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Chinese
Pronunciation 1
Noun
娘娘
- (archaic) lady (a term for use when addressing an empress or a consort)
- 太后娘娘 ― tàihòu niángniang ― Empress Dowager
- (religion) lady (a term for use when addressing a goddess)
- 王母娘娘 ― Wángmǔ Niángniang ― Queen Mother of the West
- (honorific, archaic) woman; lady
- (archaic) mother
- (dialectal) paternal grandmother
- (dialectal) father's sister; paternal aunt
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
祖母 (“paternal grandmother”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Classical Chinese
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祖母
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
祖母
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Mandarin
|
Beijing
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奶奶, 奶
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Taiwan
|
奶奶, 阿嬤
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Tianjin
|
奶奶
|
Harbin
|
奶奶, 奶
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Shenyang
|
奶奶
|
Yantai (Muping)
|
婆, 婆婆
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Qingdao
|
奶奶
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Jinan
|
奶奶
|
Luoyang
|
奶奶, 奶
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Wanrong
|
娘
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Zhengzhou
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奶奶, 奶
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Xi'an
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奶, 婆 suburbs, 拿拿 Hui
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Yinchuan
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奶奶
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Lanzhou
|
奶奶
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Xining
|
奶奶
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Ürümqi
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奶奶, 阿奶 Hui
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Wuhan
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太, 奶奶, 婆婆 dated
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Huanggang
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婆婆
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Chengdu
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婆婆, 奶奶
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Guiyang
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太太, 奶奶, 老太太
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Kunming
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奶, 奶奶
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Guilin
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奶奶
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Liuzhou
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婆, 奶, 阿奶
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Shanglin (Sanli)
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婆
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Xuzhou
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奶奶
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Yangzhou
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奶奶, 太太 dated
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Nanjing
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奶奶, 奶
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Hefei
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奶奶
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Nantong
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奶奶
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Singapore
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奶奶
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Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
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奶奶, 阿奶
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Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)
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拿拿
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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阿嫲
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Hong Kong
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阿嫲, 嫲嫲
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Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
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阿婆, 阿嫲
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Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
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阿嫲, 嫲
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Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
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阿婆
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Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
|
阿婆
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Macau
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阿嫲
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Guangzhou (Panyu)
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阿嫲
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Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
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阿嫲
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Guangzhou (Conghua)
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阿嫲
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Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
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阿婆, 阿嫲
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Foshan
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阿嫲
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Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
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阿人
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Foshan (Shunde)
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阿人
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Foshan (Sanshui)
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阿嫲
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Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
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阿婆
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Zhongshan (Shiqi)
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阿婆
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Zhuhai (Qianshan)
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阿婆
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Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)
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阿婆
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Zhuhai (Doumen)
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阿婆
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Jiangmen (Baisha)
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阿婆
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Jiangmen (Xinhui)
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阿婆
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Taishan
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阿人
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Kaiping (Chikan)
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阿人
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Enping (Niujiang)
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阿人
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Heshan (Yayao)
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阿嫲
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Dongguan
