mẹ kế

Vietnamese

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 繼母 / 继母 (kế mẫu)

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [mɛ˧˨ʔ ke˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [mɛ˨˩ʔ kej˨˩˦]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [mɛ˨˩˨ kej˦˥]

Noun

mẹ kế

  1. stepmother; stepmom

Synonyms