母子
Chinese
| female; mother | child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (母子) |
母 | 子 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: mǔzǐ [Phonetic: múzǐ]
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˇ ㄗˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: mǔzǐh
- Wade–Giles: mu3-tzŭ3
- Yale: mǔ-dž
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muutzyy
- Palladius: муцзы (muczy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: mou5 zi2
- Yale: móuh jí
- Cantonese Pinyin: mou5 dzi2
- Guangdong Romanization: mou5 ji2
- Sinological IPA (key): /mou̯¹³ t͡siː³⁵/
- Homophones:
拇指
母子
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mû-chṳ́
- Hakka Romanization System: muˊ ziiˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: mu1 zi3
- Sinological IPA: /mu²⁴ t͡sɨ³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Middle Chinese: muwX tsiX
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*məʔ tsəʔ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*mɯʔ ʔslɯʔ/
Noun
母子
Synonyms
- (mother and child):
- 仔乸 (zai2 naa2) (Cantonese)
- 兩仔乸 / 两仔乸 (loeng5 zai2 naa2) (Cantonese)
- 兩娘崽 / 两娘崽 (lian3 nyian2 zai3) (Xiang)
- 兩子哀 / 两子哀 (Hakka)
- 兩母囝 / 两母囝 (no6 bho2 gian2) (Teochew)
- 娘兒 / 娘儿
- 娘兒倆 / 娘儿俩 (niángrliǎ)
- 娘兒們 / 娘儿们 (niángrmen)
- 娘嬭囝 / 娘奶囝 (niòng-nā̤-giāng) (Eastern Min, Puxian Min)
- 子哀 (Hakka)
- 母仔囝 (Hokkien)
- 母囝 (Hokkien, Teochew)
Dialectal synonyms of 母子 (“mother and son; mother and child”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 母子 | |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 娘兒伙家 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 娘母倆 |
| Xi'an | 娘們倆 | |
| Xining | 娘兒兩個 | |
| Xuzhou | 娘倆, 娘倆兒 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 娘倆 |
| Ürümqi | 娘兒兩個, 娘兒倆兒, 娘母兩個 | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 兩娘崽, 兩子娘 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 母子兩個, 娘兒兩個 |
| Yangzhou | 母子兩個, 娘兒兩個 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 兩仔乸 |
| Hong Kong | 兩仔乸 | |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 兩娘崽 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 兩子哀 |
| Yudu | 兩母子 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 兩子哀 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 兩子哀 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 兩子哀 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 兩子哀 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 兩子哀 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 兩子哀 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 娘兒 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 娘母倆 |
| Xinzhou | 娘母兩個 | |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 兩囝奶 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 娘嬭囝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 母仔囝, 母囝 |
| Quanzhou | 母仔囝, 母囝 | |
| Zhangzhou | 母仔囝, 母囝 | |
| Tainan | 母仔囝 GT | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 母仔囝 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 娘嬭囝 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 娘兩家頭, 娘兩個 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 娘兩個 | |
| Suzhou | 娘兒子兩家頭 | |
| Danyang | 母子兩個 | |
| Hangzhou | 娘同兒子 | |
| Wenzhou | 娘兒 | |
| Jinhua | 娘兒兩個 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 兩娘崽 |
Derived terms
- 宜母子 (yímǔzǐ)
Japanese
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 母 | 子 |
| はは Grade: 2 |
こ Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi | |
Noun
母子 • (hahako)
- mother and child
- clipping of 母子草 (hahakogusa, “cudweed, Pseudognaphalium affine”)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 母 | 子 |
| ぼ Grade: 2 |
し Grade: 1 |
| kan'yōon | on'yomi |
Noun
母子 • (boshi)
See also
- 父子 (fushi)
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 母 | 子 |
Noun
母子 • (moja) (hangeul 모자)