叔母

Chinese

		uncle in direct address	female; mother
simp. and trad. (叔母)		叔	母

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shūmǔ, shúmǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄇㄨˇ, ㄕㄨˊ ㄇㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): suk¹ mou⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: shūmǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄇㄨˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shumuu
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: shúmǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˊ ㄇㄨˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shwumuu
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂu³⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: suk¹ mou⁵
  - Yale: sūk móuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: suk⁷ mou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: sug¹ mou⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /sʊk̚⁵ mou̯¹³/

Noun

叔母

aunt (wife of father's younger brother)

Synonyms

嬸嬸／婶婶 (shěnshen)
嬸母／婶母 (shěnmǔ)
嬸子／婶子 (shěnzi)
(Cantonese, Min Nan) 阿嬸／阿婶
(Hakka) 叔姆

Japanese

Kanji in this term
叔	母
Grade: S	Grade: 2
Irregular

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おば [òbá] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [o̞ba̠]

Noun

叔母 (hiragana おば, rōmaji oba)

aunt (younger than one’s parent)

Coordinate terms

伯 (お)母 (ば) (oba): aunt (older than one’s parent)
叔 (お)父 (じ) (oji): uncle (younger than one’s parent)
伯 (お)父 (じ) (oji): uncle (older than one’s parent)

Related terms

伯 (お)母 (ば) (oba): aunt (older than one’s parent)
おばさん (obasan): aunt (polite)
小 (お)母 (ば)さん (obasan): lady, old lady, ma'am

References

1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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