慈母

Chinese

		compassionate; gentle; merciful compassionate; gentle; merciful; kind; humane	female; mother
simp. and trad. (慈母)		慈	母

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): címǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄘˊ ㄇㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁴ mou⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ̀-mû
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): ce⁵ bho²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: címǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˊ ㄇㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cíhmǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ²-mu³
    • Yale: tsź-mǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyrmuu
    • Palladius: цыму (cymu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩³⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci⁴ mou⁵
    • Yale: chìh móuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁴ mou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi⁴ mou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː²¹ mou̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ̀-mû
    • Hakka Romanization System: cii^ˇ mu^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ci² mu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨ¹¹ mu²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ce⁵ bho²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshṳ̂ bó
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɯ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ bo⁵²/

Noun

慈母

1. loving mother; affectionate mother

Derived terms

• 慈母心 (címǔxīn)