HSK 6 · Work

保姆 bǎomǔ “nanny” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 保姆 means

  1. nanny
  2. housekeeper
  3. babysitter

How to say 保姆

    保姆 in a sentence

    1. 他们请了一个保姆照顾孩子。

      Tāmen qǐng le yí ge bǎomǔ zhàogu háizi.

      They hired a nanny to look after the children.

      Sentence by WillyChina

    2. 保姆每天来帮忙做饭和打扫。

      Bǎomǔ měitiān lái bāngmáng zuòfàn hé dǎsǎo.

      The housekeeper comes every day to help with cooking and cleaning.

      Sentence by WillyChina

    How 保姆 is built

    Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

    The character 保 (bǎo) with each of its parts in a different colour
    保bǎoto defend; to protect; to keep
    • 亻person form of 人 · rénMeaning part
    • 呆dull · dāiSound part

    亻 hints at the meaning (person); 呆 (dāi) hints at the sound. Compare it with .

    The character 姆 (mǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
    姆mǔfemale tutor
    • 女woman · nǚMeaning part
    • 母mother · mǔSound part

    女 hints at the meaning (woman); 母 (mǔ) hints at the sound. Compare it with .

    How to write 保姆

    保 9 strokes · 姆 8 strokes

    Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

    保姆 (bǎomǔ) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
    Stroke order chart for 保姆 (bǎomǔ). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

    Words related to 保姆

    Words with 保

    保证bǎozhèng · guarantee保护bǎohù · to protect保留bǎoliú · to keep保持bǎochí · to keep保存bǎocún · to conserve保险bǎoxiǎn · insurance保养bǎoyǎng · to take care of (one’s health)保重bǎozhòng · to take care of oneself保密bǎomì · to keep something secret保管bǎoguǎn · to look after

    More words: Work & Career

    总裁zǒngcái · president (of a company)罢工bàgōng · to go on strike把关bǎguān · to check (quality)报酬bàochou · pay报销bàoxiāo · to claim reimbursement备忘录bèiwànglù · memorandum才干cáigàn · ability裁员cáiyuán · to cut staff

    FAQs

    保姆 (bǎomǔ) means “nanny” or “housekeeper”. It is an HSK 6 word.
    Say it bǎomǔ: bǎomǔ. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
    Yes. 保姆 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
    Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type baomu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 保姆 from the suggestions. Typing baomu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
    保姆 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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    Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.