# 媽祖
## Chinese

* 媽祖 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 媽祖 (Cantonese)
* Mâ-chú (Hakka)
* Mā-cū (Sìng) (Eastern Min)
* Má-chó͘ (Southern Min)
* 妈祖 (Wu)
* Mazu (goddess) (English)

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Māzǔ
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚ ㄗㄨˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): maa$^1$ zou$^2$ / maa$^5$ zou$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): Mâ-chú
    (Hailu, HRS): ma$^ˋ$ zu$^ˊ$
* Eastern Min (BUC): Mā-cū
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): Má-chó͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ma$^2$ zou$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Māzǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄚ ㄗㄨˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Mazǔ
*** Wade–Giles: Ma$^1$-tsu$^3$
*** Yale: Mā-dzǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Mhatzuu
*** Palladius: Мацзу (Maczu)
*** Sinological IPA : /mä⁵⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: maa$^1$ zou$^2$ / maa$^5$ zou$^2$
*** Yale: mā jóu / máh jóu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: maa$^1$ dzou$^2$ / maa$^5$ dzou$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ma$^1$ zou$^2$ / ma$^5$ zou$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /maː⁵⁵ t͡sou̯³⁵/, /maː¹³ t͡sou̯³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Mâ-chú
*** Hakka Romanization System: ma$^ˊ$ zu$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ma$^1$ zu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /ma²⁴ t͡su³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: ma$^ˋ$ zu$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /ma⁵³ t͡su²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: Mā-cū
*** Sinological IPA : /ma³³⁻³⁵ $^{(t͡s-)}$ʒu³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Má-chó͘
*** Tâi-lô: Má-tsóo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: mafzor
*** IPA (Singapore): /ma⁴²⁻²⁴ t͡sɔ⁴²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /mã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /mã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔ⁵³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ma$^2$ zou$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: má tsóu
*** Sinological IPA : /ma⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sou⁵²⁻²¹/

### Proper noun

媽祖
* (Chinese mythology, religion) Mazu
    From: 2013?, "澎湖天后宫 (Penghu Tianhou Temple), 蚂蜂窝 (Mafengwo)
    Tiānhòu Gōng wèiyú Pénghú Xiàn Mǎgōng Shì Zhèngyì Jiē shàng, súchēng ‘Tiānfēi Gōng’, ‘Māzǔ Gōng’, zài Míngdài chēngwéi ‘Niáng Gōng’, ‘Māniáng Gōng’, ‘Niángmā Gōng’ ‘Mā Gōng’ děng [Pinyin]
    The Tianhou Temple located on Zhengyi Street, Magong City, Penghu County, commonly known as the “Tianfei Temple” or the “Mazu Temple”, known as “Niang Temple”, “Maninang Temple”, “Niangma Temple”, etc. during the Ming dynasty

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 天上聖母, 媽祖 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 媽祖 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 媽祖 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 天后 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 媽祖 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 天妃娘娘 |
| Hakka | Changting | 天上聖母 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 媽祖 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 媽祖婆 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 媽祖 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 媽祖 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 媽祖婆 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 媽祖 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 媽祖 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 媽祖婆, 媽仔婆, 媽祖 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 媽祖婆, 媽祖 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 媽祖婆, 媽祖 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 媽祖 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 媽祖, 媽祖婆 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 媽祖婆 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 媽祖, 媽祖婆婆 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 媽祖婆 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 媽祖 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 媽祖 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 媽祖, 媽祖婆 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 媽祖 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 媽祖 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 媽祖 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 媽祖婆仔, 媽祖, 天上聖母 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 媽祖婆 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 媽祖, 天上聖母 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 媽祖 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 媽祖 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Yongjing) | 媽祖婆 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 媽祖, 媽祖婆 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 媽祖, 天上聖母 |
| Southern Min | Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng) | 媽祖 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 媽祖 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 媽祖婆 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 媽祖婆, 媽祖 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 媽祖 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 姑婆 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 媽祖 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 媽祖 |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Houzhai) | 媽祖 |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Yun'ao) | 媽祖 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 媽祖 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 媽祖 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 媽祖 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 婆嬭 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 婆祖 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 天妃 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 天妃娘娘 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 天妃娘娘 |

#### Derived terms

* 媽祖婆／妈祖婆
* 媽祖魚／妈祖鱼
* 馬祖／马祖 (Mǎzǔ)

#### See also

* 阿媽／阿妈

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 媽 | 祖 |
| ま Hyōgai | そ Grade: 5 |
| on'yomi ||
* Alternative spelling
* 媽祖 (kyūjitai)

### Proper noun

媽(ま)祖(そ) • (Maso)
* Mazu (a sea goddess in East and SE Asia)

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 媽 | 祖 |

### Proper noun

媽祖 • (Majo) (hangeul 마조)
* hanja form of 마조 (“Mazu”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 媽 | 祖 |

### Proper noun

媽祖
* chữ Hán form of Ma Tổ (“Mazu”).