媽祖婆

Chinese

		Mazu	grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
trad. (媽祖婆)		媽祖	婆
simp. (妈祖婆)		妈祖	婆

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Mâ-chú-phò
• Northern Min (KCR): Mǎ-cǔ-bǒ̤
• Eastern Min (BUC): Mā-cū-bò̤
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Má-chó͘-pô

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Mâ-chú-phò
    • Hakka Romanization System: ma´ zu` poˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ma¹ zu³ po²
    • Sinological IPA: /ma²⁴ t͡su³¹ pʰo¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: Mǎ-cǔ-bǒ̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ma²¹ t͡su²¹ pɔ²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Mā-cū-bò̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ma³³⁻²¹ ^(t͡s-)ʒu³³⁻²¹ ^(p-)βo⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Penang, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Má-chó͘-pô
    • Tâi-lô: Má-tsóo-pô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mafzofpooi
    • IPA (Singapore): /ma⁴²⁻²⁴ t͡sɔ⁴²⁻²⁴ po²⁴/
    • IPA (Penang): /ma⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ t͡sɔ⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ po²³/

Proper noun

媽祖婆

1. (Hakka, Min, religion) Mazu

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 媽祖 (“Mazu”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		天上聖母, 媽祖
Mandarin	Taiwan	媽祖
	Singapore	媽祖
Cantonese	Hong Kong	天后
Hakka	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	媽祖
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	天妃娘娘
	Changting	天上聖母
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	媽祖婆, 媽仔婆, 媽祖
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	媽祖婆, 媽祖娘, 媽祖姑婆, 媽祖
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	媽祖婆, 媽仔婆, 媽祖
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	媽祖婆, 媽祖
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	媽祖婆, 媽祖
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	媽祖, 媽祖婆
Northern Min	Jian'ou	媽祖婆
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	媽祖, 媽祖婆婆
	Matsu	媽祖婆
Southern Min	Xiamen	媽祖
	Quanzhou	媽祖
	Zhangzhou	媽祖, 媽祖婆
	Tainan	媽祖, 媽祖婆
	Penang (Hokkien)	媽祖婆
	Singapore (Hokkien)	媽祖婆, 媽祖
	Manila (Hokkien)	媽祖
	Longyan	姑婆
	Shantou	媽祖
	Shantou (Chenghai)	媽祖
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	媽祖
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	媽祖
	Jieyang	媽祖
	Haifeng	媽祖
	Singapore (Teochew)	媽祖
	Leizhou	婆嬭
	Singapore (Hainanese)	婆祖
Wu	Shanghai	天妃
	Ningbo	天妃娘娘
	Wenzhou	天妃娘娘

Descendants

• → Thai: ม่าจ้อโป๋