MOTHER    母親

FEMALE PARENT.
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Old Chinese Criteria
1. The standard word for a mother is mǔ 母.
黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006 HUMAN AFFAIRS 7. 母親。母，通稱。 嫗，俗稱，常位於丈夫姓氏後。 媼，尊稱。 姐，方言詞。 妣，漢時指亡母。母之兄弟為舅，母之姐妹為姨。
Modern Chinese Criteria
母 母親 慈母 慈親 阿母 阿媽 媽媽 阿娘 姆媽 媽 娘 萱 萱堂 堂萱 北堂 內親 慈闈 慈顏 令堂 令萱 令慈 尊堂 老太太 太君 家母 家慈 老母 老娘 家夫人 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • MOTHER-IN-LAW　MOTHER of HUSBAND OR WIFE. (anc: 10/0, child: 0)
See also
Hypernym
  • PARENT　RELATIVE who has ENGENDERED OR BIRTH:given birth to a CHILD. (anc: 8/0, child: 2)
  • RELATIVES　HUMANS who HAVE COMMON ANCESTORS. (anc: 7/0, child: 6)
  • HUMAN　ANIMAL which HAS TWO LEGS AND LACKS FEATHERS. (anc: 6/0, child: 31)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 2.36

  • De differentiis ( DIFFERENTIAE I) p. 388

    373. Inter Matronam et matrem familias, Melissus grammaticus arbitratur hoc interesse, quod matrona dicatur mater primi pueri; mater familias, quae plures peperit. Alii dixerunt matronam dici quae in matrimonium cum viro convenerit, et in eo [ Al., ideo] matrimonium 49 actum [ Al., dictum]; matrem vero familias eam esse quae in mariti manu, mancipioque est, aut in cujus maritus manu mancipioque esset, [col. 48C] quoniam in familiam quoque mariti et sui haeredis venisset. Matronae autem

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 3.555

  • 中國文化背景八千詞 Zhongguo wenhua beijing ba qian ci ( WU SANXING 2008) p. 137ff

  • Using Chinese Synonyms ( GRACE ZHANG 2010) p. 289

  • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 50

  • New Dictiornary of the History of Ideas, 6 vols. ( HOROWITZ 2005) p.

  • Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Sprachinhaltsforschung. Teil II. Systematischer Teil. B. Ordnung nach Sinnbezirken (mit einem alphabetischen Begriffsschluessel): Der Mensch und seine Welt im Spiegel der Sprachforschung ( FRANKE 1989) p. 72A

    • Words (14 items)

    母  mǔ OC: mɯʔ MC: mu 31 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Epithet: 慈/LOVE Cí 慈 (ant. rěn 忍 "callous, unfeeling") is primarily the intimate emotional concern of mothers/parents for their children, and by extension such concern of a fatherly ruler for his people. [EMOTIONAL], [PRACTICAL]
    • Assoc: 父/FATHER The completely dominant word is fù 父
    • Oppos: 子/CHILD The commonest word for a child is zǐ 子"son; child; rarely: baby".

      Syntactic words
    • n(post-N)the mother of the contextually determinate N
    • n[post-N]one's own motherCH
    • nfigurativethat from which something originates
    • nnon-human(animal) mother
    • ntpost-Nmother of N
    • vtoNattitudinaltreat as one's mother
    慈母  cí mǔ OC: dzɯ mɯʔ MC: dzɨ mu 5 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPloving mother
    • NPadoptiveadoptive motherCH
    親母  qīn mǔ OC: tshiŋ mɯʔ MC: tshin mu 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NP(biological) mother
    外  wài OC: ŋoods MC: ŋɑi 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadNbelonging to maternal lineage 外戚 “consort families"
    娘  niáng OC: mɢraŋ MC: ɳi̯ɐŋ 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nmother
    • nadVfrom the mother
    孃  niáng OC: naŋ MC: ɳi̯ɐŋ 2 Attributions

      Syntactic words
    • ninformal: mom; mother
    母親  mǔ qīn OC: mɯʔ tshiŋ MC: mu tshin 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPmother
    妣  bǐ OC: piʔ MC: pi 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • n(post-N)deceased mother of a contextually determinate person N
    老母  lǎo mǔ OC: ɡ-ruuʔ mɯʔ MC: lɑu mu 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NP[post-N]reflexiveone's old mother
    親  qīn OC: tshiŋ MC: tshin 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • n(post-N)
    阿孃  ā niáng OC: qlaal naŋ MC: ʔɑ ɳi̯ɐŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPcolloquialcolloquial: mother
    阿母  ā mǔ OC: qlaal mɯʔ MC: ʔɑ mu 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NP(post-N)the mother
    姐  jiě OC: skaʔ MC: tsɣɛ 0 Attributions

    Jiě 姐 is a word for mother which was in use in Sìchuān 四川.

      Syntactic words
    嬭  nǐ OC: m-liilʔ MC: nei 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • ntmother