# 母子
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mǔzǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˇ ㄗˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mou$^5$ zi$^2$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mû-chṳ́
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mǔzǐ [Phonetic: múzǐ]
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˇ ㄗˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mǔzǐh
*** Wade–Giles: mu$^3$-tzŭ$^3$
*** Yale: mǔ-dž
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muutzyy
*** Palladius: муцзы (muczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /mu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mou$^5$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: móuh jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mou$^5$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mou$^5$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /mou̯¹³ t͡siː³⁵/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$拇指 母子
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mû-chṳ́
*** Hakka Romanization System: mu$^ˊ$ zii$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: mu$^1$ zi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /mu²⁴ t͡sɨ³¹/
* Middle Chinese: muwX tsiX
Rime :
| Character | 母 | 子 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) | 精 (13) |
| Final (韻) | 侯 (137) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | III |
| Fanqie | 莫厚切 | 即里切 |
| Baxter | muwX | tsiX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /məu$^X$/ | /t͡sɨ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /məu$^X$/ | /t͡sɨ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /məu$^X$/ | /t͡sie$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /məw$^X$/ | /t͡sɨ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /mu$^X$/ | /t͡siə$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /məu$^X$/ | /t͡sĭə$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /mə̯u$^X$/ | /t͡si$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | mǒu | zǐ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mau$^5$ | zi$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*məʔ tsəʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*mɯʔ ʔslɯʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 母 | 子 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | mǔ | zǐ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ muw$^X$ › | ‹ tsi$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*məʔ/ (? or *mˁoʔ) | /*tsəʔ/ |
| English | mother | child; gentleman, master |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 母 | 子 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 9288 | 17857 |
| Phonetic component | 母 | 子 |
| Rime group | 之 | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 母 | 子 |
| Old Chinese | /*mɯʔ/ | /*ʔslɯʔ/ |

### Noun

母子
* mother and son; mother and child
* parent and subsidiary companies
* principal and interest

#### Synonyms

* (mother and child):
* 仔乸 (zai$^2$ naa$^2$) (Cantonese)
* 兩仔乸／两仔乸 (loeng$^5$ zai$^2$ naa$^2$) (Cantonese)
* 兩娘崽／两娘崽 (lian$^3$ nyian$^2$ zai$^3$) (Xiang)
* 兩子哀／两子哀 (Hakka)
* 兩母囝／两母囝 (no$^6$ bho$^2$ gian$^2$) (Teochew)
* 娘兒／娘儿
* 娘兒倆／娘儿俩 (niángrliǎ)
* 娘兒們／娘儿们 (niángrmen)
* 娘嬭囝／娘奶囝 (niòng-nā̤-giāng) (Eastern Min, Puxian Min)
* 子哀 (Hakka)
* 母仔囝 (Hokkien)
* 母囝 (Hokkien, Teochew)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 母子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 娘兒伙家 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 娘母倆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 娘們倆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 娘兒兩個 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 娘倆, 娘倆兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 娘倆 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 娘兒兩個, 娘兒倆兒, 娘母兩個 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 兩娘崽, 兩子娘 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 母子兩個, 娘兒兩個 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 母子兩個, 娘兒兩個 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 兩仔乸 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 兩仔乸 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 兩娘崽 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 兩子哀 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 兩母子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 兩子哀 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 兩子哀 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 兩子哀 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 兩子哀 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 兩子哀 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 兩子哀 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 娘兒 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 娘母倆 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 娘母兩個 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 兩囝奶 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 娘嬭囝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 母仔囝, 母囝 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 母仔囝, 母囝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 母仔囝, 母囝 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 母仔囝 GT |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 母仔囝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 娘嬭囝 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 娘兩家頭, 娘兩個 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 娘兩個 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 娘兒子兩家頭 |
| Wu | Danyang | 母子兩個 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 娘同兒子 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 娘兒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 娘兒兩個 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 兩娘崽 |

#### Derived terms

* 宜母子 (yímǔzǐ)

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 母 | 子 |
| はは Grade: 2 | こ Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi ||

#### Noun

母(はは)子(こ) • (hahako)
* mother and child
* Clipping of 母子草 (hahakogusa, “cudweed, Pseudognaphalium affine”).

##### Derived terms

* 母子草(ハハコグサ) (hahakogusa)
* 河原母子(カワラハハコ) (kawara hahako)
* 山母子(ヤマハハコ) (yama hahako)

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 母 | 子 |
| ぼ Grade: 2 | し Grade: 1 |
| kan'yōon | on'yomi |

#### Noun

母(ぼ)子(し) • (boshi)
* mother and child

##### See also

* 父子(ふし) (fushi)

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 母 | 子 |

### Noun

母子 • (moja) (hangeul 모자)
* hanja form of 모자 (“mother and son”)