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阿嫲, 嫲嫲, 阿婆
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Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
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阿媽, 阿嫲
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Shenzhen (Dapeng)
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阿婆
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Qingyuan
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阿婆
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Fogang
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阿嫲
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Yingde (Hanguang)
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阿嫲
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Yangshan
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阿婆
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Lianshan (Butian)
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吾妣
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Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)
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阿婆
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Shaoguan
|
阿婆, 阿嫲
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Shaoguan (Qujiang)
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阿婆, 阿嫲
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Renhua
|
阿婆, 阿嫲
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Lechang
|
阿嫲
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Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
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阿嫲, 阿奶
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Sihui
|
阿婆
|
Guangning
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阿婆
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Deqing
|
阿婆, 阿奶
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Huaiji
|
阿婆
|
Fengkai (Nanfeng)
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婆
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Yunfu
|
阿奶
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Xinxing
|
阿娘
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Luoding
|
阿嫲
|
Yunan (Pingtai)
|
阿嫲
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Yangjiang
|
阿婆, 阿嫲
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Xinyi
|
阿婆
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Maoming (Xinpo)
|
阿婆
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Lianjiang
|
阿嫲
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Wuchuan (Wuyang)
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奶, 阿奶
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Nanning
|
阿婆, 婆, 奶奶
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Wuzhou
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阿嫲
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Yulin
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阿婆
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Hepu (Lianzhou)
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阿嫲
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Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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阿嫲
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Singapore (Guangfu)
|
阿嫲, 嫲嫲
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Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
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阿嫲
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Gan
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Nanchang
|
婆婆, 奶奶
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Lichuan
|
姆媽
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Pingxiang
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婆婆
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Hakka
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Meixian
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阿婆
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Xingning
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阿婆
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Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
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阿婆, 阿嫲
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Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)
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阿婆
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Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)
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阿婆
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Huiyang
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阿婆
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Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)
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阿嫲, 阿婆
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Huidong (Daling)
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阿婆
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Dongguan (Qingxi)
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阿婆
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Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)
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阿婆
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Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)
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阿嫲
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Boluo (Bendihua)
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阿婆, 阿嫲
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Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
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阿婆
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Zengcheng (Zhengguo)
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阿婆
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Zhongshan (Wuguishan)
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阿婆
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Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
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阿婆
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Wuhua (Shuizhai)
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阿婆
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Wuhua (Huacheng)
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阿婆
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Wuhua (Changbu)
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阿婆
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Wuhua (Mianyang)
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阿婆
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Heyuan (Bendihua)
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阿婆, 祖婆
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Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)
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阿嫲
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Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)
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阿婆
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Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)
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阿濟
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Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)
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阿濟
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Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)
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阿嫲
