坐月子

Chinese

		to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, aeroplane, etc.)	the month following childbirth, during which the mother goes through the traditional Chinese form of postpartum recovery, sometimes referred to in English as or; puerperium
simp. and trad. (坐月子)		坐	月子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): zuòyuèzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄩㄝˋ ˙ㄗ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zo⁴ yue² zi³

• Cantonese (Jyutping): co⁵ jyut⁶ zi²
• Gan (Wiktionary): co⁵ nyot⁶ zi
• Jin (Wiktionary): zue³ yeh⁴ zeh
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zo⁵ ye⁶ zr

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuòyuèzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄩㄝˋ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuòyuèzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴-yüeh⁴-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: dzwò-ywè-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohyueh.tzy
    • Palladius: цзоюэцзы (czojueczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛ⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: zo⁴ yue² zi³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zoyez
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡so²¹³ ye²¹ t͡sz̩⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: co⁵ jyut⁶ zi²
    • Yale: chóh yuht jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tso⁵ jyt⁹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: co⁵ yud⁶ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː¹³ jyːt̚² t͡siː³⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: co⁵ nyot⁶ zi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰo¹¹ n̠ʲɵt̚⁵ t͡sz̩²/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: zue³ yeh⁴ zeh
    • Sinological IPA (old-style, no sandhi): /t͡suɤ⁴⁵ yəʔ² t͡səʔ³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: zo⁵ ye⁶ zr
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡so²¹⁻¹¹ y̯e̞²⁴ t͡sz̩³/

Verb

坐月子

1. to go through yuezi (the traditional Chinese form of postpartum recovery that lasts for one month after childbirth, sometimes referred to in English as confinement, lying-in, or postpartum confinement)

   這是當時坐月子落下的病根。 [MSC, trad.]
   这是当时坐月子落下的病根。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè shì dāngshí zuòyuèzi lào xià de bìnggēn. [Pinyin]

   This symptom is caused by the previous improper postpartum care that she received.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 坐月子 (“to go through postpartum confinement”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		坐蓐, 坐草
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		坐月子
Mandarin	Beijing	坐月子
	Taiwan	坐月子
	Tianjin	坐月子
	Langfang	坐月子
	Tangshan	坐月子
	Cangzhou	坐月子
	Baoding	坐月子
	Shijiazhuang	坐月子
	Daming	坐月子
	Harbin	坐月子
	Yantai (Muping)	做月子
	Jinan	坐月子
	Luoyang	坐月子
	Wanrong	坐月子
	Xi'an	坐月裡
	Yinchuan	坐月子
	Lanzhou	坐月子
	Xining	坐月子
	Ürümqi	坐月子
	Wuhan	在月裡, 做月母子
	Huanggang	在月裡
	Chengdu	坐月子, 坐月
	Guiyang	坐月
	Kunming	坐月子
	Guilin	坐月
	Liuzhou	坐月, 坐月子
	Xuzhou	坐月子
	Yangzhou	坐月子
	Nanjing	坐月子
	Nantong	做產婦, 坐月子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	坐月, 住月, 生臊
	Hong Kong	坐月
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	坐月
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	坐月
	Macau	住月
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	坐月
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	坐月
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	受月
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	坐月, 菢月
	Foshan	住月
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	住月
	Foshan (Shunde)	住月
	Foshan (Sanshui)	住月
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	住月
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	住月
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	坐月
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	住月
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	坐月
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	坐月
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	坐月
	Taishan	坐月
	Kaiping (Chikan)	坐月
	Enping (Niujiang)	坐月
	Heshan (Yayao)	坐月
	Dongguan	坐月
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	坐月基
	Shaoguan	做月, 坐月
	Yunfu	坐月
	Xinyi	坐月
	Lianjiang	坐月
	Nanning	坐月
	Wuzhou	坐月
	Yulin	坐月
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	坐月
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	坐月
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	坐月
Gan	Nanchang	坐月子
	Lichuan	坐月仔
	Pingxiang	做月
Hakka	Meixian	做月
	Xingning	做月
	Huidong (Daling)	做月
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	做月
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	坐月
	Changting	做月日
	Wuping	做月日
	Wuping (Pingyu)	做月
	Liancheng	做月
	Ninghua	月嫩
	Yudu	做月子, 做舍母
	Ruijin	做月日
	Shicheng	做月
	Shangyou (Shexi)	做月
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	做月
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	做月
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	做月
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	做月
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	做月
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	做月
	Hong Kong	做月
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	做月
	Sabah (Longchuan)	做月
	Senai (Huiyang)	做月
	Singkawang	做月
Huizhou	Jixi	做產婦, 養產婦
Jin	Taiyuan	坐月子
	Pingyao	坐月子
	Xinzhou	坐月子
	Hohhot	坐月子
	Zhangjiakou	坐月子
	Handan	坐月子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	做月
	Songxi	做月底
	Zhenghe	做月底
	Jianyang	做月
	Wuyishan	做月
	Pucheng (Shibei)	做月, 坐月仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	做月利
	Changle	做月利
	Fuqing	做月裡
	Yongtai	做月底
	Gutian	做月底
	Fu'an	做月利
	Ningde	做月底
	Shouning	做月底
	Zhouning	做月利
	Fuding	做月底
Southern Min	Xiamen	做月內
	Quanzhou	做月內
	Zhangzhou	做月內
	Taipei	做月內
	Kaohsiung	做月內
	Yilan	做月內
	Penang (Hokkien)	月內
	Manila (Hokkien)	做月內
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	月內
	Chaozhou	月內
	Shantou	月內, 坐月
	Shantou (Chenghai)	月內
	Jieyang	坐臘
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	坐月
	Leizhou	月內
	Haikou	坐月
Puxian Min	Putian	月內
	Xianyou	月內
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	坐月, 坐月子
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	坐月子
Wu	Shanghai	做舍姆
	Shanghai (Chongming)	做十五
	Suzhou	做舍姆
	Danyang	做產務, 坐月則
	Hangzhou	坐月子, 做產婦
	Ningbo	做舍姆, 做山
	Wenzhou	做月裡
	Jinhua	做舍姆
Xiang	Changsha	坐月子, 坐月
	Loudi	坐月子
	Quanzhou	坐月子, 坐月

See also

• 月嫂 (yuèsǎo)
• (Sichuan) 月母子, 月公子