父兒母囝

Chinese

			mother and child
trad. (父兒母囝)		父兒	母囝
simp. (父儿母囝)		父儿	母囝
alternative forms		父儿母仔

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): bê⁶ ri⁵ bho² gian²

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• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bê⁶ ri⁵ bho² gian²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pĕ jî bó kiáⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pe³⁵⁻¹¹ d͡zi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ bo⁵²⁻³⁵ kĩã⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

父兒母囝

1. (Teochew) husband, wife, and their children; the whole family
   • 1883, Adele Marion Fielde, “睡”, in A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect, Arranged According to Syllables and Tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 613:

     父兒母子睡做一眠床。 [Teochew, trad.]
     父儿母子睡做一眠床。 [Teochew, simp.]

     bê⁶ ri⁵ bho² gian² ug⁸ zo³ zêg⁸ ming⁵ ceng⁵. [Peng'im]

     The whole family sleep^{[sic – meaning sleeps]} in one bed.