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媽媽
媽媽
See also: 妈妈
Chinese
| ma; mamma | ma; mamma | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (媽媽) | 媽 | 媽 | |
| simp. (妈妈) | 妈 | 妈 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): maa1-4 maa1, maa1 maa1
- Jin (Wiktionary): ma1 ma1-3
- Min Dong (BUC): mă-mă
- Min Nan (POJ): má-mah / ma-ma / ma-mah / mâ-mâ
- Wu (Wiktionary): 'ma 'ma (T1)
- Xiang (Wiktionary): ma1 ma
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: maa1-4 maa1, maa1 maa1
- Yale: màh mā, mā mā
- Cantonese Pinyin: maa1-4 maa1, maa1 maa1
- IPA (key): /mɑː⁵⁵⁻²¹ mɑː⁵⁵/, /mɑː⁵⁵ mɑː⁵⁵/
- Note: maa1-4 maa1 - vernacular; maa1 maa1 - literary.
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jin
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: mă-mă
- IPA (key): /ma⁵⁵ ma⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Hsinchu, Taichung)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: má-mah
- Tâi-lô: má-mah
- Phofsit Daibuun: mafmaq
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Taipei)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ma-ma
- Tâi-lô: ma-ma
- Phofsit Daibuun: mamaf
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ma⁴⁴⁻²² ma⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /ma⁴⁴⁻³³ ma⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taichung)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ma-mah
- Tâi-lô: ma-mah
- Phofsit Daibuun: mamaq
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mâ-mâ
- Tâi-lô: mâ-mâ
- Phofsit Daibuun: mamaa
- IPA (Xiamen): /ma²⁴⁻²² ma²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ma²⁴⁻²² ma²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Hsinchu, Taichung)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: 'ma 'ma (T1)
- IPA (key): /ʔmᴀ⁵⁵ ʔmᴀ²¹/
- (Shanghainese)
- Xiang
Noun
媽媽
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 媽媽 (“mum (face-to-face)”) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 母親 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 媽媽、媽、娘 |
| Taiwan | 媽媽、媽 | |
| Tianjin | 媽媽、媽 | |
| Jinan | 媽、娘 | |
| Xi'an | 媽 | |
| Wuhan | 姆媽、媽媽 | |
| Chengdu | 媽媽、媽 | |
| Yangzhou | 媽媽、姆媽 | |
| Hefei | 媽、媽爺 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 阿媽、媽媽 |
| Hong Kong | 媽咪、阿媽、媽媽 | |
| Yangjiang | 阿媽、阿娘 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 姆媽 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 媽 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 依媽、依奶 |
| Min Nan | Quanzhou | 阿母、母仔、阿娘 |
| Xiamen | 阿母、阿母仔、母仔、阿媽、阿娘 | |
| Zhangzhou | 阿母、母仔 | |
| Taipei | 阿母、阿娘、媽媽 | |
| Kaohsiung | khà-sàng、阿母仔 | |
| Tainan | o͘-khà-sàng、阿母、俺娘仔、娘嬭 | |
| Taichung | 媽媽、阿母 | |
| Yilan | 阿母、阿娘 | |
| Lukang | 阿母、阿娘、姨仔 | |
| Sanxia | 阿母、阿娘、姨仔 | |
| Kinmen | 俺娘仔 | |
| Magong | 阿母 | |
| Hsinchu | 媽媽、阿娘、阿母 | |
| Malaysia | 阿媽、媽媽 | |
| Chaozhou | 阿媽、阿娘、阿姈 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 媽媽、姆媽 |
| Suzhou | 姆媽 | |
| Wenzhou | 阿媽、阿奶、奶 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 媽媽、姆媽 |
| Shuangfeng | 姆媽 | |
| Dialectal synonyms of 媽媽 (“mum (non-face-to-face)”) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 母親 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 媽媽、媽、娘 |
| Taiwan | 媽媽、媽 | |
| Tianjin | 媽媽、媽 | |
| Jinan | 媽、娘 | |
| Xi'an | 媽 | |
| Wuhan | 姆媽、媽媽 | |
| Chengdu | 媽媽、媽 | |
| Yangzhou | 媽媽、姆媽 | |
| Hefei | 媽、媽爺 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 老母 |
| Hong Kong | 老母、阿媽、媽咪 | |
| Yangjiang | 阿奶 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 姆媽、娘 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 阿姆、哀仔 |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 阿姆、唔媽、哀仔 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 阿姆、哀仔 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 阿姆、細阿妹、哀 | |
| Zhuolan (Raoping) | 阿姆、哀仔 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 阿依、哀 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 媽媽、媽 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 娘奶 |
| Min Nan | Quanzhou | 老母、阿娘 |
| Xiamen | 老母、娘嬭、阿娘 | |
| Zhangzhou | 老母、娘嬭 | |
| Taipei | 老母 | |
| Kaohsiung | 老母 | |
| Tainan | 老母 | |
| Taichung | 老母、媽媽 | |
| Yilan | 老母 | |
| Lukang | 老母 | |
| Sanxia | 老母 | |
| Kinmen | 老母、俺母 | |
| Magong | 老母 | |
| Hsinchu | 老母 | |
| Chaozhou | 阿嬡 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 娘 |
| Suzhou | 娘 | |
| Wenzhou | 阿媽、阿奶 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 媽媽、娘、姆媽、娘老子 |
| Shuangfeng | 姆媽、娘 | |
Derived terms
Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 媽媽 – see 嫲嫲 (“paternal grandmother”). (This term, 媽媽, is a variant form of 嫲嫲.) |