月子
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Chinese[edit]
moon; month | child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight | ||
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simp. and trad. (月子) |
月 | 子 | |
anagram | 子月 |
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
月子
- the month following childbirth, during which the mother goes through the traditional Chinese form of postpartum recovery, sometimes referred to in English as confinement or lying-in; puerperium
- time of childbirth
- the moon
Synonyms[edit]
Dialectal synonyms of 月子 (“postpartum confinement”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 月子 | |
Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 月子窠兒, 月子窠兒裡 |
Wanrong | 月子 | |
Yinchuan | 月子裡 | |
Wuhan | 月裡 | |
Xuzhou | 月窩兒, 月子窩兒, 月地兒, 月子地兒 | |
Nanjing | 月子底下 | |
Singapore | 月子 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 月子裡 |
Jin | Taiyuan | 月子 |
Xinzhou | 月子 | |
Northern Min | Jian'ou | 月裡 |
Southern Min | Xiamen | 月內 |
Quanzhou | 月內 | |
Jinjiang | 月內 | |
Zhangzhou | 月內 | |
Tainan | 月內 GT | |
Penang (Hokkien) | 月內 | |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 月內 | |
Manila (Hokkien) | 月內 | |
Leizhou | 月內 | |
Haikou | 月內 | |
Puxian Min | Putian | 月內 |
Xianyou | 月內 | |
Wu | Shanghai | 月子裡, 月裡向, 舍姆裡 |
Danyang | 月子裡 | |
Wenzhou | 月裡 | |
Note | GT - General Taiwanese |
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- 月嫂 (yuèsǎo)
Japanese[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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月 | 子 |
つき Grade: 1 |
こ Grade: 1 |
Proper noun[edit]
- a female given name
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