保姆

保姆 bǎomǔ in a sentence

Nanny (domestic helper)

Full dictionary entry HSK 6 2 sentences

保姆 (bǎomǔ) means Nanny (domestic helper). Below are 2 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

这位 保姆 在他们家做了整整十年。

Zhè wèi bǎomǔ zài tāmen jiā zuò le zhěngzhěng shí nián.

This housekeeper worked in their home for a full ten years.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 保姆

他们请了一位 保姆 照顾刚出生的孩子。

Tāmen qǐng le yí wèi bǎomǔ zhàogù gāng chūshēng de háizi.

They hired a nanny to look after their newborn.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 保姆

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How is 保姆 used in a sentence?

This page shows 2 sentences using 保姆 (bǎomǔ, "Nanny (domestic helper)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Is 保姆 an HSK word?

Yes — 保姆 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

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The dictionary page for 保姆 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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