月子
Chinese
| moon; month | child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (月子) |
月 | 子 | |
| anagram | 子月 | ||
Pronunciation
Noun
月子
- the month following childbirth, during which the mother goes through the traditional Chinese form of postpartum recovery, sometimes referred to in English as confinement or lying-in; puerperium
- time of childbirth
- (dialectal) moon
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 月子 (“postpartum confinement”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 月子 | |
| Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 月子窠兒, 月子窠兒裡 |
| Wanrong | 月子 | |
| Yinchuan | 月子裡 | |
| Wuhan | 月裡 | |
| Xuzhou | 月窩兒, 月子窩兒, 月地兒, 月子地兒 | |
| Nanjing | 月子底下 | |
| Singapore | 月子 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 月子裡 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 月子 |
| Xinzhou | 月子 | |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 月裡 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 月內 |
| Quanzhou | 月內 | |
| Jinjiang | 月內 | |
| Zhangzhou | 月內 | |
| Tainan | 月內 GT | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 月內 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 月內 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 月內 | |
| Leizhou | 月內 | |
| Haikou | 月內 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 月內 |
| Xianyou | 月內 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 月子裡, 月裡向, 舍姆裡 |
| Danyang | 月子裡 | |
| Wenzhou | 月裡 | |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese | |
Dialectal synonyms of 月亮 (“moon”) [map]
See also
- 月嫂 (yuèsǎo)
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