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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
嬸嫲
- (Northern Min) great-aunt (wife of paternal grandfather's younger brother)
- (Northern Min, respectful) granny (form of address for any old woman)
Synonyms
- (great-aunt): 叔祖母 (shūzǔmǔ); (dialectal) 叔婆 (shūpó); (Hokkien, Taiwanese Mandarin) 嬸婆／婶婆 (shěnpó); (Hokkien) 嬸媽／婶妈; (Xiang) 叔娭毑, 叔外婆