師母

See also: 师母

Chinese

		a division (milit.); teacher; master a division (milit.); teacher; master; expert; model	female; mother
trad. (師母)		師	母
simp. (师母)		师	母

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shīmǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ ㄇㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ mou⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sir-bió / su-bió / su-bú / su-bó

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shīmǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ ㄇㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shihmǔ
    • Wade–Giles: shih¹-mu³
    • Yale: shr̄-mǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shymuu
    • Palladius: шиму (šimu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si¹ mou⁵
    • Yale: sī móuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ mou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ mou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ mou̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sir-bió
    • Tâi-lô: sir-bió
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ³³ bio⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-bió
    • Tâi-lô: su-bió
    • Phofsit Daibuun: su'bioir
    • IPA (Taipei): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ bio⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ biɤ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-bú
    • Tâi-lô: su-bú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: su'buo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su⁴⁴⁻²² bu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ bu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ bu⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-bó
    • Tâi-lô: su-bó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: su'boir
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /su⁴⁴⁻²² bo⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ bɤ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ bo⁵³/

Noun

師母

1. wife of one's teacher, master, pastor, etc.

Usage notes

This term is not used to refer to a female teacher. Instead, the term 師父／师父 (shīfu) is used to refer one's teacher irrespective of sex.

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 先生娘

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (師母):

• → Korean: 사모(師母) (samo)
• → Vietnamese: sư mẫu (師母)

See also

• 師丈／师丈 (shīzhàng)