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岳母

岳母

Chinese

		mountain; wife's father	female; mother
simp. and trad. (岳母)		岳	母

Noun

岳母

mother-in-law (wife's mother)

Synonyms

丈母娘 (zhàngmuniáng)
丈母 (zhàngmǔ)

See also

岳父 (yuèfù)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yuèmǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ ㄇㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngok⁶ mou^5-2
Min Nan (POJ): ga̍k-bió / ga̍k-bú / ga̍k-bó

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yuèmǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄇㄨˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuehmuu
  - IPA ^(key): /y̯œ⁵¹ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngok⁶ mou^5-2
  - Yale: ngohk móu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngok⁹ mou^5-2
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːk̚² mou̯¹³⁻³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ga̍k-bió
  - Tâi-lô: ga̍k-bió
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gagbioir
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /gak̚²⁴⁻²² biɤ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ga̍k-bú
  - Tâi-lô: ga̍k-bú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gagbuo
  - IPA (Taipei): /gak̚⁴⁻³² bu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /gak̚⁴⁻³² bu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /gak̚⁴⁻²¹ bu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ga̍k-bó
  - Tâi-lô: ga̍k-bó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gagboir
  - IPA (Taipei): /gak̚⁴⁻³² bo⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /gak̚⁴⁻³² bɤ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /gak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ bɤ⁵³/