# 胎教
## Chinese

* 胎教 (Written Standard Chinese)
* Taegyo (English)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tāijiào
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞ ㄐㄧㄠˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): toi$^1$ gaau$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thôi-kau
* Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): to$^1$ ga$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tāijiào
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄞ ㄐㄧㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: taijiào
*** Wade–Giles: tʻai$^1$-chiao$^4$
*** Yale: tāi-jyàu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taijiaw
*** Palladius: тайцзяо (tajczjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: toi$^1$ gaau$^3$
*** Yale: tōi gaau
*** Cantonese Pinyin: toi$^1$ gaau$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: toi$^1$ gao$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɔːi̯⁵⁵ kaːu̯³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thôi-kau
*** Hakka Romanization System: toi$^ˊ$ gau
*** Hagfa Pinyim: toi$^1$ gau$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰoi̯²⁴⁻¹¹ kau̯⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: to$^1$ ga$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tho kà
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰo³³⁻²³ ka²¹³/
* Middle Chinese: thoj kaewH
Rime :
| Character | 胎 | 教 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 透 (6) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 咍 (41) | 肴 (90) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | II |
| Fanqie | 土來切 | 古孝切 |
| Baxter | thoj | kaewH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /tʰʌi/ | /kˠau$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /tʰəi/ | /kᵚau$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /tʰɒi/ | /kau$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /tʰəj/ | /kaɨw$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /tʰᴀi/ | /kau$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /tʰɒi/ | /kau$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /tʰɑ̆i/ | /kau$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | tāi | jiào |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | toi$^1$ | gaau$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥ˤə s.kˤraw-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰɯː kraːws/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 胎 | 教 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | tāi | jiào |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ thoj › | ‹ kæw$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*l̥ˁə/ | /*s.kˁraw-s/ |
| English | fetus | teaching; instruction |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 胎 | 教 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 2/2 |
| No. | 12259 | 14643 |
| Phonetic component | 台 | 爻 |
| Rime group | 之 | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 胎 | 敎 |
| Old Chinese | /*l̥ʰɯː/ | /*kraːws/ |

### Verb

胎教
* to practice antenatal education (i.e. to do things deemed beneficial to the development of a baby in utero, such as playing calming music, talking and reading stories to the foetus, and maintaining a general healthy and mindful mentality in the expectant mother)
    From: 《大戴禮記·保傅》／《大戴礼记·保傅》
    Gǔ zhě tāijiào, wánghòu fù zhī qī yuè, ér jiù yànshì. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 胎 | 教 |
| たい Grade: S | きょう Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) たいきょー [tàíkyóó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ta̠ikʲo̞ː]

### Noun

胎(たい)教(きょう) • (taikyō)
* antenatal education (i.e. doing things deemed beneficial to the development of a baby in utero, such as playing calming music, talking and reading stories to the foetus, and maintaining a general healthy and mindful mentality in the expectant mother)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN