義母

Chinese

		justice; righteousness; meaning	female; mother
trad. (義母)		義	母
simp. (义母)		义	母

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìmǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄇㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ mou⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gī-bú / gī-bó

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìmǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄇㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìmǔ
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴-mu³
    • Yale: yì-mǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihmuu
    • Palladius: иму (imu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁶ mou⁵
    • Yale: yih móuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ mou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ mou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² mou̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gī-bú / gī-bó
    • Tâi-lô: gī-bú / gī-bó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gixbuo, gixboir
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡi²²⁻²¹ bu⁵³/, /ɡi²²⁻²¹ bo⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡi⁴¹⁻²² bu⁵⁵⁴/, /ɡi⁴¹⁻²² bo⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡi²²⁻²¹ bu⁵³/, /ɡi²²⁻²¹ bo⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡi³³⁻¹¹ bu⁵³/, /ɡi³³⁻¹¹ bo⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡi³³⁻²¹ bu⁴¹/, /ɡi³³⁻²¹ bɤ⁴¹/

Noun

義母

1. (literary) godmother; (nominally) adoptive mother

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 乾媽 (“godmother; (nominally) adoptive mother”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		乾媽, 乾娘, 義母
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	乾媽, 乾娘
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	乾娘
	Wanrong	乾媽
	Xi'an	乾媽
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	乾媽
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	乾媽
	Liuzhou	乾媽, 契媽
Cantonese	Guangzhou	契媽
	Hong Kong	契媽
	Dongguan	契媽
Gan	Nanchang	乾娘
	Lichuan	契娘
	Pingxiang	乾娘
Hakka	Meixian	相認哀
	Yudu	契姐, 奶媽
Northern Min	Jian'ou	老奶
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	義奶, 義娘奶
Southern Min	Xiamen	契母
	Quanzhou	契母
	Jinjiang	契母
	Zhangzhou	契母
	Tainan	契母 GT
	Manila (Hokkien)	契母
	Shantou	契母, 契哀
	Jieyang	契哀
	Leizhou	契嬭
Puxian Min	Putian	結義的娘嬭
	Xianyou	結義的娘嬭
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	契媽, 契娘
Wu	Suzhou	乾娘
	Hangzhou	乾娘
Xiang	Hengyang	乾娘
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Related terms

• 義兄 / 义兄 (yìxiōng)
• 義姉 / 义姊 (yìjiě)
• 義妹 / 义妹
• 義弟 / 义弟 (yìdì)
• 義父 / 义父 (yìfù)
• 義親 / 义亲

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (義母):

• → Japanese: 義母(ぎぼ) (gibo)
• → Korean: 의모(義母) (uimo)
• → Vietnamese: nghĩa mẫu (義母)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
義	母
ぎ Grade: 5	ぼ Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

From Chinese 義母 / 义母 (yìmǔ, “adoptive mother”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぎぼ [gíꜜbò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɡʲibo̞]

Noun

義(ぎ)母(ぼ) • (gibo) 

1. a mother by moral principles
2. a stepmother
3. an adoptive mother
4. a mother-in-law (one's spouse's mother)

Related terms

• 継(けい)母(ぼ) (keibo)
• 養(よう)母(ぼ) (yōbo)
• 姑(しひとめ) (shihitome)

See also

• 義(ぎ)親(しん) (gishin)
• 義(ぎ)父(ふ) (gifu)