航母

Chinese

		boat; ship; vessel boat; ship; vessel; craft; to navigate; to sail	female; mother
trad. (航母)		航	母
simp. ^#(航母)		航	母

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hángmǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄤˊ ㄇㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hong⁴ mou⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hángmǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄤˊ ㄇㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hángmǔ
  - Wade–Giles: hang²-mu³
  - Yale: háng-mǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: harngmuu
  - Palladius: ханму (xanmu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑŋ³⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hángmǔr
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄤˊ ㄇㄨˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hángmǔr
  - Wade–Giles: hang²-mu³-ʼrh
  - Yale: háng-mǔr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: harngmuul
  - Palladius: ханмур (xanmur)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑŋ³⁵ muɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hong⁴ mou⁵
  - Yale: hòhng móuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hong⁴ mou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: hong⁴ mou⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːŋ²¹ mou̯¹³/

Noun

航母

(informal, Mainland China, Hong Kong) short for 航空母艦／航空母舰 (hángkōng mǔjiàn, “aircraft carrier”)
Synonym: 航艦 / 航舰 (hángjiàn) (Taiwan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
航	母
こう Grade: 5	ぼ Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

航(こう)母(ぼ) • (kōbo) ^{←かうぼ (kaubo)^?}

clipping of 航空母艦 (kōkū bokan, “aircraft carrier”)^[1]
Synonym: 空母 (kūbo)

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN