血母
Chinese
| blood | female; mother | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (血母) |
血 | 母 | |
Pronunciation
- Eastern Min (BUC): háik-mō̤
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): huih-bú
- Eastern Min
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: huih-bú
- Tâi-lô: huih-bú
- Phofsit Daibuun: huihbuo
- IPA (Xiamen): /hui(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ bu⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /hui(ʔ)⁵ bu⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
Noun
血母
- (Eastern Min, Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) womb; uterus
- (Quanzhou Hokkien) vital part; crucial part (of a person)
Synonyms
- (womb):
Dialectal synonyms of 子宮 (“womb; uterus”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 子宮 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 子宮 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 子宮 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 子宮 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 子宮 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 子宮 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 子宮 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 子宮 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 子宮 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 兒袋 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 子宮 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 血母 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 子宮, 血母 dated |
| Quanzhou | 子宮 | |
| Zhangzhou | 子宮 | |
| Tainan | 子宮, 生囝袋 GT | |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | |