陪月

Chinese

		to accompany; to keep someone company	month; postpartum confinement (as in 坐月)
simp. and trad. (陪月)		陪	月

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pui⁴ jyut^6-2

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pui⁴ jyut^6-2
    • Yale: pùih yút
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pui⁴ jyt^9-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: pui⁴ yud^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuːi̯²¹ jyːt̚²⁻³⁵/

Verb

陪月

1. (Cantonese) to take care of the daily needs of a newborn baby and its mother during postpartum confinement following childbirth

Derived terms

• 陪月員 / 陪月员

 

Noun

陪月

1. (Cantonese) helper hired to take care of a newborn baby and its mother postpartum confinement following childbirth; postpartum recovery helper; doula (Classifier: 個／个 c)

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