保姆 bǎomǔ▶ enfermera; niñera

Stroke order

保姆 is written in 17 strokes across 2 characters.

• 保 — 9 strokes
• 姆 — 8 strokes

Senses

1. nanny; babysitter
2. housekeeper

Related words

• 保养mantener
• 保卫Defender
• 保守Conservador
• 保密secreto
• 保管Custodia
• 保重cuidarse

保姆 is pronounced bǎomǔ and means “enfermera; niñera”. It belongs to the HSK 6 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 保姆 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.