看護婦

See also: 看护妇

Chinese
to nurse; to look after; to care woman
trad. (看護婦) 看護 婦
simp. (看护妇) 看护 妇

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 看護婦(かんごふ) (kangofu).

Pronunciation

Noun

看護婦

  1. (chiefly Taiwanese Hokkien) nurse

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 護士 (“nurse”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 護士
Mandarin Beijing 護士
Taiwan 護士
Tianjin 護士
Tangshan 護士
Cangzhou 護士, 護理
Baoding 護士, 看護
Shijiazhuang 護士
Chifeng 護士
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 護士
Harbin 護士
Shenyang 護士
Qingdao 護士
Jinan 護士
Wanrong 護士
Zhengzhou 護士
Xi'an 護士
Yinchuan 護士
Lanzhou 護士
Xining 護士
Ürümqi 護士
Wuhan 護士, 看護
Chengdu 護士, 看護
Chongqing 護士
Guiyang 護士
Kunming 護士
Guilin 護士
Liuzhou 護士
Xuzhou 護士
Yangzhou 護士
Nanjing 護士
Hefei 護士
Nantong 護士
Malaysia 護士
Singapore 護士
Dagudi (Maliba) 護士
Reshuitang (Longling) 護士
Mae Salong (Lancang) 護士
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 護士
Cantonese Guangzhou 護士, 姑娘
Hong Kong 護士, 姑娘
Taishan 護士, 看護
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 密司
Singapore (Guangfu) 密司, 護士
Gan Nanchang 護士
Pingxiang 護士
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 護士
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 護士
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 護士
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 護士
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 護士
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 護士
Senai (Huiyang) 密司
Huizhou Jixi 護士
Shexian 護士
Jin Taiyuan 護士
Xinzhou 護士
Linhe 護士
Jining 護士
Hohhot 護士
Zhangjiakou 護士
Handan 護士
Northern Min Jian'ou 護士, 看護士 dated, 看護 dated
Eastern Min Fuzhou 醫生姐
Southern Min Xiamen 護士
Quanzhou 護士
Zhangzhou 護士
Taipei 護士
New Taipei (Sanxia) 護士
Kaohsiung 看護婦, 護士
Yilan 護士
Changhua (Lukang) 護士
Taichung 護士, 看護婦
Tainan 看護婦, 護士
Hsinchu 護士, 看護婦
Kinmen 護士
Penghu (Magong) 護士
Penang (Hokkien) 密司
Singapore (Hokkien) 密司
Manila (Hokkien) 看護, 護士
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 密司
Singapore (Teochew) 密司
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 護士
Wu Shanghai 護士, 看護 dated
Ningbo 護士, 看護
Wenzhou 看護 dated

Japanese
Kanji in this term
看 護 婦
かん
Grade: 6		 ご
Grade: 5		 ふ
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 看護 (“nursing”) +‎ 婦 (“woman; female”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) かんご​ふ [kàńgóꜜfù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kã̠ŋɡo̞ɸɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

看(かん)護(ご)婦(ふ) • (kangofu) 

  1. (medicine) female nurse

Usage notes

This term was used in 保(ほ)健(けん)婦(ふ)助(じょ)産(さん)婦(ふ)看(かん)護(ご)婦(ふ)法(ほう) (Hoken-fu Josan-fu Kango-fu Hō, lit. Act on [Female] Public Health Nurses, [Female] Midwives and [Female] Nurses) enacted in 1948. This act provided that 看(かん)護(ご)婦(ふ) (kangofu) were nurses who were female. Men also can do women equivalent work and they were called 看(かん)護(ご)人(にん) (kangonin, “male nurse, lit. nurse person”) in the act. 看(かん)護(ご)人(にん) (kangonin) were applied on provisions relating to 看(かん)護(ご)婦(ふ) (kangofu).

In 1968, 看(かん)護(ご)人(にん) (kangonin) was renamed to 看(かん)護(ご)士(し) (kangoshi). 看(かん)護(ご)婦(ふ) (kangofu) and 看(かん)護(ご)士(し) (kangoshi) were combined into 看(かん)護(ご)師(し) (kangoshi) with propose of genderlessness in 2002.

Descendants
  • → Amis: kangkofo, kangkofu
  • → Bunun: kangkuhu
  • → Min Nan: 看護婦／看护妇 (khàn-hō͘-hū)
  • → Paiwan: kanguhu
  • → Taroko: kanggohu

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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