生臊
Chinese
to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw | bashfulness; smell of urine | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (生臊) | 生 | 臊 | |
Pronunciation
Verb
生臊
- (Cantonese) to go through yuezi, the traditional Chinese form of postpartum recovery that lasts for one month after childbirth, sometimes referred to in English as confinement or lying-in
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 坐月子 (“to go through postpartum confinement”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words edit |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 坐蓐, 坐草 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 坐月子 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 坐月子 |
| Taiwan | 坐月子 | |
| Tianjin | 坐月子 | |
| Langfang | 坐月子 | |
| Tangshan | 坐月子 | |
| Cangzhou | 坐月子 | |
| Baoding | 坐月子 | |
| Shijiazhuang | 坐月子 | |
| Daming | 坐月子 | |
| Harbin | 坐月子 | |
| Muping | 做月子 | |
| Jinan | 坐月子 | |
| Luoyang | 坐月子 | |
| Wanrong | 坐月子 | |
| Xi'an | 坐月裡 | |
| Yinchuan | 坐月子 | |
| Lanzhou | 坐月子 | |
| Xining | 坐月子 | |
| Ürümqi | 坐月子 | |
| Wuhan | 在月裡, 做月母子 | |
| Huanggang | 在月裡 | |
| Chengdu | 坐月子, 坐月 | |
| Guiyang | 坐月 | |
| Kunming | 坐月子 | |
| Guilin | 坐月 | |
| Liuzhou | 坐月, 坐月子 | |
| Xuzhou | 坐月子 | |
| Yangzhou | 坐月子 | |
| Nanjing | 坐月子 | |
| Nantong | 做產婦, 坐月子 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 坐月, 住月, 生臊 |
| Hong Kong | 坐月 | |
| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 坐月 | |
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 坐月 | |
| Macau | 住月 | |
| Panyu | 坐月 | |
| Huadu (Huashan) | 坐月 | |
| Conghua | 受月 | |
| Zengcheng | 坐月, 菢月 | |
| Foshan | 住月 | |
| Nanhai (Shatou) | 住月 | |
| Shunde | 住月 | |
| Sanshui | 住月 | |
| Gaoming (Mingcheng) | 住月 | |
| Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 住月 | |
| Zhuhai (Qianshan) | 坐月 | |
| Doumen (Shangheng Tanka) | 住月 | |
| Doumen | 坐月 | |
| Jiangmen (Baisha) | 坐月 | |
| Xinhui | 坐月 | |
| Taishan | 坐月 | |
| Kaiping (Chikan) | 坐月 | |
| Enping (Niujiang) | 坐月 | |
| Heshan (Yayao) | 坐月 | |
| Dongguan | 坐月 | |
| Bao'an (Shajing) | 坐月基 | |
| Shaoguan | 做月, 坐月 | |
| Yunfu | 坐月 | |
| Xinyi | 坐月 | |
| Lianjiang | 坐月 | |
| Nanning | 坐月 | |
| Wuzhou | 坐月 | |
| Yulin | 坐月 | |
| Hepu (Lianzhou) | 坐月 | |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 坐月 | |
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 坐月 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 坐月子 |
| Lichuan | 坐月仔 | |
| Pingxiang | 做月 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 做月 |
| Xingning | 做月 | |
| Huidong (Daling) | 做月 | |
| Qujiang | 做月 | |
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 坐月 | |
| Changting | 做月日 | |
| Wuping | 做月日 | |
| Wuping (Pingyu) | 做月 | |
| Liancheng | 做月 | |
| Ninghua | 月嫩 | |
| Yudu | 做月子, 做舍母 | |
| Ruijin | 做月日 | |
| Shicheng | 做月 | |
| Shangyou | 做月 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 做月 | |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 做月 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 做月 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 做月 | |
| Hsinchu (Raoping) | 做月 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 做月 | |
| Hong Kong | 做月 | |
| Luchuan (Daqiao) | 做月 | |
| Sabah (Longchuan) | 做月 | |
| Senai (Huiyang) | 做月 | |
| Singkawang | 做月 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 做產婦, 養產婦 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 坐月子 |
| Pingyao | 坐月子 | |
| Xinzhou | 坐月子 | |
| Hohhot | 坐月子 | |
| Zhangjiakou | 坐月子 | |
| Handan | 坐月子 | |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 做月 |
| Songxi | 做月底 | |
| Zhenghe | 做月底 | |
| Jianyang | 做月 | |
| Wuyishan | 做月 | |
| Pucheng (Shibei) | 做月, 坐月仔 | |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 做月利 |
| Changle | 做月利 | |
| Fuqing | 做月裡 | |
| Yongtai | 做月底 | |
| Gutian | 做月底 | |
| Fu'an | 做月利 | |
| Ningde | 做月底 | |
| Shouning | 做月底 | |
| Zhouning | 做月利 | |
| Fuding | 做月底 | |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 做月內 |
| Quanzhou | 做月內 | |
| Zhangzhou | 做月內 | |
| Taipei | 做月內 | |
| Kaohsiung | 做月內 | |
| Yilan | 做月內 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 月內 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 做月內 | |
| Pingnan (Shangdu) | 月內 | |
| Chaozhou | 月內 | |
| Shantou | 月內, 坐月 | |
| Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 坐月 | |
| Leizhou | 月內 | |
| Haikou | 坐月 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 月內 |
| Xianyou | 月內 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 坐月, 坐月子 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 坐月子 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 做舍姆 |
| Chongming | 做十五 | |
| Suzhou | 做舍姆 | |
| Danyang | 做產務, 坐月則 | |
| Hangzhou | 坐月子, 做產婦 | |
| Ningbo | 做舍姆, 做山 | |
| Wenzhou | 做月裡 | |
| Jinhua | 做舍姆 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 坐月子, 坐月 |
| Loudi | 坐月子 | |
| Quanzhou | 坐月子, 坐月 | |