月裡
Chinese
| moon; month | inside; within; in inside; within; in; lining of clothing | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (月裡/月裏) | 月 | 裡/裏 | |
| simp. (月里) | 月 | 里 | |
Pronunciation
Noun
月裡
- (Wuhan Mandarin, Northern Min, Wenzhounese) the month following childbirth, during which the mother goes through the traditional Chinese form of postpartum recovery, sometimes referred to in English as confinement or lying-in; puerperium
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 月子 (“postpartum confinement”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 月子 | |
| Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 月子窠兒, 月子窠兒裡 |
| Wanrong | 月子 | |
| Yinchuan | 月子裡 | |
| Wuhan | 月裡 | |
| Xuzhou | 月窩兒, 月子窩兒, 月地兒, 月子地兒 | |
| Nanjing | 月子底下 | |
| Singapore | 月子 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 月子裡 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 月子 |
| Xinzhou | 月子 | |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 月裡 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 月內 |
| Quanzhou | 月內 | |
| Jinjiang | 月內 | |
| Zhangzhou | 月內 | |
| Tainan | 月內 GT | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 月內 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 月內 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 月內 | |
| Leizhou | 月內 | |
| Haikou | 月內 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 月內 |
| Xianyou | 月內 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 月子裡, 月裡向, 舍姆裡 |
| Danyang | 月子裡 | |
| Wenzhou | 月裡 | |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese | |
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