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

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

to feed (animals or children)
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