母后

Chinese

		female; mother	empress; queen; surname
simp. and trad. (母后)		母	后
anagram		后母

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǔhòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˇ ㄏㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ hau⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mû-heu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǔhòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˇ ㄏㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǔhòu
    • Wade–Giles: mu³-hou⁴
    • Yale: mǔ-hòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muuhow
    • Palladius: мухоу (muxou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu²¹⁴⁻²¹ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁵ hau⁶
    • Yale: móuh hauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ hau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ heo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ hɐu̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mû-heu
    • Hakka Romanization System: mu^ˊ heu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mu¹ heu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /mu²⁴⁻¹¹ heu̯⁵⁵/

Noun

母后

1. (historical) Term of address for the empress dowager used by the emperor or his siblings: mother
2. (historical) Term of address for the empress used by children of the emperor: mother
3. This term needs a translation to English (see [1]; some kind of Singaporean usage for reigning queens in general?). Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (母后):

• → Vietnamese: mẫu hậu (母后)

See also

• 父王 (fùwáng)