義母

Chinese

		justice; righteousness; meaning	female; mother
trad. (義母)		義	母
simp. (义母)		义	母

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìmǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄇㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ mou⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gī-bú / gī-bó

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìmǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄇㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìmǔ
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴-mu³
    • Yale: yì-mǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihmuu
    • Palladius: иму (imu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 異母／异母 益母 義母／义母

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁶ mou⁵
    • Yale: yih móuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ mou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ mou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² mou̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gī-bú / gī-bó
    • Tâi-lô: gī-bú / gī-bó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gixbuo, gixboir
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡi²²⁻²¹ bu⁵³/, /ɡi²²⁻²¹ bo⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡi⁴¹⁻²² bu⁵⁵⁴/, /ɡi⁴¹⁻²² bo⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡi²²⁻²¹ bu⁵³/, /ɡi²²⁻²¹ bo⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡi³³⁻¹¹ bu⁵³/, /ɡi³³⁻¹¹ bo⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡi³³⁻²¹ bu⁴¹/, /ɡi³³⁻²¹ bɤ⁴¹/

Noun

義母

1. (literary) adoptive mother

Related terms

• 義兄／义兄 (yìxiōng)
• 義姉／义姊 (yìjiě)
• 義妹／义妹
• 義弟／义弟 (yìdì)
• 義父／义父 (yìfù)
• 義親／义亲

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (義母):

• → Japanese: 義母(ぎぼ) (gibo)
• → Korean: 의모(義母) (uimo)
• → Vietnamese: nghĩa mẫu (義母)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
義	母
ぎ Grade: 5	ぼ Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From Chinese 義母／义母 (yìmǔ, “adoptive mother”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぎ​ぼ [gíꜜbò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɡʲibo̞]

Noun

義(ぎ)母(ぼ) • (gibo) 

1. a mother by moral principles
2. a stepmother
3. an adoptive mother
4. a mother-in-law (one's spouse's mother)

Related terms

• 継(けい)母(ぼ) (keibo)
• 養(よう)母(ぼ) (yōbo)
• 姑(しひとめ) (shihitome)

See also

• 義(ぎ)親(しん) (gishin)
• 義(ぎ)父(ふ) (gifu)