Definition

1. Noun:
   • Maternity hospital, maternity ward: "Bảo sanh" refers to a hospital or a specific department within a hospital dedicated to childbirth and the care of pregnant women and newborns. It is a term often used in a local or regional context within Vietnam.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Cô ấy đã đến nhà bảo sanh để sinh em bé. (She went to the maternity hospital to give birth to her baby.)
  • Nhà bảo sanh này rất nổi tiếng trong thành phố. (This maternity hospital is very famous in the city.)

Advanced Usage

• "vào bảo sanh": to be admitted to a maternity hospital.
  • Sản phụ đã vào bảo sanh từ sáng sớm. (The pregnant woman was admitted to the maternity hospital early in the morning.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nhà bảo sanh (n): The full, more formal term for a maternity hospital.
• Bệnh viện phụ sản (n): A more modern and standard term for an obstetrics and gynecology hospital.
• Phòng sinh (n): Delivery room (a room within a bảo sanh or bệnh viện phụ sản).

Synonyms

• Nhà hộ sinh: Maternity home, a smaller-scale facility for childbirth.
• Bệnh viện sản khoa: Obstetrics hospital.

Notes on Usage

• "Bảo sanh" is considered a local or regional term. In contemporary, formal Vietnamese, "bệnh viện phụ sản" or "khoa sản" (obstetrics department) are more commonly used.
• The word is a compound noun, but its core meaning is captured by the definition above. It is typically used in the full form "nhà bảo sanh".

1. (Nhà bảo sanh) (tiếng địa phương) Maternity hospital