ChineseEdit
| moon; month |
child; son; (noun suff.); small thing; midnight; 11 p.m.-1 a.m.; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch
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| simp. and trad. (月子) |
月 | 子 | |
PronunciationEdit
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄗ˙
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yueh.tzy
- IPA (key): /y̯œ⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: jyut6 zi2
- Yale: yuht jí
- Cantonese Pinyin: jyt9 dzi2
- IPA (key): /jyːt̚² t͡siː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
NounEdit
月子
- yuezi, the traditional Chinese form of postpartum recovery that lasts for one month after childbirth, sometimes referred to in English as confinement or lying-in
- the month following childbirth; puerperium
See alsoEdit
- 月嫂 (yuèsǎo)
Derived termsEdit
- 坐月子 (zuòyuèzi)