保 (bǎo) (literary, or in compounds)
• 奉養／奉养
• 扶養／扶养 (fúyǎng)
• 撫育／抚育 (fǔyù)
• 撫養／抚养 (fǔyǎng)
• 渡子 (Hakka, to raise a child)
• 贍養／赡养 (shànyǎng)
• 邀飼／邀饲 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 鞠養／鞠养 (jūyǎng) (literary)
• 養活／养活 (yǎnghuo) (colloquial)
• 養育／养育 (yǎngyù)

 

Derived terms

• 育兒袋／育儿袋 (yù'érdài)