姨娘

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Chinese

one's mother's sister; aunt mother; young lady
trad. (姨娘)
simp. #(姨娘)
anagram 娘姨

Pronunciation


Noun

姨娘

  1. (dated or Jin, Wenzhounese) concubine
  2. (Eastern Min) father's concubine
  3. (dialectal Mandarin, Gan, Wu) maternal aunt (mother's sister)
    1. (Hengyang Xiang) maternal aunt (mother's younger sister)
  4. (Shaoxing Wu) (direct term of address) stepmother
    Synonym: (indirect term of address) 晚娘 (wǎnniáng)

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