阿娘
Chinese
(phonetic character); (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people |
mother; young lady | ||
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simp. and trad. (阿娘) |
阿 | 娘 |
Pronunciation 1
Noun
阿娘
- (dialectal Mandarin, dialectal 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, dialectal 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
Pronunciation 2
Noun
阿娘
- (Min Nan, dated) mistress (a female master)
- (Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) A term of address used by a maidservant for the mistress.
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