師母

See also: 师母

Chinese

		a division (milit.); teacher; master a division (milit.); teacher; master; expert; model	female; mother
trad. (師母)		師	母
simp. (师母)		师	母

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shīmǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄇㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ mou⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sir-bió / su-bió / su-bú / su-bó

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shīmǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄇㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shihmǔ
  - Wade–Giles: shih¹-mu³
  - Yale: shr̄-mǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shymuu
  - Palladius: шиму (šimu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: si¹ mou⁵
  - Yale: sī móuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ mou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ mou⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ mou̯¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sir-bió
  - Tâi-lô: sir-bió
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ³³ bio⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-bió
  - Tâi-lô: su-bió
  - Phofsit Daibuun: su'bioir
  - IPA (Taipei): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ bio⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ biɤ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-bú
  - Tâi-lô: su-bú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: su'buo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /su⁴⁴⁻²² bu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ bu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ bu⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-bó
  - Tâi-lô: su-bó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: su'boir
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /su⁴⁴⁻²² bo⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ bɤ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ bo⁵³/

Noun

師母

wife of one's teacher, master, pastor, etc.

Usage notes

This term is not used to refer to a female teacher. Instead, the term 師父／师父 (shīfu) is used to refer one's teacher irrespective of sex.

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 先生娘

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (師母):

→ Korean: 사모(師母) (samo)
→ Vietnamese: sư mẫu (師母)

See also

師丈／师丈 (shīzhàng)

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