授乳

Chinese

		to teach; to instruct; to award to teach; to instruct; to award; to give	breast; milk
simp. and trad. (授乳)		授	乳

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shòurǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˋ ㄖㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau⁶ jyu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shòurǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˋ ㄖㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shòurǔ
  - Wade–Giles: shou⁴-ju³
  - Yale: shòu-rǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: showruu
  - Palladius: шоужу (šoužu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵¹ ʐu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    受辱
    授乳
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: sau⁶ jyu⁵
  - Yale: sauh yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau⁶ jy⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo⁶ yu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯²² jyː¹³/
  - Homophones:
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    授乳
    授予

Verb

授乳

to breastfeed; to lactate; to nurse

Synonyms

乳 (rǔ) (literary, or in compounds)
哺乳 (bǔrǔ)
抱奶 (bàonǎi)
母乳餵養 / 母乳喂养 (mǔrǔ wèiyǎng)
飼奶 / 饲奶 (Hokkien, Teochew)
餵奶 / 喂奶 (wèinǎi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
授	乳
じゅ Grade: 5	にゅう Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [d͡ʑɨɲ̟ɨː]

Noun

授(じゅ)乳(にゅう) • (junyū)

lactation (process of providing milk to the young), breastfeeding, nursing

Verb

授(じゅ)乳(にゅう)する • (junyū suru) transitive or intransitive suru (stem 授(じゅ)乳(にゅう)し (junyū shi), past 授(じゅ)乳(にゅう)した (junyū shita))

breastfeed, nurse

Conjugation

Conjugation of "授乳する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	授乳し	じゅにゅうし	junyū shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	授乳し	じゅにゅうし	junyū shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	授乳する	じゅにゅうする	junyū suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	授乳する	じゅにゅうする	junyū suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	授乳すれ	じゅにゅうすれ	junyū sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	授乳せよ¹ 授乳しろ²	じゅにゅうせよ¹ じゅにゅうしろ²	junyū seyo¹ junyū shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	授乳される	じゅにゅうされる	junyū sareru
Causative	授乳させる授乳さす	じゅにゅうさせるじゅにゅうさす	junyū saseru junyū sasu
Potential	授乳できる	じゅにゅうできる	junyū dekiru
Volitional	授乳しよう	じゅにゅうしよう	junyū shiyō
Negative	授乳しない	じゅにゅうしない	junyū shinai
Negative continuative	授乳せず	じゅにゅうせず	junyū sezu
Formal	授乳します	じゅにゅうします	junyū shimasu
Perfective	授乳した	じゅにゅうした	junyū shita
Conjunctive	授乳して	じゅにゅうして	junyū shite
Hypothetical conditional	授乳すれば	じゅにゅうすれば	junyū sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative