孟母

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Chinese[edit]

first month; eldest brother; surname female; mother
simp. and trad.
(孟母) 		孟 母
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Pronunciation[edit]

Rime
Character 孟 母
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 庚 (109) 侯 (137)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) II I
Fanqie 莫更切 莫厚切
Baxter maengH muwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/mˠæŋH/ /məuX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/mᵚaŋH/ /məuX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/maŋH/ /məuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/maɨjŋH/ /məwX/
Li
Rong 		/mɐŋH/ /muX/
Wang
Li 		/mɐŋH/ /məuX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/mɐŋH/ /mə̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		mèng mǒu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		mang6 mau5
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 孟 母
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		mèng mǔ
Middle
Chinese 		‹ mængH › ‹ muwX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*mˁraŋ-s/ /*məʔ/ (? or *mˁoʔ)
English eldest, great mother

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 孟 母
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 9152 9288
Phonetic
component 		皿 母
Rime
group 		陽 之
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		孟 母
Old
Chinese 		/*mraːŋs/ /*mɯʔ/

Proper noun[edit]

孟母

  1. mother of Mencius

Derived terms[edit]

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