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Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)
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阿嫲
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Wengyuan
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阿婆
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Shaoguan (Qujiang)
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娭姐
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Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)
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阿嫲
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Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)
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阿嫲
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Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
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阿婆
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Liannan
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阿婆
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Conghua (Lütian)
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阿婆
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Jiexi
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阿婆
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Luhe
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阿婆
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Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
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阿嬤
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Changting
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娭姐
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Wuping
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娭姐
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Wuping (Yanqian)
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娭姐
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Wuping (Pingyu)
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阿婆
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Liancheng
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阿姐, 媽
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Ninghua
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媽媽
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Yudu
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婆婆, 婆, 婆奶
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Ningdu
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婆婆
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Ruijin
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奶奶, 奶
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Shicheng
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婆
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Shangyou (Shexi)
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奶奶, 阿奶
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Tonggu (Sandu)
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姐姐
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Ganzhou (Panlong)
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奶奶
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Dayu
|
奶奶
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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阿婆
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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阿婆, 阿嬤
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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阿婆
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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阿婆, 阿奶
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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阿嬤, 阿婆
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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阿媽
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Hong Kong
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阿婆
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Yangxi (Tangkou)
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阿婆
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Yangchun (Sanjia)
|
阿婆
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Xinyi (Sihe)
|
阿婆
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Xinyi (Qianpai)
|
阿婆
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Gaozhou (Xindong)
|
阿婆
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Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)
|
阿婆
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Huazhou (Xin'an)
|
阿婆
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Lianjiang (Shijiao)
|
阿婆
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Lianjiang (Qingping)
|
阿婆, 阿媽
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Mengshan (Xihe)
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婆
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Luchuan
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阿婆
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Luchuan (Daqiao)
|
阿婆
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Sabah (Longchuan)
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阿婆
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Senai (Huiyang)
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阿婆
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Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)
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阿媽
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Singkawang
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阿婆
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Huizhou
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Jixi
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婦, 阿婦
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Shexian
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奶奶, 老姨
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Tunxi
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老婄, 婄
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Xiuning
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阿婄, 婄, 奶兒, 阿奶
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Yixian
|
老婦兒
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Qimen
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嫗兒, 娪娭
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Wuyuan
|
婆婆
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Fuliang
|
媽媽
|
Dexing
|
娘
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Jingde
|
奶奶
|
Shitai (Xianyu)
|
奶奶
|
Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
奶奶
|
Pingyao
|
娘娘
|
Xinzhou
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娘娘啊, 呀娘, 娘娘
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Linhe
|
娘娘
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Hohhot
|
奶奶
|
Dongsheng
|
娘娘
|
Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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奶奶, 媽媽
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Jian'ou (Dikou)
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阿媽
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Songxi
|
嫲老
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Zhenghe
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媽老
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Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
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阿老
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Jianyang
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媽媽
