溫床

See also: 温床 and 溫牀

Chinese

		(luke)warm; to review	bed; couch; (a measure word)
trad. (溫床/溫牀/温牀/温床)		溫/温	床/牀
simp. (温床)		温	床

Etymology

“hotbed”: Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 温 (おん)床 (しょう) (onshō), calque of English hot bed.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wēnchuáng

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄣㄔㄨㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wan¹ cong⁴
Min Nan (POJ): un-chhn̂g / un-chhông

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wēnchuáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄣㄔㄨㄤˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uenchwang
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯ən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wan¹ cong⁴
  - Yale: wān chòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wan¹ tsong⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wen¹ cong⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /wɐn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːŋ²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: un-chhn̂g
  - Tâi-lô: un-tshn̂g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: unzhngg
  - IPA (Xiamen): /un⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰŋ̍²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /un³³ t͡sʰŋ̍²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /un⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰŋ̍¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /un⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰŋ̍²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /un⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰŋ̍²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: un-chhông
  - Tâi-lô: un-tshông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: unzhoong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /un⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /un⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɔŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /un³³ t͡sʰɔŋ²⁴/

Noun

溫床

(agriculture) hotbed
(figuratively) hotbed; breeding ground (a place ideal for the growth of something undesirable)

Verb

溫床

(historical) to warm the bed for one's parents (as an act of filial piety)

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