mẹ cu
Pronunciation
Northern
/mɛ̰ʔ˨˩ ku˧˧/
Central
/mɛ̰˨˨ ku˧˥/
Southern
/mɛ˨˩˨ ku˧˧/
mother of a son
Noun
mother of a son
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Meaning
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Noun
mother of a son
This noun is an informal and traditional term used to refer to a woman who has given birth to her first son.
vi Chị ấy đã trở thành mẹ cu sau khi sinh con trai.
en She became a mother of a son after giving birth to a boy.
Parts
mẹ / cu / 媄鴝
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Parts
mẹ / cu / 媄鴝
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
媄鴝
Candidates by syllable
mẹ
媄
cu
鴝
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
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cúc cu / ê cu / sục cu / rích bố cu
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Similar
cúc cu / ê cu / sục cu / rích bố cu
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cha mẹ / mẹ đẻ / mẹ nó / bố mẹ …
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Use
cha mẹ / mẹ đẻ / mẹ nó / bố mẹ …