母音

Chinese

		female; mother	sound; noise; news
simp. and trad. (母音)		母	音

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mǔyīn

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˇ ㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ jam¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: mǔyīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˇ ㄧㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muuin
  - IPA ^(key): /mu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ in⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁵ jam¹
  - Yale: móuh yām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ jam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ yem¹
  - IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ jɐm⁵⁵/

Noun

母音

vowel

Synonyms

元音 (yuányīn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (母音):

Japanese: 母 (ぼ)音 (いん) (boin); 母 (ぼ)音 (おん) (boon)
Korean: 모음 (母音, mo-eum)
Vietnamese: mẫu âm (母音)

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
母	音
ぼ Grade: 2	おん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Kanji in this term
母	音
ぼ Grade: 2	いん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) ぼいん [bòíń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
- IPA^(key): [bo̞ĩɴ]
Homophones: 拇印, 戊寅

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) ぼおん [bòóń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [bo̞õ̞ɴ]

Noun

母音 (hiragana ぼいん, rōmaji boin, alternative reading ぼおん, rōmaji boon)

(phonetics, phonology) vowel

References

1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
母	音

Noun

母音 • (mo-eum) (hangeul 모음)

Hanja form^? of 모음 (“vowel”).

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