教母

Chinese

		teach; teaching; religion	female; mother
trad. (教母)		教	母
simp. #(教母)		教	母

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiàomǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄇㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau³ mou⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiàomǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄇㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiàomǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chiao⁴-mu³
    • Yale: jyàu-mǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiawmuu
    • Palladius: цзяому (czjaomu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjɑʊ̯⁵¹ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: gaau³ mou⁵
    • Yale: gaau móuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau³ mou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: gao³ mou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯³³ mou̯¹³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 教母 酵母

Noun

教母

1. (Christianity) godmother

Synonyms

• 乾媽／干妈 (gānmā)
• 乾娘／干娘 (gānniáng)
• (Christianity) 教母 (jiàomǔ)
• (Min Bei) 老奶
• (Min Dong) 義奶／义奶, 義娘奶／义娘奶
• (Min Nan) 契母

See also

• 教父 (jiàofù, “godfather”)
• 乾爹／干爹 (gāndiē, “godfather”)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
教	母
きょう Grade: 2	ぼ Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

教(きょう)母(ぼ) • (kyōbo) 

1. godmother