褒美

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāoměi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠ ㄇㄟˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāoměi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠ ㄇㄟˇ
    • 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

1. (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) 

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

References

1. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 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
3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN