媽祖

See also: 妈祖

Chinese

		mother; mama	ancestor; forefather; grandparents
trad. (媽祖)		媽	祖
simp. (妈祖)		妈	祖
anagram		祖媽／祖妈

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Māzǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚ ㄗㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa¹ zou² / maa⁵ zou²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Mâ-chú
• Eastern Min (BUC): Mā-cū
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Má-chó͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ma² zou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Māzǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚ ㄗㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Mazǔ
    • Wade–Giles: Ma¹-tsu³
    • Yale: Mā-dzǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Mhatzuu
    • Palladius: Мацзу (Maczu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä⁵⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa¹ zou² / maa⁵ zou²
    • Yale: mā jóu / máh jóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa¹ dzou² / maa⁵ dzou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma¹ zou² / ma⁵ zou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː⁵⁵ t͡sou̯³⁵/, /maː¹³ t͡sou̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Mâ-chú
    • Hakka Romanization System: ma´ zu`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ma¹ zu³
    • Sinological IPA: /ma²⁴ t͡su³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Mā-cū
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ma³³⁻³⁵ ^(t͡s-)ʒu³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Má-chó͘
    • Tâi-lô: Má-tsóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mafzor
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ma² zou²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: má tsóu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ma⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sou⁵²⁻²¹/

Proper noun

媽祖

1. (Chinese mythology, religion) Mazu

   • 天后宮位於澎湖縣馬公市正義街上，俗稱『天妃宮』、『媽祖宮』，在明代稱為『娘宮』、『媽娘宮』、『娘媽宮』『媽宮』等 [MSC, trad.]
     天后宫位于澎湖县马公市正义街上，俗称『天妃宫』、『妈祖宫』，在明代称为『娘宫』、『妈娘宫』、『娘妈宫』『妈宫』等 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2013?, "澎湖天后宫 (Penghu Tianhou Temple), 蚂蜂窝 (Mafengwo)

     Tiānhòu Gōng wèiyú Pénghú Xiàn Mǎgōng Shì Zhèngyì Jiē shàng, súchēng ‘Tiānfēi Gōng’, ‘Māzǔ Gōng’, zài Míngdài chēngwéi ‘Niáng Gōng’, ‘Māniáng Gōng’, ‘Niángmā Gōng’ ‘Mā Gōng’ děng [Pinyin]

     The Tianhou Temple located on Zhengyi Street, Magong City, Penghu County, commonly known as the “Tianfei Temple” or the “Mazu Temple”, known as “Niang Temple”, “Maninang Temple”, “Niangma Temple”, etc. during the Ming dynasty

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 媽祖 (“Mazu”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		天上聖母, 媽祖
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	媽祖
	Singapore	媽祖
Cantonese	Hong Kong	天后
Hakka	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	媽祖
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	天妃娘娘
	Changting	天上聖母
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	媽祖婆, 媽仔婆, 媽祖
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	媽祖婆, 媽祖娘, 媽祖姑婆, 媽祖
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	媽祖婆, 媽仔婆, 媽祖
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	媽祖婆, 媽祖
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	媽祖婆, 媽祖
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	媽祖, 媽祖婆
Northern Min	Jian'ou	媽祖婆
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	媽祖, 媽祖婆婆
	Matsu	媽祖婆
Southern Min	Xiamen	媽祖
	Quanzhou	媽祖
	Zhangzhou	媽祖, 媽祖婆
	Tainan	媽祖, 媽祖婆
	Penang (Hokkien)	媽祖婆
	Singapore (Hokkien)	媽祖婆, 媽祖
	Manila (Hokkien)	媽祖
	Longyan	姑婆
	Shantou	媽祖
	Shantou (Chenghai)	媽祖
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	媽祖
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	媽祖
	Jieyang	媽祖
	Haifeng	媽祖
	Singapore (Teochew)	媽祖
	Leizhou	婆嬭
	Singapore (Hainanese)	婆祖
Wu	Shanghai	天妃
	Ningbo	天妃娘娘
	Wenzhou	天妃娘娘

Derived terms

• 媽祖婆／妈祖婆
• 媽祖魚／妈祖鱼
• 馬祖／马祖 (Mǎzǔ)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
媽	祖
ま Hyōgaiji	そ Grade: 5
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
媽祖 (kyūjitai)

Proper noun

媽(ま)祖(そ) • (Maso) 

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
媽	祖

Proper noun

媽祖 • (Majo) (hangeul 마조)

1. Hanja form^? of 마조 (“Mazu”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
媽	祖

Proper noun

媽祖

1. chữ Hán form of Ma Tổ (“Mazu”).