姑媽

See also: 姑妈

Chinese

		paternal aunt	mother; mama
trad. (姑媽)		姑	媽
simp. (姑妈)		姑	妈

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gūmā

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄇㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gu¹ maa¹
Min Nan (POJ): ko͘-má

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: gūmā
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄇㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gumha
  - IPA ^(key): /ku⁵⁵ mä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gu¹ maa¹
  - Yale: gū mā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gu¹ maa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gu¹ ma¹
  - IPA ^(key): /kuː⁵⁵ mäː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko͘-má
  - Tâi-lô: koo-má
  - Phofsit Daibuun: komar
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ³³ mã⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁴⁴⁻²² mã⁵³/

Noun

姑媽

(Mandarin, colloquial) father's sister; paternal aunt
(Cantonese) father's elder sister
(Min Nan) paternal grandaunt (paternal grandfather's sister)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 姑姑 (“paternal aunt (father's sister)”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		姑母
Mandarin	Beijing	姑媽 §, 姑姑, 姑兒, 娘兒
	Taiwan	姑姑
	Harbin	姑, 姑姑
	Shenyang	姑姑
	Jinan	姑姑, 姑
	Muping	姑
	Luoyang	姑
	Wanrong	姑
	Wanrong (Ronghe)	姑
	Xi'an	姑媽 †, 姑 ‡
	Xining	娘娘
	Xuzhou	姑娘, 姑姑, 姑兒
	Yinchuan	姑媽
	Lanzhou	娘娘
	Ürümqi	姑媽 †, 姑姑 ‡
	Wuhan	姑媽 §, 娘娘, 葉葉, 小爹 dated
	Chengdu	姑媽 §, 娘娘
	Guiyang	姑媽 §, 娘娘 ‡≠
	Liuzhou	姑媽 †, 姑 ‡, 阿姑 ‡
	Kunming	姑媽 §, 娘 ≠
	Yangzhou	娘娘
	Nanjing	姑媽 †, 娘娘 ‡
	Hefei	姑佬, 佬佬, 佬
	Nantong	姑媽 †
Cantonese	Guangzhou	姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
	Hong Kong	姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	大姑 †, 姑仔 ‡
	Foshan	姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
	Shunde	姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
	Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)	阿姑
	Doumen	阿姑
	Taishan	阿姑, 大姑 †, 姑 ‡, 姑仔 ‡
	Kaiping (Chikan)	阿姑
	Dongguan	阿姑, 姑媽
	Shaoguan	姑媽, 姑姐
	Yunfu	阿姑
	Yangjiang	大姑 †, 阿姑 ‡
	Xinyi	阿姑
	Lianjiang	𡜵奶 †, 姑 ‡, 姑仔 ‡, 阿姑 ‡
Gan	Nanchang	姑娘, 姑姑, 姑, 大娘, 大姑娘
	Lichuan	姑
	Pingxiang	姑娘
Hakka	Meixian	阿姑
	Yudu	姑姑, 姑姊
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	阿姑
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	阿姑
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	阿姑
	Dongshi (Dabu)	阿姑
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	阿姑
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	阿姑
	Hong Kong	大姑 †, 姑仔 ‡
Huizhou	Jixi	姑, 姑姑
Jin	Taiyuan	姑姑, 姑媽
Jin	Xinzhou	姑姑 ∅, 姑姑啊 ¶
Min Bei	Jian'ou	姑姑
Min Dong	Fuzhou	姑媽 †, 姑 ‡, 依姑 ‡
	Fuqing	姑姐 †, 大姐 †, 姑 ‡, 阿姑 ‡
	Matsu	依姑
Min Nan	Xiamen	阿姑
	Quanzhou	阿姑
	Zhangzhou	阿姑
	Taipei	阿姑
	Kaohsiung	阿姑
	Tainan	阿姑
	Taichung	阿姑
	Wuqi	阿姑
	Hsinchu	阿姑
	Taitung	阿姑
	Lukang	阿姑
	Yilan	阿姑
	Magong	阿姑
	Penang	阿姑
	Singapore	阿姑
	Philippines (Manila)	阿姑
	Chaozhou	阿姑
	Shantou	阿姑
	Haikou	姑母 ∅, 阿姑 ¶
	Leizhou	姑母, 尼姑 ‡∅, 姑 ‡¶, 父姑 ‡
Pinghua	Nanning	姑母 †, 姑 ‡
Wu	Shanghai	娘娘, 姑母, 姑媽 ‡
	Suzhou	嬤嬤 †, 娘娘 ‡
	Hangzhou	乾娘
	Wenzhou	阿娘
	Chongming	姑娘
	Danyang	親嫚
	Jinhua	娘娘, 姑 ∅
	Ningbo	姑嬤 †, 阿姑 ‡
Xiang	Changsha	姑媽 §, 姑子 ≠
	Shuangfeng	大基 †, 嫚嫚 ‡
	Loudi	大唧 †, 嫚嫚 ‡
Note	† - father's elder sister; ‡ - father's younger sister; § - married; ≠ - unmarried; ¶ - face-to-face; ∅ - non-face-to-face

(paternal grandaunt): 姑婆 (gūpó)

Coordinate terms

姑父 (gūfu), 姑丈 (gūzhàng)
(Cantonese) 姑姐 (gu1 ze1, “father's younger sister”)

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