嫡母

Chinese

		first wife; son of first wife	female; mother
trad. (嫡母)		嫡	母
simp. ^#(嫡母)		嫡	母
alternative forms		適母

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dímǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˊ ㄇㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dik¹ mou⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tek-bú

(Teochew, Peng'im): dêg⁴ bho²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dímǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˊ ㄇㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dímǔ
  - Wade–Giles: ti²-mu³
  - Yale: dí-mǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dyimuu
  - Palladius: диму (dimu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti³⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dik¹ mou⁵
  - Yale: dīk móuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dik⁷ mou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: dig¹ mou⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪk̚⁵ mou̯¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tek-bú
  - Tâi-lô: tik-bú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dekbuo
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ bu⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ bu⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dêg⁴ bho²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tek bó
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tek̚²⁻⁴ bo⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

嫡母

father's primary wife (in relation to children of concubines or other wives)

Synonyms

(Hakka) 大哀
(Hokkien) 大母, 大老母

References

Fielde, Adele Marion (1883), “母 (bó̤)”, in A pronouncing and defining dictionary of the Swatow dialect, arranged according to syllables and tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 15