媽媽生
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Chinese
| mum; mama; breast | to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw | ||
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| trad. (媽媽生) | 媽媽 | 生 | |
| simp. (妈妈生) | 妈妈 | 生 | |
Etymology
Phono-semantic matching of Japanese ママさん (mamasan). See also 媽媽桑／妈妈桑 (māmāsāng).
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: maa1 maa1-4 saang1-4
- Yale: mā màh sàahng
- Cantonese Pinyin: maa1 maa1-4 saang1-4
- Guangdong Romanization: ma1 ma1-4 sang1-4
- Sinological IPA (key): /maː⁵⁵ maː⁵⁵⁻²¹ saːŋ⁵⁵⁻²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
媽媽生
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 鴇母 (“procuress; female brothel-keeper; bawd”)