生母

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	female; mother
simp. and trad. (生母)		生	母

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēngmǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥㄇㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sang¹ mou⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): seⁿ-bó / siⁿ-bú

(Teochew, Peng'im): sên¹ bho²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēngmǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥㄇㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shengmǔ
  - Wade–Giles: shêng¹-mu³
  - Yale: shēng-mǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengmuu
  - Palladius: шэнму (šɛnmu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    生母
    聲母 / 声母
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sang¹ mou⁵
  - Yale: sāng móuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sang¹ mou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: seng¹ mou⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ mou̯¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seⁿ-bó
  - Tâi-lô: senn-bó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sve'boir
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /sẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ bɤ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siⁿ-bú
  - Tâi-lô: sinn-bú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: svi'buo
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /sĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ bu⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sên¹ bho²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: seⁿ bó
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sẽ³³⁻²³ bo⁵²/

Noun

生母

biological mother

Synonyms

(Wu) 生身娘

See also

生父 (shēngfù)

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