母性

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Chinese

		female; mother	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
simp. and trad. (母性)		母	性

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mǔxìng

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ sing³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mǔxìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mǔsìng
  - Wade–Giles: mu³-hsing⁴
  - Yale: mǔ-syìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muushinq
  - Palladius: мусин (musin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁵ sing³
  - Yale: móuh sing
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ sing³
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ xing³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ sɪŋ³³/

Noun

母性

maternal instinct

Coordinate terms

父性 (fùxìng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
母	性
ぼ Grade: 2	せい Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぼせー (Heiban – )
(Tokyo) ぼせー (Atamadaka – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

母(ぼ)性(せい) • (bosei) ^{←ぼせい (bosei)^?}

maternal instinct
湧(わ)き出(で)る母性(ぼせい)
wakideru bosei
motherly instinct flowing forward

Coordinate terms

父性(ふせい) (fusei)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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