生母

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	female; mother
simp. and trad. (生母)		生	母

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēngmǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄇㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sang¹ mou⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): seⁿ-bó / siⁿ-bú

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sên¹ bho²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēngmǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄇㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shengmǔ
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹-mu³
    • Yale: shēng-mǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengmuu
    • Palladius: шэнму (šɛnmu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sang¹ mou⁵
    • Yale: sāng móuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sang¹ mou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: seng¹ mou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ mou̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seⁿ-bó
    • Tâi-lô: senn-bó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sve'boir
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ bɤ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siⁿ-bú
    • Tâi-lô: sinn-bú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svi'buo
    • IPA (Taipei): /sĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ bu⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sên¹ bho²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: seⁿ bó
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sẽ³³⁻²³ bo⁵²/

Noun

生母

1. biological mother

Synonyms

• (Wu) 生身娘

See also

• 生父 (shēngfù)

References

• Fielde, Adele Marion (1883) “母”, in A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect, Arranged According to Syllables and Tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 15