母子

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Chinese

		female; mother	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (母子)		母	子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mǔzǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˇ ㄗˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ zi²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mû-chṳ́

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mǔzǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˇ ㄗˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mǔzǐh
  - Wade–Giles: mu³-tzŭ³
  - Yale: mǔ-dž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muutzyy
  - Palladius: муцзы (muczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: mou⁵ zi²
  - Yale: móuh jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ t͡siː³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mû-chṳ́
  - Hakka Romanization System: mu´ zii`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mu¹ zi³
  - Sinological IPA: /mu²⁴ t͡sɨ³¹/

Middle Chinese: muwX tsiX

Rime
Character	母	子
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	莫厚切	即里切
Baxter	muwX	tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/məu^X/	/t͡sɨ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/məu^X/	/t͡sɨ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/məu^X/	/t͡sie^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/məw^X/	/t͡sɨ^X/
Li Rong	/mu^X/	/t͡siə^X/
Wang Li	/məu^X/	/t͡sĭə^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/mə̯u^X/	/t͡si^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mǒu	zǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mau⁵	zi²

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*məʔ tsəʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*mɯʔ ʔslɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	母	子
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mǔ	zǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ muw^X ›	‹ tsi^X ›
Old Chinese	/məʔ/ (? or mˁoʔ)	/*tsəʔ/
English	mother	child; gentleman, master
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be -t or -p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	母	子
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	9288	17857
Phonetic component	母	子
Rime group	之	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	母	子
Old Chinese	/*mɯʔ/	/*ʔslɯʔ/

Noun

母子

Synonyms

(mother and child):

仔乸 (zai² naa²) (Cantonese)
兩仔乸／两仔乸 (loeng⁵ zai² naa²) (Cantonese)
兩娘崽／两娘崽 (lian³ nyian² zai³) (Xiang)
兩子哀／两子哀 (Hakka)
兩母囝／两母囝 (Teochew)
娘兒／娘儿
娘兒倆／娘儿俩 (niángrliǎ)
娘兒們／娘儿们 (niángrmen)
娘嬭囝／娘奶囝 (niòng-nā̤-giāng) (Eastern Min, Puxian Min)
子哀 (Hakka)
母仔囝 (Hokkien)
母囝 (Hokkien, Teochew)
老媽囝／老妈囝 (sē-mǎ-gṳǐng) (Northern Min)

Derived terms

宜母子 (yímǔzǐ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
母	子
ぼ Grade: 2	し Grade: 1
kan’yōon	on’yomi

Noun

母(ぼ)子(し) • (boshi)

mother and child

See also

父子(ふし) (fushi)

Korean

Hanja in this term
母	子

Noun

母子 • (moja) (hangeul 모자)

Hanja form^? of 모자 (“mother and son”).

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