母后

Chinese

		female; mother	empress; queen; surname
simp. and trad. (母后)		母	后
anagram		后母

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mǔhòu

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˇ ㄏㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ hau⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mû-heu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mǔhòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˇ ㄏㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mǔhòu
  - Wade–Giles: mu³-hou⁴
  - Yale: mǔ-hòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muuhow
  - Palladius: мухоу (muxou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu²¹⁴⁻²¹ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁵ hau⁶
  - Yale: móuh hauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ hau⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ heo⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ hɐu̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mû-heu
  - Hakka Romanization System: mu^ˊ heu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mu¹ heu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /mu²⁴⁻¹¹ heu̯⁵⁵/

Noun

母后

(historical) Term of address for the empress dowager used by the emperor or his siblings: mother
(historical) Term of address for the empress used by children of the emperor: mother
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Descendants

Sino-Xenic (母后):

→ Vietnamese: mẫu hậu (母后)

See also

父王 (fùwáng)