母上

Chinese

		female; mother	up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
simp. and trad. (母上)		母	上

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mǔshàng

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˇ ㄕㄤˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mǔshàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˇ ㄕㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mǔshàng
  - Wade–Giles: mu³-shang⁴
  - Yale: mǔ-shàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muushanq
  - Palladius: мушан (mušan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/

Noun

母上

(slang) mother; mom

Japanese

Kanji in this term
母	上
はは Grade: 2	うえ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ははうえ [hàháꜜùè] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ha̠ha̠ɯ̟e̞]

Noun

母(はは)上(うえ) • (hahaue)

(archaic, honorific) mother (used in pre-Meiji samurai families)
Synonyms: お母さん, 母親, 母

See also

父上(ちちうえ) (chichiue)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN