母兄

Chinese

		female; mother	elder brother
simp. and trad. (母兄)		母	兄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǔxiōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˇ ㄒㄩㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ hing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǔxiōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˇ ㄒㄩㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǔsyong
    • Wade–Giles: mu³-hsiung¹
    • Yale: mǔ-syūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muushiong
    • Palladius: мусюн (musjun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁵ hing¹
    • Yale: móuh hīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ hing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ hing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ hɪŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: muwX xjwaeng

Rime
Character	母	兄
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)	庚 (112)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	莫厚切	許榮切
Baxter	muwX	xjwaeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/məuX/	/hˠwiæŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/məuX/	/hʷᵚiaŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/məuX/	/xiuaŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/məwX/	/hwiajŋ/
Li Rong	/muX/	/xiuɐŋ/
Wang Li	/məuX/	/xĭwɐŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/mə̯uX/	/xi̯wɐŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mǒu	xiōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mau5	hing1

Noun

母兄

1. (literary) elder brother born of the same mother

See also

• 母弟 (mǔdì)