先母

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	female; mother
simp. and trad. (先母)		先	母

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiānmǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢㄇㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ mou⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiānmǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢㄇㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sianmǔ
  - Wade–Giles: hsien¹-mu³
  - Yale: syān-mǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianmuu
  - Palladius: сяньму (sjanʹmu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sin¹ mou⁵
  - Yale: sīn móuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ mou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ mou⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ mou̯¹³/

Noun

先母

(literary) one's deceased mother

Synonyms

先妣 (xiānbǐ)
先慈 (xiāncí)

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