老母

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Chinese

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old; aged; venerable
old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
 
 female; mother
trad. (老母) 老 母
simp. #(老母) 老 母
alternative forms 老木 (lǎomù)

Pronunciation 1

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Noun

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老母

  1. (chiefly Cantonese, Southern Min, informal, non-face-to-face) mom; mother
Usage notes
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In Cantonese, it may be considered offensive or crude because of the connection with the profanity 屌你老母.

Synonyms
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Dialectal synonyms of 媽媽 (“mum (non-face-to-face)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 母, 娘
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 母親
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 媽媽, 媽, 娘
Taiwan 媽媽, 媽
Harbin 媽, 媽媽
Shenyang 媽媽
Singapore 媽媽, 老媽, 媽
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 媽媽
Jinan 媽, 媽媽, 娘
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 媽
Central Plains Mandarin Wanrong 嬤
Wanrong (Ronghe) 媽
Xi'an 媽
Xining 阿媽, 媽媽, 姆媽
Xuzhou 媽媽, 娘, 大兒
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 媽
Lanzhou 媽, 老媽
Ürümqi 老娘
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 媽媽, 媽
Wuhan 姆媽, 媽媽, 老娘, 黎山老 slang, 孟子見 dated slang
Guiyang 媽, 老媽 humorous
Kunming 媽媽
Liuzhou 媽, 阿媽, 娘老, 老媽子
Mae Salong (Lancang) 阿媽, 媽媽
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 媽
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 媽, 姆媽, 娘, 吾媽
Yangzhou 媽媽, 姆媽, 老娘
Nantong 娘嬭
Hefei 媽, 媽爺
Cantonese Guangzhou 老母, 阿媽
Hong Kong 老母, 老媽子, 阿媽, 媽咪, 媽媽, 媽打
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 老母, 阿奶
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 阿媽, 媽
Macau 老母
Guangzhou (Panyu) 老母
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 老母
Guangzhou (Conghua) 老母
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 老母
Foshan 老母
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 老母
Foshan (Shunde) 老母
Foshan (Sanshui) 老母
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 老母, 母親
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 老母
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 老母
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 老母
Zhuhai (Doumen) 老母
Jiangmen (Baisha) 老母
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 老母
Taishan 老母, 媽
Kaiping (Chikan) 老母
Enping (Niujiang) 老母
Heshan (Yayao) 老母
Dongguan 阿媽, 阿奶, 阿姐, 老母, 老乸 Changping, 媽媽 childish, 媽咪 childish
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 老母
Shaoguan 老母
Yunfu 老母
Yangjiang 阿奶
Xinyi 老母
Nanning 媽, 老乸
Hepu (Lianzhou) 俺乸
Beihai 老奶
Beihai (Nankang) 阿娘
Beihai (Yingpan) 老媽, 阿嬸
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 老媽子
Singapore (Guangfu) 老母, 阿媽
Gan Nanchang 姆媽, 娘
Lichuan 娘, 家母
Pingxiang 姆媽, 娘老子
Hakka Meixian 阿姆, 阿媽, 哀仔
Xingning 哀哩, 阿媽
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 阿奶
Huidong (Daling) 阿姆, 媽
Dongguan (Qingxi) 阿姆
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 阿姆
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 阿姆
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 阿嫲, 阿娘, 阿姆
Wuhua (Huacheng) 阿嫲, 阿娘, 阿姆, 哀哩
Wuhua (Changbu) 阿媽, 阿姆
Wuhua (Mianyang) 阿娘
Wuhua (Meilin) 阿嫲
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 哀子
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 阿姆
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 阿姆
Changting 哀哩
Wuping 哀哩
Wuping (Pingyu) 哀子
Liancheng 哀
Ninghua 姆媽
Ruijin 哀, 乳子
Shicheng 哀
Shangyou (Shexi) 姐佬
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 哀仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 哀仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 哀仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 哀
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 哀仔
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 哀
Hong Kong 阿姆
Singkawang 哀
Huizhou Jixi 姆, 娘
Jin Taiyuan 媽媽, 媽
Xinzhou 波, 波波
Northern Min Jian'ou 奶
Eastern Min Fuzhou 娘嬭
Fuqing 娘嬭
Matsu 娘嬭
Southern Min Xiamen 老母, 娘嬭, 阿娘
Xiamen (Tong'an) 老母
Quanzhou 老母, 阿娘
Jinjiang 老母
Zhangzhou 老母, 娘嬭, 豬母 humorous
Taipei 老母
New Taipei (Sanxia) 老母
Kaohsiung 老母
Yilan 老母
Changhua (Lukang) 老母
Taichung 老母, 媽媽
Tainan 老母
Hsinchu 老母
Kinmen 老母, 俺母
Penghu (Magong) 老母
Penang (Hokkien) 老母
Singapore (Hokkien) 老母
Manila (Hokkien) 老母
Chaozhou 阿嬡
Shantou 嬡, 母, 阿嬡, 阿姈, 阿母
Shantou (Chenghai) 嬡, 母
Haifeng 媽, 媽媽
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 阿媽, 媽
Singapore (Teochew) 母, 老母
Leizhou 嬭, 母, 尼母, 尼姨 dated, 尼嫂 dated
Haikou 母
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 老母, 媽媽, 媽咪
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 媽, 老娘, 嫂, 嬸, 阿媼 dated
Binyang 母親, 嬸
Wu Shanghai 娘
Shanghai (Chongming) 娘
Suzhou 娘, 姆媽
Danyang 媽, 娘
Hangzhou 姆媽, 媽媽, 娘
Ningbo 阿娘, 老娘
Wenzhou 阿媽, 阿奶, 奶
Jinhua 娘
Xiang Changsha 媽媽, 娘, 姆媽, 娘老子
Loudi 依爺, 姆媽, 娘, 娘老子
Shuangfeng 姆媽, 娘
Hengyang 娘, 娘老倌, 娘老倌子
Hyponyms
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Derived terms
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Pronunciation 2

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Rime
Character 老 母
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 豪 (89) 侯 (137)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 盧晧切 莫厚切
Baxter lawX muwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/lɑuX/ /məuX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/lɑuX/ /məuX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/lɑuX/ /məuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/lawX/ /məwX/
Li
Rong 		/lɑuX/ /muX/
Wang
Li 		/lɑuX/ /məuX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/lɑuX/ /mə̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		lǎo mǒu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		lou5 mau5
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 老 母
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		lǎo mǔ
Middle
Chinese 		‹ lawX › ‹ muwX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*C.rˁuʔ/ /*məʔ/ (? or *mˁoʔ)
English old mother

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 老 母
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 7666 9288
Phonetic
component 		老 母
Rime
group 		幽 之
Rime
subdivision 		1 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		老 母
Old
Chinese 		/*ruːʔ/ /*mɯʔ/

Noun

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老母

  1. (literary) one's aging mother
  2. (literary) old woman
Descendants
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Sino-Xenic (老母):
  • → Japanese: 老母(ろうぼ) (rōbo)
  • → Korean: 노모(老母) (nomo), 로모(老母) (romo)

References

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  • Fielde, Adele Marion (1883) “母 (bó̤)”, in A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect, Arranged According to Syllables and Tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 15
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