si3 mou5弒母弑母

Jyutpingsi3 mou5

Yalesi móuh

動詞

Definition

To commit matricide; to kill one's own mother.

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How it's used

This is a formal, literary term reserved for extreme, heinous crimes rather than everyday speech. It carries a heavy cultural weight due to the Confucian emphasis on filial piety, making the act of killing one's parent the ultimate moral transgression. You will almost exclusively encounter this in news reports about severe criminal cases or in historical and literary contexts.

Examples

keoi5佢ging2竟jin4然zou6做ceot1出si3弒mou5母le1呢zung3種daai6大jik6逆bat1不dou6道ge3嘅si6事。

He actually committed such an unfilial act as matricide.

lik6歷si2史gu3故si6事jap6入min6面jau5有m4唔siu2少gwaan1關jyu1於si3弒mou5母ge3嘅gei3記zoi3載。

There are quite a few records of matricide in historical stories.

Common phrases

si3弒mou5母on3案

matricide case

Common mistake

Do not use this word in casual conversation to describe general killing or murder. It is strictly specific to the act of killing one's own mother and is not a general-purpose verb.