先母

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	female; mother
simp. and trad. (先母)		先	母

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānmǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄇㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ mou⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiānmǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄇㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sianmǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-mu³
    • Yale: syān-mǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianmuu
    • Palladius: сяньму (sjanʹmu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ mou⁵
    • Yale: sīn móuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ mou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ mou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ mou̯¹³/

Noun

先母

1. (literary) one's deceased mother

Synonyms

• 先妣 (xiānbǐ)
• 先慈 (xiāncí)