知母

Chinese

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhīmǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄇㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ mou⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhīmǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄇㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhihmǔ
  - Wade–Giles: chih¹-mu³
  - Yale: jr̄-mǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jymuu
  - Palladius: чжиму (čžimu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi¹ mou⁵
  - Yale: jī móuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ mou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ mou⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ mou̯¹³/

Etymology 1

		to know; to be aware	female; mother
simp. and trad. (知母)		知	母

Noun

知母

Etymology 2

		phonetic	female; mother
simp. and trad. (知母)		知	母

Noun

知母

(Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 知 (MC trje)

References

Nigel Wiseman, "English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary of Chinese Medicine", 1995. →ISBN.

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