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母校

母校

Chinese

		female; mother	school; proofread; to check school; proofread; to check; to compare
simp. and trad. (母校)		母	校

Noun

母校

one's former school or college; alma mater

Japanese

Kanji in this term
母	校
ぼ Grade: 2	こう Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

母校 ‎(hiragana ぼこう, romaji bokō)

alma mater

Korean

Hanja in this term
母	校

Noun

母校 • ‎(mogyo) ‎(hangeul 모교)

Hanja form^? of 모교, “alma mater”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): mǔxiào

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ haau⁶
Min Nan (POJ): bió-hāu / bú-hāu / bó-hāu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: mǔxiào
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄠˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muushiaw
  - IPA ^(key): /mu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁵ haau⁶
  - Yale: móuh haauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ haau⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ hɑːu̯²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bió-hāu
  - Tâi-lô: bió-hāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bioy'hau
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /biɤ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ haʊ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bú-hāu
  - Tâi-lô: bú-hāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bw'hau
  - IPA (Taipei): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ haʊ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ haʊ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ haʊ²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bó-hāu
  - Tâi-lô: bó-hāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boy'hau
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɤ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ haʊ²²/