山胞

Chinese

		mountain; hill	the placenta; womb
trad. (山胞)		山	胞
simp. #(山胞)		山	胞

Etymology

Short for 山地同胞 (shāndì tóngbāo).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shānbāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢ ㄅㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saan¹ baau¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soaⁿ-pau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shānbāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ ㄅㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shanbao
    • Wade–Giles: shan¹-pao¹
    • Yale: shān-bāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanbau
    • Palladius: шаньбао (šanʹbao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saan¹ baau¹
    • Yale: sāan bāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saan¹ baau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: san¹ bao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːn⁵⁵ paːu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soaⁿ-pau
    • Tâi-lô: suann-pau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svoa'paw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /suã⁴⁴⁻²² pau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /suã³³ pau³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /suã⁴⁴⁻²² pau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /suã⁴⁴⁻³³ pau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /suã⁴⁴⁻³³ pau⁴⁴/

Noun

山胞

1. (dated) compatriots from the highlands; (specifically) the Taiwan Aborigines