坐月子
Chinese
| to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc.) | yuezi, the traditional Chinese form of postpartum recovery that lasts for one month after childbirth, sometimes referred to in English as confinement or lying-in | ||
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| simp. and trad. (坐月子) |
坐 | 月子 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄩㄝˋ ˙ㄗ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohyueh.tzy
- IPA (key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ y̯œ⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: co5 jyut6 zi2
- Yale: chóh yuht jí
- Cantonese Pinyin: tso5 jyt9 dzi2
- Guangdong Romanization: co5 yud6 ji2
- IPA (key): /t͡sʰɔː¹³ jyːt̚² t͡siː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
Verb
坐月子
- to go through yuezi, the traditional Chinese form of postpartum recovery that lasts for one month after childbirth, sometimes referred to in English as confinement or lying-in
Synonyms
See also
- 月嫂 (yuèsǎo)
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