丁母憂

Chinese

		4th heavenly stem; man; people 4th heavenly stem; man; people; little cube; surname
trad. (丁母憂)		丁	母憂
simp. (丁母忧)		丁	母忧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dīngmǔyōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥ ㄇㄨˇ ㄧㄡ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dīngmǔyōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥ ㄇㄨˇ ㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dingmǔyou
    • Wade–Giles: ting¹-mu³-yu¹
    • Yale: dīng-mǔ-yōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dingmuuiou
    • Palladius: динмую (dinmuju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹ joʊ̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: teng muwX 'juw

Rime
Character	丁	母	憂
Reading #	2/2	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)	明 (4)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	青 (125)	侯 (137)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	I	III
Fanqie	當經切	莫厚切	於求切
Baxter	teng	muwX	'juw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/teŋ/	/məuX/	/ʔɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/teŋ/	/məuX/	/ʔiu/
Shao Rongfen	/tɛŋ/	/məuX/	/ʔiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tɛjŋ/	/məwX/	/ʔuw/
Li Rong	/teŋ/	/muX/	/ʔiu/
Wang Li	/tieŋ/	/məuX/	/ĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/tieŋ/	/mə̯uX/	/ʔi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dīng	mǒu	yōu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ding1	mau5	jau1

Verb

丁母憂

1. (literary) to mourn the passing of one's mother

   • 丁母憂，號慕毀病，杖而能起。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     丁母忧，号慕毁病，杖而能起。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wei Shou, Book of Wei, 551 – 554 CE

     Dīngmǔyōu, háomù huǐbìng, zhàng ér néng qǐ. [Pinyin]

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   • 朗尋丁母憂，每哭必慟，其餘頗不依居喪常節。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     朗寻丁母忧，每哭必恸，其余颇不依居丧常节。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: 659 CE, Li Dashi and Li Yanshou, History of the Southern Dynasties

     Lǎng xún dīngmǔyōu, měi kū bì tòng, qíyú pō bù yī jūsàng chángjié. [Pinyin]

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Synonyms

• 丁內艱／丁内艰
• 丁內憂／丁内忧