mẫu hậu

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 母后, composed of (mother) and (empress consort), from Chinese 母后 (mǔhòu).

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [məw˦ˀ˥ həw˧˨ʔ]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [məw˧˨ həw˨˩ʔ]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [məw˨˩˦ həw˨˩˨]

    Pronoun

    mẫu hậu

    1. (Chinese fiction, by an empress consort's child) you, my mother the empress