同胞

Chinese

		like; same; similar like; same; similar; together; alike; with	the placenta; womb
trad. (同胞)		同	胞
simp. #(同胞)		同	胞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóngbāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄅㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung⁴ baau¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thùng-pâu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tông-pau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóngbāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄅㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóngbao
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung²-pao¹
    • Yale: túng-bāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torngbau
    • Palladius: тунбао (tunbao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ pɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tung⁴ baau¹
    • Yale: tùhng bāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung⁴ baau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung⁴ bao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹ paːu̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thùng-pâu
    • Hakka Romanization System: tung^ˇ bau^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tung² bau¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰuŋ¹¹ pau̯²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông-pau
    • Tâi-lô: tông-pau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dongpaw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² pau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² pau³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ¹³⁻²² pau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ pau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ²³⁻³³ pau⁴⁴/

Noun

同胞

1. offspring born from the same parents; siblings
2. fellow countryman; compatriot; (by extension) people of the same ethnicity, including overseas Chinese and those in claimed territories

Synonyms

• (siblings): (Hokkien) 𫝛腹, 仝腹, 仝母腹
• (ethnicity): 華裔／华裔 (huáyì)

Derived terms

• 僑胞 / 侨胞 (qiáobāo)
• 同胞兄弟 (tóngbāo xiōngdì)
• 同胞共乳
• 同胞雙生 / 同胞双生
• 大陸同胞 / 大陆同胞
• 山地同胞 (shāndì tóngbāo)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
同	胞
はらから
Grade: 2	Grade: S
jukujikun

For pronunciation and definitions of 同胞 – see the following entry.

【はらから】 [noun] siblings by the same mother [noun] fellow countryman, compatriot

(This term, 同胞, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
同	胞
どう Grade: 2	ほう Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) どーほー [dòóhóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [do̞ːho̞ː]

Noun

同(どう)胞(ほう) • (dōhō) ^{←どうはう (doufau)?}

1. sibling (child who shares common parents)
2. compatriot; fellow countryman

Synonyms

• 兄弟姉妹(きょうだいしいまい) (kyōdaishīmai)

Hyponyms

• 兄弟(きょうだい) (kyōdai) : brother; male sibling
• 姉妹(しまい) (shimai) : sister; female sibling

Related terms

• いとこ (itoko) : first cousin; one whose parents are siblings
• はとこ (hatoko), またいとこ (mataitoko) : second cousin; one whose grandparents are siblings

References

1. 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
同	胞

Noun

同胞 • (dongpo) (hangeul 동포)

1. hanja form^? of 동포 (“compatriot, countryman”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
同	胞

Noun

同胞

1. chữ Hán form of đồng bào (“compatriot, countryman”).