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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
嬤嬤
- (dialectal Mandarin) a form of address for an elderly woman
- (dialectal Mandarin) wet nurse
- (Catholicism, Orthodoxy) nun; sister
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
奶媽 (“wet nurse”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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奶媽, 乳母, 乳娘, 奶娘
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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奶媽子, 奶子, 㜷媽, 㜷㜷
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Taiwan
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奶媽
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Harbin
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奶媽子
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Singapore
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奶媽
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Jilu Mandarin
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Jinan
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奶媽子, 奶母
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Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Yantai (Muping)
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奶媽子
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
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奶媽兒
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Wanrong
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奶母
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Xi'an
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奶媽
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Xining
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奶媽子
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Xuzhou
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奶媽子, 奶媽
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Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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奶媽子
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Lanzhou
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奶媽 face-to-face, 奶媽子 non-face-to-face
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Ürümqi
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奶媽子
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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奶媽兒, 奶媽, 奶子
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Wuhan
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奶媽
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Guiyang
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奶媽
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Guilin (Lingui)
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奶媽
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Liuzhou
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奶媽
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Liuzhou (Luorong)
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奶媽
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Nanning (Wuming)
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奶媽
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Yangzhou
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奶媽
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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奶媽, 濕腰
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Hong Kong
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奶媽
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Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
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奶媽
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Macau
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奶媽
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Guangzhou (Panyu)
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奶媽
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Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
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奶媽
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Guangzhou (Conghua)
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奶媽
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Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
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奶媽
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Foshan
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奶媽
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Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
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奶媽
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Foshan (Shunde)
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奶媽
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Foshan (Sanshui)
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奶媽
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Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
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奶媽
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Zhongshan (Shiqi)
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奶媽
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Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
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奶媽
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Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
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奶媽
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Zhuhai (Doumen)
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奶媽
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Jiangmen (Baisha)
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奶媽
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Jiangmen (Xinhui)
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奶媽
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Taishan
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奶媽
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Kaiping (Chikan)
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奶媽
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Enping (Niujiang)
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奶媽
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Heshan (Yayao)
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奶媽
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Dongguan
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奶媽, 奶婆
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Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
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奶母
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Nanning
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奶媽
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Guiping
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奶媽
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Mengshan (Xihe)
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奶媽
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Guigang (Nanjiang)
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奶媽
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Beiliu (Tangliao)
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奶媽
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Baise
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奶媽
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Bobai
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奶媽
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Lingshan
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奶媽
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Pubei
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奶媽
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Qinzhou
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奶媽
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Beihai
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奶媽
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Ningming
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奶媽
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Hengzhou
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奶媽
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Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)
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𢆡媽
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Gan
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Nanchang
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奶娘
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Lichuan
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奶娘
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Pingxiang
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奶娘
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Hakka
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Meixian
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奶媽, 奶哀
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Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
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奶婆
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Dongguan (Qingxi)
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奶媽
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Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
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契媽
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Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
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奶媽
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Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
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奶媽
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Yudu
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奶媽, 契姐
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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奶哀
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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奶哀
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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奶哀
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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奶哀
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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奶哀
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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奶哀
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Beiliu (Tang'an)
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奶媽
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Mashan (Pianlian)
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奶媽
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Huizhou
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Jixi
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奶娘, 妹姨, 妹娘
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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奶媽
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Xinzhou
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奶巴子 non-face-to-face, 巴子 non-face-to-face, 奶波 non-face-to-face, 巴子啊 face-to-face
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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奶媽, 依奶 face-to-face
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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奶母, 邀奶, 邀奶的, 邀奶母
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Quanzhou
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奶母, 邀奶母
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Zhangzhou
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奶母, 邀奶, 邀奶的
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Tainan
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奶母
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Pingnan (Shangdu)
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奶媽
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Singapore (Teochew)
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奶母
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Haikou
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奶媽
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Zhongshan Min
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Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
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奶媽
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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奶母
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Nanning (Shajing)
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奶媽
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Binyang
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奶媽
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Northern Pinghua
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Guilin (Chaoyang)
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奶媽
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Guilin (Zhuyuan)
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奶娘
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Wu
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Shanghai
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奶媽, 奶嬸嬸 dated
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Shanghai (Songjiang)
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奶娘, 奶嫲
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Shanghai (Chongming)
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奶娘
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Suzhou
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奶嬸嬸
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Danyang
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奶娘, 奶婆, 帶奶個
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Hangzhou
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奶娘
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Ningbo
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阿伴, 阿奶, 奶嬸
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Wenzhou
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奶嫂
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Jinhua
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奶娘
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Xiang
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Changsha
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奶媽
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Loudi
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奶婆娘
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Quanzhou
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奶媽
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Guanyang (Wenshi)
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奶媽
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Dialectal synonyms of
修女 (“Catholic nun”)
Derived terms