媽媽桑

Chinese

		mum; mama; breast	mulberry tree
trad. (媽媽桑)		媽媽	桑
simp. (妈妈桑)		妈妈	桑

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Japanese ママさん (mamasan). See also 媽媽生／妈妈生.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): māmāsāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚ ㄇㄚ ㄙㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa^1-4 maa¹ song¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: māmāsāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚ ㄇㄚ ㄙㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mamasang
    • Wade–Giles: ma¹-ma¹-sang¹
    • Yale: mā-mā-sāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhamhasang
    • Palladius: мамасан (mamasan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä⁵⁵ mä⁵⁵ sɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa^1-4 maa¹ song¹
    • Yale: màh mā sōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa^1-4 maa¹ song¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma^1-4 ma¹ song¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː⁵⁵⁻²¹ maː⁵⁵ sɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 媽媽桑

1. (Taiwan) female pimp