mẫu hậu

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 母后, composed of 母 (“mother”) and 后 (“empress consort”), from Chinese 母后 (mǔhòu).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [məw˦ˀ˥ həw˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [məw˧˨ həw˨˩ʔ]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [məw˨˩˦ həw˨˩˨]

Pronoun

mẫu hậu

1. (Chinese fiction, by an empress consort's child) you, my mother the empress