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 (Teochew, Peng'im): dêg⁴ bho²

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• 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
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dêg⁴ bho²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tek bó
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tek̚²⁻⁴ bo⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

嫡母

1. father's primary wife (referred to by children of concubines)

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