娘仔

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Chinese

mother; young lady
minutely; young; duty
minutely; young; duty; responsibility
 
trad. (娘仔) 娘 仔
simp. #(娘仔) 娘 仔

Pronunciation

Noun

娘仔

  1. (Hokkien) silkworm (Classifier: 隻／只 mn; 身 mn)
    Alternative form: 蠶仔 / 蚕仔
  2. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, dated) young lady
  3. (Taiwanese Hokkien) female beloved

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蠶 (“silkworm”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 蠶
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 蠶
Taxonomic name 蠶
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 蠶
Taiwan 蠶, 蠶寶寶
Chengde 蠶
Chifeng 蠶
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 蠶
Heihe 蠶
Qiqihar 蠶
Harbin 蠶
Jiamusi 蠶
Baicheng 蠶
Changchun 蠶
Tonghua 蠶
Shenyang 蠶
Jinzhou 蠶
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 蠶
Tangshan 蠶
Cangzhou 蠶兒
Baoding 蠶
Shijiazhuang 蠶
Lijin 蠶
Jinan 蠶
Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian 蠶
Dandong 蠶
Yantai 蠶
Yantai (Muping) 蠶
Qingdao 蠶
Zhucheng 蠶
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 蠶兒
Lingbao 蠶
Jining 蠶
Wanrong 蠶
Linfen 蠶兒, 桑蠶
Shangqiu 蠶
Yuanyang 蠶
Zhengzhou 蠶兒
Xinyang 蠶
Baihe 蠶
Xi'an 蠶
Baoji 蠶
Tianshui 蠶
Xining 蠶
Xuzhou 蠶
Fuyang 蠶
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 蠶
Lanzhou 蠶兒, 蠶
Dunhuang 蠶兒
Hami 蠶
Ürümqi 蠶
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 蠶子
Nanchong 蠶子
Dazhou 蠶子
Hanyuan 蠶子
Xichang 蠶子
Zigong 蠶子
Chongqing 蠶子
Wuhan 蠶
Yichang 蠶子, 蠶
Xiangyang 蠶
Tianmen 蠶
Guiyang 蠶子, 蠶
Zunyi 蠶
Bijie 蠶子
Liping 蠶崽
Zhaotong 蠶
Daguan 蠶子
Dali 蠶
Kunming 蠶
Mengzi 蠶
Guilin 蠶
Liuzhou 蠶, 蠶蟲
Jishou 蠶兒
Changde 蠶
Hanzhong 蠶子
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 蠶, 蠶寶寶, 寶寶, 寶貝
Yangzhou 蠶子, 蠶
Lianyungang 蠶
Lianshui 蠶
Nantong 蠶兒, 蠶寶寶
Anqing 蠶
Wuhu 蠶
Hefei 蠶
Huanggang 蠶兒
Hong'an 蠶
Cantonese Guangzhou 蠶蟲, 蠶
Hong Kong 蠶蟲, 蠶
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 蠶蟲, 蠶
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 蠶蟲
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 蠶蟲
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 蠶蟲
Macau 蠶
Guangzhou (Panyu) 蠶
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 蠶
Guangzhou (Conghua) 蠶
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 蠶
Foshan 蠶
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 蠶
Foshan (Shunde) 蠶
Foshan (Sanshui) 蠶
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 蠶
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 蠶蟲
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 蠶蟲
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 蠶
Zhuhai (Doumen) 蠶
Jiangmen (Baisha) 蠶
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 蠶
Taishan 蠶
Kaiping (Chikan) 蠶
Enping (Niujiang) 蠶
Heshan (Yayao) 蠶
Dongguan 蠶蟲, 蠶
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 蠶
Qingyuan 蠶蟲
Fogang 蠶
Yingde (Hanguang) 蠶蟲
Yangshan 蠶蟲
Lianshan (Butian) 蠶
Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) 蠶
Shaoguan 蠶蟲
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 蠶
Renhua 蠶蟲
Lechang 蠶蟲
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 蠶
Sihui 蠶
Guangning 蠶
Deqing 蠶
Huaiji 蠶
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 蠶
Yunfu 蠶
Xinxing 蠶
Luoding 蠶蟲
Yunan (Pingtai) 蠶
Yangjiang 蠶
Xinyi 蠶
Lianjiang 蠶, 蠶蟲
Nanning 蠶蟲, 蠶
Wuzhou 蠶
Yulin 蠶
Hepu (Lianzhou) 蠶
Danzhou 蠶
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 蠶
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 蠶
Gan Nanchang 蠶
Lichuan 蠶
Pingxiang 蠶蟲
Hakka Meixian 蠶仔
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 蠶蟲
Dongguan (Qingxi) 蠶
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 蠶蟲
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 蠶蟲
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 蠶
