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阿媽
阿媽
See also: 阿妈
Chinese
Pronunciation 1
(phonetic character); (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people
|
ma; mamma | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (阿媽) | 阿 | 媽 | |
| simp. (阿妈) | 阿 | 妈 | |
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄇㄚ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: amha
- IPA (key): /ˀa̠⁵⁵ ma̠⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: aa3 maa1
- Yale: a mā
- Cantonese Pinyin: aa3 maa1
- IPA (key): /ɑː³³ mɑː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-mâ
- Tâi-lô: a-mâ
- Phofsit Daibuun: amaa
- IPA (Xiamen): /a⁴⁴⁻²² ma²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /a³³ ma²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /a⁴⁴⁻²² ma¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ ma²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ ma²³/
- (Hokkien)
Noun
阿媽
Pronunciation 2
(phonetic character); (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people
|
ma; mamma | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (阿媽) | 阿 | 媽 | |
| simp. (阿妈) | 阿 | 妈 | |
| alt. forms |
阿嬤／阿嬷 俺媽／俺妈 俺嬤／俺嬷 |
||
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄇㄚ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: amha
- IPA (key): /ˀa̠⁵⁵ ma̠⁵⁵/
- (imitating Min Nan)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄇㄚˋ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: amah
- IPA (key): /ˀa̠⁵⁵ ma̠⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-má
- Tâi-lô: a-má
- Phofsit Daibuun: amar
- IPA (Xiamen): /a⁴⁴⁻²² ma⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /a³³ ma⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /a⁴⁴⁻²² ma⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ ma⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ ma⁴¹/
- (Hokkien)
Noun
阿媽
- (regional, Min Nan) grandmother
- (regional, Min Nan) elderly woman
Hyponyms
- (grandmother):
| Dialectal synonyms of 祖母 (“paternal grandmother”) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | 祖母 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 祖母 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 奶奶、奶 |
| Taiwan | 奶奶 | |
| Jinan | 奶奶 | |
| Xi'an | 奶 | |
| Wuhan | 婆婆、奶奶、太 | |
| Chengdu | 婆婆、奶奶 | |
| Yangzhou | 奶奶 | |
| Hefei | 奶奶 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 嫲嫲、阿嫲 |
| Hong Kong | 嫲嫲、阿嫲 | |
| Taishan | 阿人、人 | |
| Yangjiang | 阿婆、阿嫲 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 奶奶、婆婆 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 阿婆 |
| Xingning | 阿婆 | |
| Huidong (Huizhou) | 阿婆 | |
| Qujiang | 娭姐 | |
| Xiaosanjiang | 阿婆 | |
| Changting | 娭姐 | |
| Pingyu | 阿婆 | |
| Ruijin | 奶奶 | |
| Shicheng | 婆 | |
| Shangyou | 奶奶 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 阿婆 | |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 阿婆、阿嬤 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 阿婆 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 阿婆、阿奶 | |
| Zhuolan (Raoping) | 阿嬤、阿婆 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 阿媽 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 奶奶 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 嫲嫲、奶奶 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 依嫲 |
| Min Nan | Quanzhou | 媽仔、俺媽、內媽 |
| Xiamen | 阿媽、俺媽、內媽 | |
| Zhangzhou | 阿媽、姆媽、內媽 | |
| Taipei | 阿媽、內媽 | |
| Kaohsiung | 阿媽、內媽 | |
| Tainan | 阿媽、內媽 | |
| Taichung | 阿媽、內媽 | |
| Yilan | 阿媽、內媽 | |
| Lukang | 阿媽、俺媽、內媽 | |
| Sanxia | 阿媽、內媽 | |
| Kinmen | 俺媽、內媽 | |
| Magong | 阿媽、內媽 | |
| Hsinchu | 阿媽、內媽 | |
| Malaysia | 阿媽、媽、內媽 | |
| Chaozhou | 阿媽 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 阿婆 |
| Suzhou | 好婆、好親婆、親婆 | |
| Wenzhou | 祖婆娘、祖婆、娘娘 | |
| Chongming | 阿婆 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 娭毑 |
| Shuangfeng | 奶奶 | |
| Dialectal synonyms of 外祖母 (“maternal grandmother”) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 外祖母 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 姥姥 |
| Taiwan | 外婆 | |
| Jinan | 老娘 | |
| Xi'an | 舅家奶、舅奶、外奶 | |
| Wuhan | 家家 | |
| Chengdu | 外婆、家婆 | |
| Yangzhou | 婆婆 | |
| Hefei | 外奶奶 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 婆婆、阿婆、外婆 |
| Hong Kong | 婆婆、阿婆、外婆 | |
| Taishan | 外婆、婆 | |
| Yangjiang | 外婆 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 阿婆 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 外阿婆 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 姐婆 | |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 外阿婆、阿婆 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 姐婆 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 外阿婆 | |
| Zhuolan (Raoping) | 姐嬤 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 外媽 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 娘娘 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 蔗嫲、嫲嫲 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 外媽 |
| Min Nan | Quanzhou | 媽仔、俺媽、外媽 |
| Xiamen | 阿媽、俺媽、外媽 | |
| Zhangzhou | 阿媽、姆媽、外媽 | |
| Taipei | 阿媽、外媽 | |
| Kaohsiung | 阿媽、外媽 | |
| Tainan | 阿媽、外媽 | |
| Taichung | 阿媽、外媽 | |
| Yilan | 阿媽、外媽 | |
| Lukang | 阿媽、俺媽、外媽 | |
| Sanxia | 阿媽、外媽 | |
| Kinmen | 俺媽、外媽 | |
| Magong | 阿媽、外媽 | |
| Hsinchu | 阿媽、外媽 | |
| Malaysia | 阿媽、媽、外媽 | |
| Chaozhou | 外媽 | |
| Wu | Suzhou | 外婆 |
| Wenzhou | 外婆娘 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 外婆 |
| Shuangfeng | 外婆 | |
Etymology 2
(phonetic character); (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people
|
ma; mamma | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (阿媽) | 阿 | 媽 | |
| simp. (阿妈) | 阿 | 妈 | |
| alt. forms |
阿馬／阿马 阿瑪／阿玛 |
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From Jurchen [Term?] or Manchu ᠠᠮᠠ (ama).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄇㄚ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: amha
- IPA (key): /ˀa̠⁵⁵ ma̠⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: aa3 maa5, aa3 maa1
- Yale: a máh, a mā
- Cantonese Pinyin: aa3 maa5, aa3 maa1
- IPA (key): /ɑː³³ mɑː¹³/, /ɑː³³ mɑː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
Noun
阿媽
- (dialectal, obsolete) father