哺育

Chinese

		feed	nourish; to rear
trad. (哺育)		哺	育
simp. #(哺育)		哺	育

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǔyù

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˇ ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou⁶ juk⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pō͘-io̍k / pó͘-io̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǔyù
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˇ ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǔyù
    • Wade–Giles: pu³-yü⁴
    • Yale: bǔ-yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buuyuh
    • Palladius: буюй (bujuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu²¹⁴⁻²¹ y⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou⁶ juk⁶
    • Yale: bouh yuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou⁶ juk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou⁶ yug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯²² jʊk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pō͘-io̍k
    • Tâi-lô: pōo-io̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poxiok
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pɔ²²⁻²¹ iɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔ⁴¹⁻²² iɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔ³³⁻²¹ iɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pɔ³³⁻¹¹ iɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó͘-io̍k
    • Tâi-lô: póo-io̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pofiok
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɔk̚¹²¹/

Verb

哺育

1. to feed (animals or children)
2. to nurture; to foster

Synonyms

• (to feed):

• 哺養／哺养 (bǔyǎng)
• 育兒／育儿 (yù'ér) (to feed an infant)
• 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 nurture): (literary, or in compounds) 培 (péi), 培養／培养 (péiyǎng), 培育 (péiyù), 栽培 (zāipéi)

Derived terms

• 哺育袋