褒美

Chinese

		to praise	beautiful; beauty; America
trad. (褒美)		褒	美
simp. ^#(褒美)		褒	美

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bāoměi

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄠㄇㄟˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bāoměi
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠㄇㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: baoměi
  - Wade–Giles: pao¹-mei³
  - Yale: bāu-měi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baumeei
  - Palladius: баомэй (baomɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵⁵ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

褒美

(literary) to reward and praise

Japanese

Kanji in this term
褒	美
ほう Grade: S	び Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
襃美 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ほーび [hòóbí] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
IPA^(key): [ho̞ːbʲi]

Noun

褒(ほう)美(び) • (hōbi)

reward as a form of praise, such as from a parent to a child

References

Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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