Heyuan (Bendihua) 蠶
Liannan 蠶
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 蠶
Jiexi 蠶
Changting 蠶哩
Ninghua 蠶
Yudu 蠶子
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 蠶仔
Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian) 蠶仔
Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian) 蠶仔
Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian) 蠶仔
Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian) 蠶仔
Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian) 蠶仔
Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian) 蠶仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 蠶仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 蠶仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 蠶
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 蠶仔
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 蠶
Hong Kong 蠶蟲
Luchuan 蠶
Luchuan (Daqiao) 蠶
Senai (Huiyang) 蠶
Huizhou Jixi 蠶
Shexian 蠶
Huangshan (Tunxi) 蠶兒
Jin Taiyuan 蠶, 蠶兒
Pingyao 蠶兒
Yangyuan 蠶
Datong 蠶兒
Xinzhou 蠶兒
Lüliang (Lishi) 蠶兒
Changzhi 蠶
Linhe 蠶
Jining 蠶
Hohhot 蠶
Erenhot 蠶
Pingshan 蠶兒
Zhangjiakou 蠶
Handan 蠶
Linzhou 蠶
Suide 蠶兒
Northern Min Jian'ou 蠶仔
Songxi 蠶仔
Zhenghe 蠶仔
Jianyang 蠶仔
Wuyishan 蠶仔
Pucheng (Shibei) 蠶蟲
Eastern Min Fuzhou 蠶繭
Fuzhou (Changle) 蠶囝
Fuqing 桑囝
Yongtai 蠶囝
Gutian 蠶繭
Fu'an 蠶
Ningde 蠶繭
Shouning 桑蟲
Zhouning 蠶
Fuding 蠶
Matsu 絲蟲
Southern Min Xiamen 娘仔
Xiamen (Tong'an) 娘仔
Quanzhou 娘仔
Jinjiang 娘仔
Yongchun 娘仙, 娘
Zhangzhou 娘仔, 蠶
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 娘仔, 蠶貓仔
Hua'an 絲蟲
Pinghe 蠶仔
Zhangpu 蠶
Yunxiao 蠶
Zhao'an 蠶仔
Zhao'an (Sidu) 蠶仔
Zhao'an (Tingyang, Baiyang) 蠶
Zhao'an (Wenshan, Taiping) 蠶
Dongshan 蠶
Taipei 娘仔
New Taipei (Tamsui) 娘仔
New Taipei (Sanxia) 娘仔
New Taipei (Pingxi) 娘仔
Kaohsiung 蠶仔
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 蠶仔
Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) 蠶仔
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 蠶仔
Kaohsiung (Tianliao) 蠶仔
Yilan 娘仔
Yilan (Luodong) 娘仔
Yilan (Toucheng) 娘仔
Changhua (Lukang) 娘仔
Changhua (Yongjing) 娘仔
Taichung 娘仔
Tainan 蠶仔
Tainan (Anping) 蠶仔
Hsinchu 娘仔
Miaoli (Houlong) 娘仔
Chiayi 蠶
Chiayi County (Dongshi) 蠶仔
Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng) 蠶仔
Kinmen 娘仔, 蠶
Penghu (Magong) 娘仔, 蠶
Penghu (Xiyu) 蠶, 娘仔
Longyan 蠶仔
Zhangping (Yongfu) 蟲
Datian 絲蟲
Pingnan (Shangdu) 蠶仔
Chaozhou 蠶
Raoping 蠶
Shantou 蠶
Haifeng 蠶
Bangkok (Teochew) 蠶
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 蠶
Wenchang 蠶
Haikou 蠶蟲, 蠶
Puxian Min Putian 娘囝
Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) 娘囝
Xianyou 娘囝
Central Min Yong'an 蠶仔蟲, 蠶仔
Sanming (Sanyuan) 蠶仔
Sanming (Shaxian) 蠶仔
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 蠶
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 蠶蟲
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 蠶蟲
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 蠶
Waxiang Yuanling (Shaojiwan) 絲蟲
Wu Shanghai 蠶, 蠶寶寶
Shanghai (Chongming) 蠶
Suzhou 蠶, 蠶寶寶, 寶寶
Wuxi 蠶寶寶
Danyang 蠶
Hangzhou 蠶寶寶
Ningbo 蠶, 蠶寶寶
Wenzhou 蠶兒
Jinhua 蠶兒
Xiang Changsha 蠶子, 蠶
Loudi 蠶子
Shuangfeng 蠶子
Quanzhou 蠶
Xiangnan Tuhua Jiangyong 蠶
Yuebei Tuhua Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang) 蠶
Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang) 蠶屎蟲, 蠶
Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang) 蠶
Renhua (Zhoutian) 蠶
Renhua (Shitang) 蠶
Ruyuan (Songwei, Guitou) 蠶
Lechang (Changlai) 蠶絲蟲
Lechang (Beixiang) 桑蟲
Lechang (Huangpu) 蠶子龍
Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi) 蠶蟲
Lechang (Sanxi) 蠶蟲
  • (young lady): 小姐 (xiǎojiě)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • →? Malay: nyonya, nyonyah, nonya
    • > Indonesian: nyonya (inherited)
    • → English: Nyonya
    • →? Macanese: nhonha
    • → Hokkien: 娘惹 (nō͘-niâ / niû-nia / niô͘-nia)
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