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母舅

母舅

Chinese

		female; mother	maternal uncle
simp. and trad. (母舅)		母	舅
anagram		舅母

Noun

母舅

(literary) uncle (mother's brother)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): mǔjiù

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄡˋ
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mû-khiû
Min Nan (POJ): bó-kū / bú-kū

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: mǔjiù
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄡˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muujiow
  - IPA ^(key): /mu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mû-khiû
  - Hakka Romanization System: mu´ kiu´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mu¹ kiu¹
  - IPA: /mu²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi̯u²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bó-kū / bú-kū
  - Tâi-lô: bó-kū / bú-kū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boy'ku, bw'ku
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bɤ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ku²²/, /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ku²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bɤ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ku⁴¹/, /bu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ku⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɤ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ku²²/, /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ku²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ku³³/, /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ku³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ku³³/, /bu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ku³³/