酒母

Chinese

		alcoholic drink	female; mother
trad. (酒母)		酒	母
simp. #(酒母)		酒	母

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǔmǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄇㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zau² mou⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chiú-bú

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ziu² bho²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǔmǔ [Phonetic: jiúmǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄇㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǒumǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chiu³-mu³
    • Yale: jyǒu-mǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeoumuu
    • Palladius: цзюму (czjumu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zau² mou⁵
    • Yale: jáu móuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzau² mou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeo² mou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯³⁵ mou̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiú-bú
    • Tâi-lô: tsiú-bú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciw'buo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bu⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ziu² bho²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiú bó
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siu⁵²⁻³⁵ bo⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

酒母

1. distiller's yeast; brewer's yeast; yeast for making alcoholic beverages
2. (Teochew) leavening agent; raising agent
3. (literary) woman who sells alcohol

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 酒麴 (“distiller's yeast”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		麴, 酒母
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		酒麴, 酒藥
Mandarin	Taiwan	酒麴
	Liuzhou	酒藥, 酒餅
	Xuzhou	麴
	Yangzhou	麴種
Cantonese	Guangzhou	酒餅
Hakka	Meixian	酒餅仔, 酒餅
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	酒餅
	Yudu	酒餅
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	糟嫲
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	糟嫲
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	糟嫲
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	糟嫲
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	糟嫲
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	糟嫲
Huizhou	Jixi	酒麴
Northern Min	Jian'ou	酒麴, 麴
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	酒酵
Southern Min	Xiamen	酒麴, 酒母
	Shantou	酒餅
	Leizhou	糟餅
	Haikou	酒餅
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	酒餅
Wu	Shanghai	酒藥
	Shanghai (Chongming)	酒藥
Xiang	Changsha	酒藥子
	Loudi	藥子

• (leavening agent): 發酵劑／发酵剂 (fājiàojì), 膨鬆劑／膨松剂 (péngsōngjì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (酒母):

• → Japanese: 酒母(しゅぼ) (shubo)
• → Korean: 주모(酒母) (jumo)