# 保姆 (bǎomǔ)

In Mandarin Chinese, 保姆 (bǎomǔ) means “nanny; babysitter”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: nanny; babysitter
- Pinyin: bǎomǔ (bao3 mu3)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 因为工作忙，他们请了一位保姆。
  Yīnwèi gōngzuò máng, tāmen qǐng le yī wèi bǎomǔ.
  Because they are busy with work, they hired an experienced nanny.

## Characters

- [保](https://hanziro.com/word/bao-protect/) (bǎo): to protect; to keep
- 姆 (m): used in 姆妈

https://hanziro.com/word/bao-mu-nanny/

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