母湯

Chinese

Etymology 1

		female; mother	soup; hot water
trad. (母湯)		母	湯
simp. (母汤)		母	汤

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bú-thng

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bú-thng
    • Tâi-lô: bú-thng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bw'tngf
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰŋ̍⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰŋ̍⁴⁴/

Noun

母湯

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) soup or broth used for cooking

Etymology 2

		phonetic
trad. (母湯)		母	湯
simp. (母汤)		母	汤

From Hokkien 毋通 (m̄-thang). Popularized through Brother Bald's video on YouTube.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǔtāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˇ ㄊㄤ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǔtāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˇ ㄊㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǔtang
    • Wade–Giles: mu³-tʻang¹
    • Yale: mǔ-tāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muutang
    • Palladius: мутан (mutan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰɑŋ⁵⁵/

Adjective

母湯

1. (Taiwanese Mandarin, slang) unacceptable; especially for something lewd
2. (Taiwanese Mandarin, slang) bad

References

• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “母湯”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC