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

  (Pinyin): mǔzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˇ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ zi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mû-chṳ́

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• 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⁾/
• 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:

      edit edit 拇指 母子

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mû-chṳ́
    • Hakka Romanization System: mu´ zii`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mu¹ zi³
    • Sinological IPA: /mu²⁴ t͡sɨ³¹/

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• Middle Chinese: muwX tsiX

Rime
Character	母	子
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	莫厚切	即里切
Baxter	muwX	tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/məuX/	/t͡sɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/məuX/	/t͡sɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/məuX/	/t͡sieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/məwX/	/t͡sɨX/
Li Rong	/muX/	/t͡siəX/
Wang Li	/məuX/	/t͡sĭəX/
Bernard Karlgren	/mə̯uX/	/t͡siX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mǒu	zǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mau5	zi2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*məʔ  tsəʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*mɯʔ  ʔslɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	母	子
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mǔ	zǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ muwX ›	‹ tsiX ›
Old Chinese	/*məʔ/ (? or *mˁoʔ)	/*tsəʔ/
English	mother	child; gentleman, master
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	母	子
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	9288	17857
Phonetic component	母	子
Rime group	之	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	母	子
Old Chinese	/*mɯʔ/	/*ʔslɯʔ/

Noun

母子

1. mother and son; mother and child
2. parent and subsidiary companies
3. principal and interest

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 (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)
• 老媽囝／老妈囝 (sē-mǎ-gṳǐng) (Northern Min)

 

Derived terms

• 宜母子 (yímǔzǐ)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
母	子
ぼ Grade: 2	し Grade: 1
kan’yōon	on’yomi

Noun

母(ぼ)子(し) • (boshi) 

1. mother and child

See also

• 父子(ふし) (fushi)

Korean

Hanja in this term
母	子

Noun

母子 • (moja) (hangeul 모자)

1. Hanja form^? of 모자 (“mother and son”).