母體

See also: 母体

Chinese

		female; mother	body; form; style body; form; style; system
trad. (母體)		母	體
simp. (母体)		母	体

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǔtǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˇ ㄊㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ tai²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bú-thé / bió-thé / bó-thé / bú-thóe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǔtǐ [Phonetic: mútǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˇ ㄊㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǔtǐ
    • Wade–Giles: mu³-tʻi³
    • Yale: mǔ-tǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muutii
    • Palladius: мути (muti)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁵ tai²
    • Yale: móuh tái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ tai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ tei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ tʰɐi̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bú-thé
    • Tâi-lô: bú-thé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bw'tea
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰe⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰe⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bió-thé
    • Tâi-lô: bió-thé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bioy'tea
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰe⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bó-thé
    • Tâi-lô: bó-thé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boy'tea
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰe⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou, Taipei): /bo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰe⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bú-thóe
    • Tâi-lô: bú-thué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bw'toea
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰue⁵³/

Noun

母體

1. mother's body
2. (figurative) basis; foundation; matrix; nucleus
3. (statistics) population; statistical population
4. (meteoritics) parent body

Synonyms

• (mother's body): (Hokkien) 母身

Adjective

母體

1. (Hokkien) sissy; effeminate (in one's voice, gesture, behavior, etc.)

Synonyms

• (effeminate): (Hokkien) 查某體／查某体, 軟母／软母, 母形, 母形體／母形体

Japanese

Kanji in this term
母	體
ぼ Grade: 2	たい Hyōgai
kan'yōon	goon

For pronunciation and definitions of 母體 – see the following entry.

【母体ぼたい】 [noun] [from 1910] (biology) a mother's body [noun] [from 1929] a parent organization or group

(This term, 母體, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
母	體

Noun

母體 • (moche) (hangeul 모체)

1. hanja form^? of 모체 (“mother's body”)