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Wuyishan
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媽媽
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Pucheng (Shibei)
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媽媽, 阿大
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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依媽
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Changle
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依媽
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Fuqing
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阿媽, 媽
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Yongtai
|
依媽
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Gutian
|
媽
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Fu'an
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婆
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Ningde
|
婆
|
Shouning
|
阿婆
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Zhouning
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阿婆
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Fuding
|
阿媽
|
Matsu
|
依媽
|
Singapore (Fuqing)
|
阿媽
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
|
阿媽, 俺媽, 內媽
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Xiamen (Tong'an)
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俺媽, 阿媽
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Quanzhou
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阿媽, 引媽, 媽仔, 內媽
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Jinjiang
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俺媽, 引媽
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Yongchun
|
阿媽, 媽
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Zhangzhou
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阿媽, 咉媽, 內媽
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Zhangzhou (Changtai)
|
媽
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Zhao'an
|
媽
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Dongshan
|
阿媽
|
Taipei
|
阿媽
|
New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
阿媽
|
Kaohsiung
|
阿媽
|
Yilan
|
阿媽
|
Changhua (Lukang)
|
阿媽, 俺媽
|
Taichung
|
阿媽
|
Taichung (Wuqi)
|
阿媽
|
Tainan
|
阿媽, 內媽
|
Taitung
|
阿媽
|
Hsinchu
|
阿媽
|
Kinmen
|
俺媽
|
Penghu (Magong)
|
阿媽
|
Penang (Hokkien)
|
阿媽, 媽
|
Singapore (Hokkien)
|
阿媽, 俺媽, 內媽
|
Manila (Hokkien)
|
俺媽, 阿媽, 引媽
|
Longyan
|
媽
|
Zhangping
|
媽
|
Zhangping (Yongfu)
|
俺媽
|
Datian
|
阿媽
|
Pingnan (Shangdu)
|
阿媽, 媽
|
Chaozhou
|
阿媽
|
Shantou
|
阿媽
|
Shantou (Chenghai)
|
阿媽
|
Jieyang
|
阿媽
|
Haifeng
|
媽, 阿媽
|
Bangkok (Teochew)
|
阿媽
|
Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)
|
內媽
|
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
阿媽
|
Singapore (Teochew)
|
阿媽
|
Leizhou
|
尼奶, 尼媽, 奶, 媽
|
Wenchang
|
奶, 婆
|
Haikou
|
阿媽 face-to-face, 阿婆 face-to-face, 媽 non-face-to-face, 婆 non-face-to-face
|
Singapore (Hainanese)
|
阿婆
|
Puxian Min
|
Putian
|
阿媽
|
Xianyou
|
阿媽
|
Central Min
|
Yong'an
|
俺媽
|
Sanyuan
|
婆媽
|
Shaxian
|
俺媽
|
Zhongshan Min
|
Shaxi (Longdu)
|
婆
|
Sanxiang
|
婆, 阿婆
|
Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
奶, 阿奶, 奶奶, 太婆
|
Northern Pinghua
|
Guilin (Dahe)
|
奶奶
|
Shehua
|
Fu'an
|
阿婆
|
Fuding
|
阿嫲
|
Luoyuan
|
阿嫲
|
Sanming
|
阿嫲
|
Shunchang
|
阿婆
|
Hua'an
|
阿婆
|
Guixi (Zhangping)
|
阿婆
|
Cangnan
|
嫲
|
Jingning
|
姐
|
Lishui
|
姐
|
Longyou
|
阿姐
|
Chaozhou
|
姐
|
Fengshun
|
姐
|
Waxiang
|
Guzhang (Gaofeng)
|
婆
|
Wu
|
Shanghai
|
爾奶, 阿奶, 奶奶
|
Shanghai (Chongming)
|
裡婆, 親婆, 婆, 阿婆, 婆阿
|
Suzhou
|
好婆, 好親婆, 親婆
|
Wuxi
|
親娘
|
Danyang
|
嫚嫚
|
Hangzhou
|
奶奶
|
Ningbo
|
阿娘
|
Wenzhou
|
娘娘, 祖婆, 祖婆娘, 阿娘
|
Jinhua
|
媽媽
|
Jinhua (Tangxi)
|
媽媽
|
Xiang
|
Changsha
|
娭毑
|
Xiangtan
|
娭毑
|
Loudi
|
佳婆, 奶奶
|
Shuangfeng
|
奶奶
|
Quanzhou
|
奶奶
|
Dialectal synonyms of
姑姑 (“paternal aunt (father's sister)”)
Variety
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Location
|
Words
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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
|
Yantai (Muping)
|
姑
|
Jinan
|
姑姑, 姑
|
Luoyang
|
姑
|
Wanrong
|
姑
|
Wanrong (Ronghe)
|
姑
|
Xi'an
|
姑媽 †, 姑 ‡
|
Yinchuan
|
姑媽
|
Lanzhou
|
娘娘
|
Xining
|
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 ‡≠
|
Kunming
|
姑媽 §, 娘 ≠
|
Liuzhou
|
姑媽 †, 姑 ‡, 阿姑 ‡
|
Xuzhou
|
姑娘, 姑姑, 姑兒
|
Yangzhou
|
娘娘, 大姑子 † eldest
|
Nanjing
|
姑媽 †, 娘娘 ‡
|
Hefei
|
姑佬, 佬佬, 佬
|
Nantong
|
姑媽 †
|
Singapore
|
姑姑
|
Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
|
Hong Kong
|
姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
|
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
|
大姑 †, 姑仔 ‡
|
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
|
大姑 †, 阿姑 ‡
|
Macau
|
姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
|
Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
|
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
姑母 †, 娘仔 ‡
|
Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
阿娘 †, 阿姑 ‡
|
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
大姑 †, 姑媽 †, 阿姑 ‡, 姑姐 ‡
|
Foshan
|
姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
|
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
姑姐
|
Foshan (Shunde)
|
姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
|
Foshan (Sanshui)
|
姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
|
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
阿姑
|
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
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Zhuhai (Qianshan)
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姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
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Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)
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阿姑
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Zhuhai (Doumen)
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阿姑
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Jiangmen (Baisha)
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阿姑 †, 姑仔 ‡
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Jiangmen (Xinhui)
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阿姑
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Taishan
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阿姑, 大姑 †, 姑 ‡, 姑仔 ‡
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Kaiping (Chikan)
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阿姑
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Enping (Niujiang)
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阿姑
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Heshan (Yayao)
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姑媽 †, 阿姑 ‡
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Dongguan
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阿姑, 姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
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Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
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大姑 †, 姑媽 †, 阿姑 ‡, 姑姐 ‡
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Shaoguan
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姑媽, 姑姐
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Yunfu
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阿姑
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Yangjiang
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大姑 †, 阿姑 ‡
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Xinyi
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阿姑
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Lianjiang
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𡜵奶 †, 姑 ‡, 姑仔 ‡, 阿姑 ‡
