"姥" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /lou̯¹³/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Sinological-IPA], /nɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Quanzhou], /lo⁵³/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou], /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴/, /lou̯¹³/, /nɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/, /lo⁵³/ Chinese transliterations: lǎo [Mandarin, Pinyin], lao³ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄌㄠˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], lou⁵ [Cantonese, Jyutping], nó͘, ló, lǎo [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄌㄠˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], lǎo [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], lao³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], lǎu [Mandarin, Yale, standard], lao [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], лао [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], lao [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], lou⁵ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], lóuh [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Yale], lou⁵ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Pinyin], lou⁵ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong], nó͘ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], nóo [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], nor [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun], ló [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], ló [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], loir [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun], /*ruːʔ/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Etymology: Etymology 1: Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ruːʔ, *maːʔ): semantic 女 + phonetic 老 (OC *ruːʔ). Etymology 2: Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 女 + 老. See 老 (lǎo). Etymology templates: {{categorize|zh|Han phono-semantic compounds}}, {{liushu|psc|adj=|nocap=|pron=OC *ruːʔ, *maːʔ}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ruːʔ, *maːʔ), {{Han compound|女|老|c1=s|c2=p|ls=psc}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ruːʔ, *maːʔ): semantic 女 + phonetic 老 (OC *ruːʔ), {{categorize|zh|Han ideogrammic compounds}}, {{liushu|ic|adj=|nocap=|pron=}} Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意), {{Han compound|女|老|ls=ic}} Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 女 + 老, {{zh-l|老}} 老 (lǎo) Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 姥
  1. Same as 老 (lǎo). Synonyms: [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-姥-zh-character-R93Zc0Ud Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese hanzi, Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Old Chinese hanzi Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 42 16 8 0 35 Disambiguation of Chinese hanzi: 27 25 18 0 31 Disambiguation of Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Old Chinese hanzi: 26 22 20 0 31
  2. maternal grandparent
    Sense id: en-姥-zh-character-Vo4TYyYW Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese hanzi, Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Old Chinese hanzi Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 42 16 8 0 35 Disambiguation of Chinese hanzi: 27 25 18 0 31 Disambiguation of Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Old Chinese hanzi: 26 22 20 0 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 公姥, 姑姥姥 (gūlǎolao), 姥姥 (lǎolao), 姥爺 (lǎoye), 姥爷 (lǎoye), 姥鯊 (lǎoshā), 姥鲨 (lǎoshā)
Etymology number: 1

Character

IPA: /mu²¹⁴/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /mou̯¹³/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Sinological-IPA], /mu²¹⁴/, /mou̯¹³/ Chinese transliterations: mǔ [Mandarin, Pinyin], mu³ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄇㄨˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], mou⁵ [Cantonese, Jyutping], mǔ [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄇㄨˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], mǔ [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], mu³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], mǔ [Mandarin, Yale, standard], muu [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], му [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], mu [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], mou⁵ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], móuh [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Yale], mou⁵ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Pinyin], mou⁵ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong], muX [Middle-Chinese], /*maːʔ/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Etymology: See 母 (mǔ). Etymology templates: {{zh-l|母}} 母 (mǔ) Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 姥
  1. old woman
    Sense id: en-姥-zh-character-m7ggBMhg Categories (other): Chinese hanzi, Old Chinese hanzi Disambiguation of Chinese hanzi: 27 25 18 0 31 Disambiguation of Old Chinese hanzi: 26 22 20 0 31
  2. mother
    Sense id: en-姥-zh-character-zwYi7ypm
  3. a surname
    Sense id: en-姥-zh-character-v2O7m9sM Categories (other): Chinese surnames, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese hanzi, Old Chinese hanzi, Middle Chinese hanzi Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 42 16 8 0 35 Disambiguation of Chinese hanzi: 27 25 18 0 31 Disambiguation of Old Chinese hanzi: 26 22 20 0 31 Disambiguation of Middle Chinese hanzi: 33 0 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 天姥山, 斗姥 (Dǒumǔ)
Etymology number: 2

soft-redirect

  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: en-姥-zh-soft-redirect-47DEQpj8

