母親

See also: 母亲

Chinese

		female; mother	dear; intimate; parent dear; intimate; parent; relation; closely related; parents-in-law of one's offspring
trad. (母親)		母	親
simp. (母亲)		母	亲
anagram		親母／亲母

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): mǔqīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˇ ㄑㄧㄣ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic): мучин (II-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ can¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mû-chhîn
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): bú-chhin / bió-chhin / bó-chhin / bó͘-chhin

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bho² cing¹

• Wu (Wiktionary): mu qin (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: mǔqīn → mǔqin (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˇ ㄑㄧㄣ → ㄇㄨˇ ˙ㄑㄧㄣ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muu.chin
    • IPA ^(key): /mu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/ → /mu²¹⁴ t͡ɕʰin⁴/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic: мучин (II-I)
    • IPA ^(key): /mʊ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰĩ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁵ can¹
    • Yale: móuh chān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ tsan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ cen¹
    • IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mû-chhîn
    • Hakka Romanization System: mu´ qin´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mu¹ qin¹
    • IPA: /mu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕʰin²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bú-chhin
    • Tâi-lô: bú-tshin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bwchyn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰin⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Philippines, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bió-chhin
    • Tâi-lô: bió-tshin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bioychyn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /bio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕʰin³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Zhangzhou-like accent in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bó-chhin
    • Tâi-lô: bó-tshin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boychyn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰin⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bó͘-chhin
    • Tâi-lô: bóo-tshin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bofchyn
    • IPA (Taipei): /bɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰin⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bho² cing¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bó tshing
    • IPA ^(key): /bo⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰiŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: mu qin (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /mv̩ʷ²² t͡ɕʰɪɲ⁴⁴/

Noun

母親

1. (formal) mother (Classifier: 個／个; 位)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 媽媽 (“mum (face-to-face)”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		母親
Mandarin	Beijing	媽媽、媽、娘
	Taiwan	媽媽、媽
	Tianjin	媽媽、媽
	Harbin	媽、媽媽
	Shenyang	媽媽
	Jinan	媽、媽媽、娘
	Muping	媽
	Luoyang	媽、媽兒
	Jiedian	嬤
	Ronghe	媽
	Xi'an	媽
	Xining	阿媽、媽媽、姆媽
	Xuzhou	媽媽、娘、大兒
	Yinchuan	媽
	Lanzhou	媽
	Ürümqi	媽媽、媽、阿娘 Hui、阿娘子 used with minorities
	Wuhan	姆媽、媽媽
	Chengdu	媽媽、媽
	Guiyang	媽
	Liuzhou	阿媽、媽
	Kunming	媽
	Yangzhou	媽媽、姆媽
	Nanjing	媽、姆媽、娘
	Hefei	媽、媽爺
Cantonese	Guangzhou	阿媽、媽媽
	Hong Kong	媽咪、阿媽、媽媽
	Dongguan	阿媽、阿奶、阿姐、媽媽 childish、媽咪 childish
	Hong Kong (Weitou)	阿媽、阿奶
	Taishan	媽
	Yangjiang	阿媽、阿娘
	Xinyi	阿媽
	Nanning	媽媽、阿媽、媽
	Kuala Lumpur	阿媽、媽咪
Gan	Nanchang	姆媽
	Lichuan	姆媽
	Pingxiang	姆媽
Hakka	Meixian	阿姆、阿嫲
	Xingning	阿媽
	Qujiang	阿姆
	Xiaosanjiang	阿姆、阿嬸
	Changting	姆媽、姆娓
	Pingyu	姆
	Wuping	姆姆、依呀
	Liancheng	姆
	Ninghua	姆媽
	Yudu	姆、媽媽、媽
	Ruijin	姆媽
	Shicheng	姆媽
	Shangyou	嫫
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	阿姆
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	阿姆、姆媽
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	阿姆
	Dongshi (Dabu)	阿姆
	Zhuolan (Raoping)	阿姆
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	阿依
	Hong Kong	阿媽
	Sabah	阿姆
	Senai	阿媽
	Singkawang	阿姆
Huizhou	Jixi	姆
Jin	Taiyuan	媽
	Xinzhou	波哇、波波呀、呀波呀
Min Bei	Jian'ou	依呀、媽媽
Min Dong	Fuzhou	依媽、依奶
	Fuqing	奶、依奶、媽媽、依娜
	Matsu	依奶
Min Nan	Xiamen	阿母、阿母仔、母仔、阿媽、阿娘
	Quanzhou	阿母、母仔、阿娘
	Zhangzhou	阿母、母仔
	Taipei	阿母、阿娘、媽媽
	Kaohsiung	卡桑、阿母仔
	Tainan	歐卡桑、阿母、俺娘仔、娘嬭
	Taichung	媽媽、阿母
	Hsinchu	媽媽、阿娘、阿母
	Lukang	阿母、阿娘、姨仔
	Sanxia	阿母、阿娘、姨仔
	Yilan	阿母、阿娘
	Kinmen	俺娘仔
	Magong	阿母
	Penang	阿母、阿媽、媽媽、媽
	Singapore	阿母
	Chaozhou	阿媽、阿娘、阿姈
	Haifeng	媽、媽媽
	Johor Bahru	阿媽、媽媽
	Haikou	阿媽、阿姐、阿娘 dated、阿嫂 dated
	Leizhou	嬭、姨 dated
Pinghua	Nanning	媽、阿媼 dated
Wu	Shanghai	媽媽、姆媽
	Suzhou	姆媽
	Hangzhou	姆媽、媽媽
	Wenzhou	阿媽、阿奶、奶
	Chongming	姆媽
	Danyang	媽、娘
	Jinhua	姆媽
	Ningbo	阿姆、姆媽
Xiang	Changsha	媽媽、姆媽、娘老子
	Shuangfeng	姆媽
	Loudi	依爺、姆媽、娘老子

Antonyms

• 父親／父亲 (fùqīn)

Derived terms

• 代孕母親／代孕母亲 (dàiyùn mǔqīn)
• 母親河／母亲河 (mǔqīnhé)

• 母親節／母亲节 (mǔqīnjié)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
母	親
はは Grade: 2	おや Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ははおや [hàháóyá] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [ha̠ha̠o̞ja̠]

Noun

母親 (hiragana ははおや, rōmaji hahaoya)

1. mother

Antonyms

• 父親 (ちちおや) (chichioya): father