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Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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姑媽, 姑姐 ≠
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Singapore (Guangfu)
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姑媽
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Gan
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Nanchang
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姑娘, 姑姑, 姑, 大娘, 大姑娘
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Lichuan
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姑
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Pingxiang
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姑娘
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Hakka
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Meixian
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阿姑
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Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
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阿姑
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Dongguan (Qingxi)
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大姑 †, 阿姑 ‡
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Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
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大姑 †, 細姑 ‡
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Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
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大姑 †, 姑仔 ‡
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Conghua (Lütian)
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阿姑
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Yudu
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姑姑, 姑姊
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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阿姑
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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阿姑
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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阿姑
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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阿姑
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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阿姑
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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阿姑
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Hong Kong
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大姑 †, 姑仔 ‡
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Senai (Huiyang)
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阿姑
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Huizhou
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Jixi
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姑, 姑姑
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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姑姑, 姑媽
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Xinzhou
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姑姑 ∅, 姑姑啊 ¶
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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姑姑
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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大細姑, 姑媽 †, 姑 ‡, 依姑 ‡
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Fuqing
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姑姐 †, 大姐 †, 姑 ‡, 阿姑 ‡
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Matsu
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依姑
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Singapore (Fuqing)
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姑姑
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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阿姑
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Quanzhou
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阿姑
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Zhangzhou
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阿姑
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Kaohsiung
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阿姑
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Yilan
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阿姑
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Changhua (Lukang)
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阿姑
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Taichung
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阿姑
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Taichung (Wuqi)
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阿姑
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Tainan
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阿姑
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Taitung
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阿姑
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Hsinchu
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阿姑
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Penghu (Magong)
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阿姑
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Penang (Hokkien)
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阿姑
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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阿姑
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Manila (Hokkien)
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阿姑, 姑姑
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Chaozhou
|
阿姑
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Shantou
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阿姑
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Bangkok (Teochew)
|
阿姑
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Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
阿姑
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Singapore (Teochew)
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阿姑
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Leizhou
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姑母, 尼姑 ‡, ∅, 姑 ‡, ¶, 父姑 ‡
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Wenchang
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姆 †, 姑㜥 ‡, 㜥 ‡
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Haikou
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姑母 ∅, 阿姑 ¶
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Zhongshan Min
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Shaxi (Longdu)
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姑母 †, 姑 ‡
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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姑母 †, 姑 ‡
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Wu
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Shanghai
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娘娘, 姑母, 姑媽 ‡
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Shanghai (Chongming)
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姑娘
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Suzhou
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嬤嬤 †, 娘娘 ‡
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Danyang
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親嫚
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Hangzhou
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乾娘
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Ningbo
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姑嬤 †, 阿姑 ‡
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Wenzhou
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阿娘