Alternative forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "公姥"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "gūlǎolao",
      "word": "姑姥姥"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "lǎolao",
      "word": "姥姥"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "lǎoye",
      "word": "姥爺"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "lǎoye",
      "word": "姥爷"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "lǎoshā",
      "word": "姥鯊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "lǎoshā",
      "word": "姥鲨"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "Han phono-semantic compounds"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "categorize"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "psc",
        "adj": "",
        "nocap": "",
        "pron": "OC *ruːʔ, *maːʔ"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ruːʔ, *maːʔ)",
      "name": "liushu"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "女",
        "2": "老",
        "c1": "s",
        "c2": "p",
        "ls": "psc"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ruːʔ, *maːʔ): semantic 女 + phonetic 老 (OC *ruːʔ)",
      "name": "Han compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "Han ideogrammic compounds"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "categorize"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ic",
        "adj": "",
        "nocap": "",
        "pron": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意)",
      "name": "liushu"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "女",
        "2": "老",
        "ls": "ic"
      },
      "expansion": "Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 女 + 老",
      "name": "Han compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "老"
      },
      "expansion": "老 (lǎo)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology 1: Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ruːʔ, *maːʔ): semantic 女 + phonetic 老 (OC *ruːʔ).\nEtymology 2: Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 女 + 老.\nSee 老 (lǎo).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "姥",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "42 16 8 0 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 25 18 0 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese hanzi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 22 20 0 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Chinese hanzi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Same as 老 (lǎo)."
      ],
      "id": "en-姥-zh-character-R93Zc0Ud",
      "links": [
        [
          "老",
          "老#Chinese"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "extra": "lǎo",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "老"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "42 16 8 0 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 25 18 0 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese hanzi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 22 20 0 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Chinese hanzi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "maternal grandparent"
      ],
      "id": "en-姥-zh-character-Vo4TYyYW",
      "links": [
        [
          "maternal",
          "maternal"
        ],
        [
          "grandparent",
          "grandparent"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "nó͘"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "ló"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lao"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "лао"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lóuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nó͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nóo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nor"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ló"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ló"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "loir"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lo⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ruːʔ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lo⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ruːʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "姥"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "天姥山"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "Dǒumǔ",
      "word": "斗姥"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "母"
      },
      "expansion": "母 (mǔ)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "See 母 (mǔ).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "姥",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "27 25 18 0 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese hanzi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 22 20 0 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Chinese hanzi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "old woman"
      ],
      "id": "en-姥-zh-character-m7ggBMhg",
      "links": [
        [
          "old woman",
          "old woman"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mother"
      ],
      "id": "en-姥-zh-character-zwYi7ypm",
      "links": [
        [
          "mother",
          "mother"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese surnames",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 16 8 0 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 25 18 0 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese hanzi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 22 20 0 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Chinese hanzi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 0 67",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Chinese hanzi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a surname"
      ],
      "id": "en-姥-zh-character-v2O7m9sM",
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "muu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "му"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mu²¹⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "móuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mou̯¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "muX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*maːʔ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mu²¹⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mou̯¹³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*maːʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "姥"
}

{
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
  "redirects": [
    "某"
  ],
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    {
      "id": "en-姥-zh-soft-redirect-47DEQpj8",
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  "word": "姥"
}
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  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "公姥"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gūlǎolao",
      "word": "姑姥姥"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lǎolao",
      "word": "姥姥"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lǎoye",
      "word": "姥爺"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lǎoye",
      "word": "姥爷"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lǎoshā",
      "word": "姥鯊"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lǎoshā",
      "word": "姥鲨"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "maternal grandparent"
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          "maternal",
          "maternal"
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          "grandparent",
          "grandparent"
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      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "nó͘"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "ló"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lao"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "лао"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lóuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nó͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nóo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nor"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ló"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ló"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "loir"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lo⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ruːʔ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lo⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ruːʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "姥"
}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "天姥山"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Dǒumǔ",
      "word": "斗姥"
    }
  ],
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        "old woman"
      ],
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        [
          "old woman",
          "old woman"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "mother"
      ],
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        [
          "mother",
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        ]
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      "categories": [
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        "a surname"
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    {
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "mǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁵"
    },
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "mǔ"
    },
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
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      "zh-pron": "mǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "mu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "muu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "му"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "mu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mu²¹⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "móuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mou̯¹³/",
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "muX"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*maːʔ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mu²¹⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mou̯¹³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*maːʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "姥"
}

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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
  "redirects": [
    "某"
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "姥"
}

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  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: 'Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ)'",
  "path": [
    "姥"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "姥",
  "trace": ""
}

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