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阿娘
阿娘
Chinese
(phonetic character); (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people
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mother; young lady | ||
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simp. and trad. (阿娘) |
阿 | 娘 | |
Noun
阿娘
- (dialectal Mandarin, Shunde and Yangjiang Cantonese, Huaining Gan, Xiayang Min Bei, Min Nan, Jinxiang Wu, Chenxi Xiang) mother
- (Zhejiang Wu, Pinghua) paternal grandmother
- (Fuqing Min Dong, Leizhou Min) mother-in-law (husband's mother)
- (Chixi Taishanese) mother-in-law (wife's mother)
- (Du'an Mandarin, dialectal Guangzhou Cantonese, Qingxi and Nanlang Hakka, Zhejiang Wu) paternal aunt (wife of father's elder brother)
- (Xichang Hakka) paternal aunt (wife of father's younger brother)
- (dialectal Mandarin, Conghua Cantonese, Wu) paternal aunt (father's sister)
- (Yunnan Mandarin, Wenzhou Wu) maternal aunt (mother's sister)
- (Simao Mandarin) sister-in-law (husband's younger sister)
- (Sanming) wife
- (Cantonese, dated) father's primary wife
- (Wenzhou Wu, dated) father's concubine
- (Min Bei) woman
- (obsolete, polite) elderly woman
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 媽媽 (“mum (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 | 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)”) | ||
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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 | |
| Dialectal synonyms of 祖母 (“paternal grandmother”) | ||
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| 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 | |
Pronunciation 2
Noun
阿娘
- (Min Nan, dated) mistress (a female master)
- (Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Min Nan) A term of address used by a maidservant for the mistress.
Pronoun
阿娘
Verb
阿娘