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Jinhua
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娘娘, 姑 ∅
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Xiang
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Changsha
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姑媽 §, 姑子 ≠, 大姑子 †, 細姑子 ‡
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Loudi
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大唧 †, 嫚嫚 ‡
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Shuangfeng
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大基 †, 嫚嫚 ‡
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Note
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† - father's elder sister; ‡ - father's younger sister; § - married; ≠ - unmarried; ¶ - face-to-face; ∅ - non-face-to-face
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Derived terms
- 娘娘腔 (niángniangqiāng)
- 王母娘娘 (Wángmǔ Niángniang)
Pronunciation 2
Noun
娘娘
- (Jin) maternal grandmother
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
外祖母 (“maternal grandmother”)
Variety
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Location
|
Words
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Classical Chinese
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外祖母, 外王母
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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外祖母
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Mandarin
|
Beijing
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姥姥
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Taiwan
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外婆, 阿嬤
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Tianjin
|
姥姥
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Ulanhot
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姥姥, 姥兒
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Tongliao
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姥姥, 姥兒
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Chifeng
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姥姥
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Bayanhot
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外奶奶, 姥姥
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Hulunbuir (Hailar)
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姥姥, 姥兒
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Harbin
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姥兒, 姥姥
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Shenyang
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姥娘
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Yantai (Muping)
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姥, 姥母
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Qingdao
|
姥娘
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Jinan
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姥娘
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Luoyang
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姥姥, 婆兒婆兒
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Wanrong
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舅廈娘
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Zhengzhou
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姥娘, 姥姥
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Xi'an
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外奶, 舅家奶, 舅奶, 外婆 suburbs, 外拿 Hui
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Yinchuan
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奶奶, 外奶奶, 姥姥
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Lanzhou
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奶奶, 外奶奶
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Xining
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外奶奶
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Ürümqi
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外奶奶
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Wuhan
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家家
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Huanggang
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家婆
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Chengdu
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外婆, 家婆, 家家
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Guiyang
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婆婆, 外婆
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Kunming
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婆婆, 外婆
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Guilin
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婆婆
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Liuzhou
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外婆, 婆, 阿婆
|
Xuzhou
|
外奶奶
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Yangzhou
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婆婆
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Nanjing
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婆婆
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Hefei
|
外奶奶
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Nantong
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外婆奶奶
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Singapore
|
外婆, 婆婆
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Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
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舅奶, 舅奶奶, 外奶, 外奶奶
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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阿婆 face-to-face, 婆婆, 外婆 non-face-to-face
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Hong Kong
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阿婆, 婆婆
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Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
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阿婆
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Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
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外婆 non-face-to-face, 阿婆 face-to-face
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Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
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姐婆
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Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
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姐婆
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Macau
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阿婆
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Guangzhou (Panyu)
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阿婆
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Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
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阿婆
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Guangzhou (Conghua)
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遠婆
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Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
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阿婆
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Foshan
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婆婆
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Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
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阿婆
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Foshan (Shunde)
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阿婆
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Foshan (Sanshui)
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阿婆
