mẫu hậu

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 母后, composed of 母 (“mother”) and 后 (“empress consort”), from Chinese 母后 (mǔhòu).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [məw˦ˀ˥ həw˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [məw˧˨ həw˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [məw˨˩˦ həw˨˩˨]

Pronoun

mẫu hậu

  1. (Chinese fiction, by an empress consort's child) you, my mother the empress
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