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孝服

孝服

Chinese

		filial	clothes; dress; garment clothes; dress; garment; submit; take (medicine)
simp. and trad. (孝服)		孝	服

Noun

孝服

mourning apparel
conventional period of mourning (for a deceased elder member of one's family)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xiàofú

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄈㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haau³ fuk⁶
Min Nan (POJ): hàu-ho̍k / hà-ho̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiàofú
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄈㄨˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiawfwu
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ fu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: haau³ fuk⁶
  - Yale: haau fuhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haau³ fuk⁹
  - IPA ^(key): /hɑːu̯³³ fʊk̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hàu-ho̍k
  - Tâi-lô: hàu-ho̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hao'hok
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /haʊ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hɔk̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /haʊ²¹⁻⁵³ hɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /haʊ²¹⁻⁵³ hɔk̚¹²¹/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hà-ho̍k
  - Tâi-lô: hà-ho̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: harhok
  - IPA (Taipei): /ha¹¹⁻⁵³ hɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ha²¹⁻⁴¹ hɔk̚⁴/