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

On’yomi

(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

1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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