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老母
老母
Chinese
old (of people); aged; venerable (person); outdated; experienced; (a prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity)
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female; mother | ||
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simp. and trad. (老母) |
老 | 母 | |
Noun
老母
Usage notes
In Cantonese, it may be considered offensive.
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 媽媽 (“mum (non-face-to-face)”) | ||
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| 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 | |
Pronunciation
Noun
老母