字母
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Chinese
letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word |
female; mother | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (字母) |
字 | 母 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): zi6 mou5
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-mû
- Eastern Min (BUC): cê-mō̤
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6zy-mu
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄇㄨˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: zìhmǔ
- Wade–Giles: tzŭ4-mu3
- Yale: dz̀-mǔ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhmuu
- Palladius: цзыму (czymu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄇㄨˇㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: zìhmǔr
- Wade–Giles: tzŭ4-mu3-ʼrh
- Yale: dz̀-mǔr
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhmuul
- Palladius: цзымур (czymur)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ muɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Dungan)
- Cyrillic and Wiktionary: зыму (zɨmu, III-I)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sz̩⁴⁴ mou²⁴/
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zi6 mou5
- Yale: jih móuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzi6 mou5
- Guangdong Romanization: ji6 mou5
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡siː²² mou̯¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-mû
- Hakka Romanization System: sii muˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: si4 mu1
- Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ mu²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: cê-mō̤
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡si²⁴²⁻⁵³ mo³³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-bú
- Tâi-lô: lī-bú
- Phofsit Daibuun: lixbuo
- IPA (Taipei): /li³³⁻¹¹ bu⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁴¹⁻²² bu⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /li²²⁻²¹ bu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jī-bó
- Tâi-lô: jī-bó
- Phofsit Daibuun: jixboir
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /zi³³⁻²¹ bɤ⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zi²²⁻²¹ bo⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jī-bú
- Tâi-lô: jī-bú
- Phofsit Daibuun: jixbuo
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /zi³³⁻²¹ bu⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ri7 bho2
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jī bó
- Sinological IPA (key): /d͡zi¹¹ bo⁵²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
- Wu
Noun
字母
- letter (of an alphabet)
- alphabet
- (Chinese phonetics) character representing an initial consonant
- 三十六字母 ― sānshíliù zìmǔ ― Thirty-six Initials (of rime tables)
- (typography) matrix
- Synonym: 字模 (zìmó)
Synonyms
Derived terms
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 字 | 母 |
| じ Grade: 1 |
ぼ Grade: 2 |
| goon | kan'on |
Pronunciation
Noun
- (orthography) a letter
- (orthography) a jamo
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 字 | 母 |