媽祖

See also: 妈祖

Chinese

mother; mama ancestor; forefather; grandparents
trad. (媽祖)
simp. (妈祖)

Pronunciation


Proper noun

媽祖

  1. (religion) Mazu

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 媽祖 (“Mazu”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 天上聖母
Mandarin Taiwan 媽祖
Cantonese Hong Kong 天后
Hakka Changting 天上聖母
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 媽祖婆, 媽仔婆, 媽祖
Liudui (S. Sixian) 媽祖婆, 媽祖娘, 媽祖姑婆, 媽祖
Hsinchu (Hailu) 媽祖婆, 媽仔婆, 媽祖
Dongshi (Dabu) 媽祖婆, 媽祖
Hsinchu (Raoping) 媽祖婆, 媽祖
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 媽祖, 媽祖婆
Min Bei Jian'ou 媽祖婆
Min Dong Fuzhou 媽祖, 媽祖婆婆
Matsu 媽祖婆
Min Nan Xiamen 媽祖
Quanzhou 媽祖
Zhangzhou 媽祖
Taipei 媽祖
Kaohsiung 媽祖
Penang 媽祖婆
Philippines (Manila) 媽祖
Shantou 媽祖
Haifeng 媽祖
Leizhou 婆嬭
Wu Shanghai 天妃
Wenzhou 天妃娘娘
Ningbo 天妃娘娘

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Hyōgaiji

Grade: 5
on’yomi

Proper noun

媽祖 (hiragana まそ, rōmaji Maso)

  1. Mazu (a sea goddess in East and SE Asia)
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