母體

See also: 母体

Chinese

		female; mother	body; form; style body; form; style; system
trad. (母體)		母	體
simp. (母体)		母	体

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mǔtǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˇ ㄊㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ tai²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bú-thé / bió-thé / bó-thé / bú-thóe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mǔtǐ [Phonetic: mútǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˇ ㄊㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mǔtǐ
  - Wade–Giles: mu³-tʻi³
  - Yale: mǔ-tǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muutii
  - Palladius: мути (muti)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁵ tai²
  - Yale: móuh tái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ tai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ tei²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ tʰɐi̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bú-thé
  - Tâi-lô: bú-thé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bw'tea
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰe⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰe⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bió-thé
  - Tâi-lô: bió-thé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bioy'tea
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰe⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bó-thé
  - Tâi-lô: bó-thé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boy'tea
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰe⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou, Taipei): /bo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰe⁵³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bú-thóe
  - Tâi-lô: bú-thué
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bw'toea
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰue⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰue⁵³/

Noun

母體

mother's body
(figurative) basis; foundation; matrix; nucleus
(statistics) population; statistical population
(meteoritics) parent body

Synonyms

(mother's body): (Hokkien) 母身

Adjective

母體

(Hokkien) sissy; effeminate (in one's voice, gesture, behavior, etc.)

Synonyms

(effeminate): (Hokkien) 查某體／查某体, 軟母／软母, 母形, 母形體／母形体

Japanese

Kanji in this term
母	體
ぼ Grade: 2	たい Hyōgai
kan'yōon	goon

For pronunciation and definitions of 母體 – see the following entry.

【母体ぼたい】

[noun] [from 1910] (biology) a mother's body

[noun] [from 1929] a parent organization or group

(This term, 母體, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
母	體

Noun

母體 • (moche) (hangeul 모체)

hanja form^? of 모체 (“mother's body”)