月嫂

Chinese

		month; postpartum confinement (as in 月子)	older brother's wife; sister-in-law
trad. (月嫂)		月	嫂
simp. #(月嫂)		月	嫂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuèsǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ ㄙㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut⁶ sou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuèsǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄙㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuèsǎo
    • Wade–Giles: yüeh⁴-sao³
    • Yale: ywè-sǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuehsao
    • Palladius: юэсао (juesao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹ sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyut⁶ sou²
    • Yale: yuht sóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹ sou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yud⁶ sou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚² sou̯³⁵/

Noun

月嫂

1. woman hired to take care of a newborn baby and its mother for one month following childbirth, as is custom in traditional Chinese culture; postpartum recovery matron

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 月嫂 (“postpartum recovery matron”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		月嫂
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	月嫂
	Malaysia	月嫂
	Singapore	月嫂
Cantonese	Guangzhou	陪月
	Hong Kong	陪月員, 陪月
Southern Min	Penang (Hokkien)	月內婆

See also

• 月子 (yuèzi)
• 坐月子 (zuòyuèzi)