月子

Chinese

		moon; month	child; son; (noun suff.) child; son; (noun suff.); small thing; midnight; 11 p.m.-1 a.m.; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch
simp. and trad. (月子)		月	子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuèzi

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ ˙ㄗ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut⁶ zi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yuèzi
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ˙ㄗ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yueh.tzy
  - IPA ^(key): /y̯œ⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyut⁶ zi²
  - Yale: yuht jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yud⁶ ji²
  - IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚² t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

月子

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
the month following childbirth; puerperium

Synonyms

(Min Nan) 月內／月内

Derived terms

坐月子 (zuòyuèzi)

See also

月嫂 (yuèsǎo)

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