母系

Chinese

		female; mother	be; system; to tie be; system; to tie; department; faculty
trad. (母系)		母	系
simp. #(母系)		母	系

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǔxì

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˇ ㄒㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ hai⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bó-hē / bú-hē

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǔxì
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˇ ㄒㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǔsì
    • Wade–Giles: mu³-hsi⁴
    • Yale: mǔ-syì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muushih
    • Palladius: муси (musi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁵ hai⁶
    • Yale: móuh haih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ hai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ hei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ hɐi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bó-hē / bú-hē
    • Tâi-lô: bó-hē / bú-hē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boy'he, bw'he
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ he²²/, /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ he²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ he⁴¹/, /bu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ he⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ he²²/, /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ he²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ he³³/, /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ he³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ he³³/, /bu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ he³³/

Adjective

母系

1. (attributive) maternal
2. (attributive) matriarchal

Antonyms

• 父系 (fùxì)

Derived terms

• 母系制度
• 母系社會／母系社会