母愛

Chinese

		female; mother	to love; affection; to be fond of to love; affection; to be fond of; to like
trad. (母愛)		母	愛
simp. (母爱)		母	爱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǔ'ài

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˇ ㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ oi³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bió-ài / bú-ài / bó-ài

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǔ'ài
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˇ ㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǔ-ài
    • Wade–Giles: mu³-ai⁴
    • Yale: mǔ-ài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muuay
    • Palladius: му’ай (mu’aj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁵ oi³
    • Yale: móuh oi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ oi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ oi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ ɔːi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bió-ài
    • Tâi-lô: bió-ài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bioyaix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ai⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bú-ài
    • Tâi-lô: bú-ài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bwaix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ai²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bó-ài
    • Tâi-lô: bó-ài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boyaix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ai²¹/

Noun

母愛

1. mother love; maternal love

Derived terms

• 母愛主義 / 母爱主义 (mǔ'ài zhǔyì)