哺乳
Chinese
| feed | breast; milk | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (哺乳) |
哺 | 乳 | |
| anagram | 乳哺 | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): bou6 jyu5
- Eastern Min (BUC): buô-ṳ̄
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pō͘-lú / pó͘-jú
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: bǔrǔ [Phonetic: búrǔ]
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˇ ㄖㄨˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bǔrǔ
- Wade–Giles: pu3-ju3
- Yale: bǔ-rǔ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buuruu
- Palladius: бужу (bužu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʐu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: bou6 jyu5
- Yale: bouh yúh
- Cantonese Pinyin: bou6 jy5
- Guangdong Romanization: bou6 yu5
- Sinological IPA (key): /pou̯²² jyː¹³/
- Homophones:
哺乳
暴雨
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Eastern Min
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pō͘-lú
- Tâi-lô: pōo-lú
- Phofsit Daibuun: poxluo
- Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔ⁴¹⁻²² lu⁵⁵⁴/
- Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /pɔ²²⁻²¹ lu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó͘-jú
- Tâi-lô: póo-jú
- Phofsit Daibuun: pofjuo
- Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡zu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
Verb
哺乳
- to breastfeed
Synonyms
Derived terms
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 哺 | 乳 |
| ほ Grade: S |
にゅう Grade: 6 |
| on'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| ほ乳 |
Pronunciation
Noun
哺乳 • (honyū)
Verb
哺乳する • (honyū suru) suru (stem 哺乳し (honyū shi), past 哺乳した (honyū shita))
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 哺乳し | ほんゆうし | hon'yū shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 哺乳し | ほんゆうし | hon'yū shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 哺乳する | ほんゆうする | hon'yū suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 哺乳する | ほんゆうする | hon'yū suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 哺乳すれ | ほんゆうすれ | hon'yū sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 哺乳せよ¹ 哺乳しろ² |
ほんゆうせよ¹ ほんゆうしろ² |
hon'yū seyo¹ hon'yū shiro² |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 哺乳される | ほんゆうされる | hon'yū sareru |
| Causative | 哺乳させる 哺乳さす |
ほんゆうさせる ほんゆうさす |
hon'yū saseru hon'yū sasu |
| Potential | 哺乳できる | ほんゆうできる | hon'yū dekiru |
| Volitional | 哺乳しよう | ほんゆうしよう | hon'yū shiyō |
| Negative | 哺乳しない | ほんゆうしない | hon'yū shinai |
| Negative continuative | 哺乳せず | ほんゆうせず | hon'yū sezu |
| Formal | 哺乳します | ほんゆうします | hon'yū shimasu |
| Perfective | 哺乳した | ほんゆうした | hon'yū shita |
| Conjunctive | 哺乳して | ほんゆうして | hon'yū shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 哺乳すれば | ほんゆうすれば | hon'yū sureba |
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
References
- “哺乳”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026