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Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
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外婆
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Zhongshan (Shiqi)
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阿婆
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Zhuhai (Qianshan)
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阿婆
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Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)
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祖婆
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Zhuhai (Doumen)
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子婆
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Jiangmen (Baisha)
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祖婆
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Jiangmen (Xinhui)
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祖婆
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Taishan
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阿婆, 外婆, 婆
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Kaiping (Chikan)
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阿婆
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Enping (Niujiang)
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婆大
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Heshan (Yayao)
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阿婆
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Dongguan
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阿婆, 婆婆
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Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
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阿婆
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Shaoguan
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外婆
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Yunfu
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阿婆
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Yangjiang
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外婆
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Xinyi
|
外婆
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Lianjiang
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姊婆, 阿婆
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Nanning
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阿婆, 婆婆, 外婆
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Wuzhou
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阿婆, 婆婆
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Yulin
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外婆
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Hepu (Lianzhou)
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外嫲
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Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
外婆
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Singapore (Guangfu)
|
外婆, 婆婆
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Gan
|
Nanchang
|
阿婆
|
Lichuan
|
阿婆
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Pingxiang
|
外婆
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Hakka
|
Meixian
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外阿婆, 外婆, 姐婆
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Xingning
|
姐婆
|
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
|
姐婆
|
Huidong (Daling)
|
姐婆
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Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
姐婆
|
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
姐婆
|
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
姐婆
|
Wuhua (Shuizhai)
|
姐婆
|
Wuhua (Huacheng)
|
姐婆
|
Wuhua (Changbu)
|
姐婆
|
Wuhua (Mianyang)
|
姐婆
|
Wuhua (Meilin)
|
姐婆
|
Heyuan (Bendihua)
|
姐婆
|
Wengyuan
|
姐婆
|
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
姐婆
|
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
|
小婆
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Liannan
|
姐婆
|
Conghua (Lütian)
|
姐婆
|
Jiexi
|
姐婆
|
Luhe
|
姐婆
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Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
|
外媽
|
Changting
|
婆則
|
Wuping
|
外娭姐
|
Wuping (Yanqian)
|
外娭姐
|
Wuping (Pingyu)
|
外阿婆
|
Liancheng
|
外子媽
|
Ninghua
|
婆婆
|
Yudu
|
外婆
|
Ningdu
|
外婆
|
Ruijin
|
外婆
|
Shicheng
|
外婆
|
Shangyou (Shexi)
|
外婆
|
Tonggu (Sandu)
|
外婆
|
Ganzhou (Panlong)
|
外婆
|
Dayu
|
外婆
|
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
姐婆
|
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
外阿婆, 阿婆
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
姐婆
|
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
外阿婆
|
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
姐嬤
|
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
外媽
|
Hong Kong
|
姐婆
|
Yangxi (Tangkou)
|
姐婆
|
Yangchun (Sanjia)
|
姐婆
|
Xinyi (Sihe)
|
姐婆
|
Xinyi (Qianpai)
|
姐婆
|
Gaozhou (Xindong)
|
外婆
|
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)
|
外婆
|
Lianjiang (Shijiao)
|
姐婆
|
Mengshan (Xihe)
|
姐婆
|
Luchuan
|
姐婆
|
Luchuan (Daqiao)
|
姐婆
|
Sabah (Longchuan)
|
姐婆
|
Senai (Huiyang)
|
姐婆
|
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)
|
姐婆
|
Singkawang
|
姐婆
|
Singapore (Dabu)
|
阿姐
|
Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
外婆
|
Shexian
|
外婆
|
Tunxi
|
外婆
|
Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
娘娘, 姥娘, 姥姥
|
Pingyao
|
婆婆
|
Xinzhou
|
姥姥啊, 呀姥, 姥姥
|
Taibus (Baochang)
|
姥姥
|
Linhe
|
姥娘
|
Jining
|
姥姥
|
Hohhot
|
姥姥
|
Baotou
|
姥姥
|
Dongsheng
|
姥姥
|
Haibowan
|
姥姥, 姥娘
|
Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
畲嫲, 嫲嫲, 外婆
|
Jian'ou (Dikou)
|
畲嫲
|
Songxi
|
婆
|
Zhenghe
|
婆奶
|
Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
|
外婆
|
Jianyang
|
婆婆
|
Wuyishan
|
外婆
|
Pucheng (Shibei)
|
阿婆, 畲嫲
|
Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
外媽
|
Changle
|
外媽
|
Fuqing
|
外媽
|
Yongtai
|
外媽
|
Gutian
|
外媽
|
Fu'an
|
外婆
|
Ningde
|
外婆
|
Shouning
|
外婆
|
Zhouning
|
娘婆
|
Fuding
|
外婆
|
Matsu
|
外媽
|
Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
阿媽, 俺媽, 外媽
|
Quanzhou
|
媽仔, 俺媽, 外媽
|
Jinjiang
|
外家媽
|
Zhangzhou
|
阿媽, 咉媽, 外媽
|
Taipei
|
外媽, 阿媽 GT
|
New Taipei (Tamsui)
|
外媽
|
New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
外媽
|
New Taipei (Pingxi)
|
外媽
|
Kaohsiung
|
外媽
|
Kaohsiung (Cijin)
|
外媽
|
Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)
|
外媽
|
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)
|
外媽
|
Yilan
|
外媽
|
Yilan (Toucheng)
|
外媽
|
Tainan
|
外媽
|
Tainan (Anping)
|
外媽, 俺媽
|
Kinmen
|
外媽
|
Penghu (Magong)
|
外媽
|
Penghu (Xiyu)
|
外媽
|
Penang (Hokkien)
|
阿媽, 媽, 外媽
|
Singapore (Hokkien)
|
俺媽, 阿媽, 外媽
|
Manila (Hokkien)
|
外媽
|
Pingnan (Shangdu)
|
外媽
|
Chaozhou
|
外媽
|
Shantou
|
外媽
|
Jieyang
|
外媽
|
Haifeng
|
外婆
|
Bangkok (Teochew)
|
外媽
|
Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)
|
外媽
|
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
外媽
|
Singapore (Teochew)
|
阿媽, 外媽
|
Leizhou
|
外家祖婆
|
Wenchang
|
外婆
|
Haikou
|
媽, 阿媽, 婆, 外家媽, 外家婆, 外媽
|
Singapore (Hainanese)
|
阿婆
|
Puxian Min
|
Putian
|
外頭媽
|
Xianyou
|
外頭媽
|
Zhongshan Min
|
Shaxi (Longdu)
|
婆 face-to-face, 外家婆 non-face-to-face
|
Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
阿婆, 外婆
|
Northern Pinghua
|
Guilin (Dahe)
|
外婆, 婆婆
|
Wu
|
Shanghai
|
外婆, 外婆爾奶, 爾奶
|
Shanghai (Chongming)
|
親婆, 外婆, 阿婆
|
Suzhou
|
外婆
|
Wuxi
|
舅婆
|
Danyang
|
婆婆
|
Hangzhou
|
外婆
|
Ningbo
|
外婆
|
Wenzhou
|
外婆娘, 外婆
|
Jinhua
|
外婆, 婆婆
|
Xiang
|
Changsha
|
外婆
|
Xiangtan
|
外婆
|
Loudi
|
外婆
|
Shuangfeng
|
外婆
|
Quanzhou
|
外婆
|
Note
|
GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)
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