母性

Chinese

		female; mother	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
simp. and trad. (母性)		母	性

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǔxìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ sing³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǔxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǔsìng
    • Wade–Giles: mu³-hsing⁴
    • Yale: mǔ-syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muushinq
    • Palladius: мусин (musin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁵ sing³
    • Yale: móuh sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ xing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ sɪŋ³³/

Noun

母性

1. maternal instinct

Coordinate terms

• 父性 (fùxìng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
母	性
ぼ Grade: 2	せい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぼせー [bòséé] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) ぼせー [bóꜜsèè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [bo̞se̞ː]

Noun

母(ぼ)性(せい) • (bosei) ^{←ぼせい (bosei)?}

1. maternal instinct

   湧(わ)き出(で)る母性(ぼせい)

   wakideru bosei

   motherly instinct flowing forward

Coordinate terms

• 父性(ふせい) (fusei)