月內房

Chinese

		the month following childbirth, during which the mother goes through the traditional Chinese form of postpartum recovery, sometimes referred to in English as or; puerperium	house
trad. (月內房)		月內	房
simp. (月内房)		月内	房
variant forms		月裡房／月里房

Pronunciation

Min Nan (POJ): ge̍h-lāi-pâng / ge̍rh-lǎi-pâng / goe̍h-lāi-pâng / ge̍h-lǎi-pâng

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ge̍h-lāi-pâng
  - Tâi-lô: ge̍h-lāi-pâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: geqlaixpaang
  - IPA (Taipei): /ge(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ laɪ³³⁻¹¹ paŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ge(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ laɪ²²⁻²¹ paŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ge̍rh-lǎi-pâng
  - Tâi-lô: ge̍rh-lǎi-pâng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /gə(ʔ)²⁴⁻²² laɪ²² paŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goe̍h-lāi-pâng
  - Tâi-lô: gue̍h-lāi-pâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goeqlaixpaang
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /gue(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ laɪ³³⁻²¹ paŋ²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /gue(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ laɪ²²⁻²¹ paŋ¹³/
- (Hokkien: Jinjiang, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ge̍h-lǎi-pâng
  - Tâi-lô: ge̍h-lǎi-pâng
  - IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /ge(ʔ)²⁴⁻²² laɪ³³⁻²² paŋ²⁴/

Noun

月內房

(Min Nan) room where a woman spends her yuezi, which is the traditional Chinese form of postpartum recovery that lasts for one month after childbirth

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