母湯

Chinese

Etymology 1

		female; mother	soup; hot water
trad. (母湯)		母	湯
simp. (母汤)		母	汤

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bú-thng

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bú-thng
  - Tâi-lô: bú-thng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bw'tngf
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰŋ̍⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰŋ̍⁴⁴/

Noun

母湯

(Taiwanese Hokkien) soup or broth used for cooking

References

小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “母湯”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC

Etymology 2

		phonetic
trad. (母湯)		母	湯
simp. (母汤)		母	汤

From Hokkien 毋通 (m̄-thang). Popularized through Brother Bald (Chen Chun-chieh)'s video on YouTube.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mǔtāng

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˇ ㄊㄤ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mǔtāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˇ ㄊㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mǔtang
  - Wade–Giles: mu³-tʻang¹
  - Yale: mǔ-tāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muutang
  - Palladius: мутан (mutan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰɑŋ⁵⁵/

Adjective

母湯

(Taiwanese Mandarin, slang) unacceptable; especially for something lewd
(Taiwanese Mandarin, slang) bad