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Jyutping mou5 can1 ho4
Pinyin mǔ qīn hé

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    mother river; river which is of great importance to the prosperity of a people (Classifier: 條/条 m c)
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    苏州河是上海的母亲河,弯弯曲曲横跨流过市中心。
    蘇州河是上海的母親河,彎彎曲曲橫跨流過市中心。
    sū zhōu hé shì shàng hǎi de mǔ qīn hé , wān wān qū qū héng kuà liú guò shì zhōng xīn 。
    • River Suzhou is Shanghai's "mother river"; twisting and turning, it stretches across and flows through the city center.