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Chinese
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phonetic; (final part.); (interj.) phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people
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grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
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trad. (阿婆)
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阿
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婆
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simp. #(阿婆)
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阿
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婆
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Pronunciation
Note: nga1 'po2 - only “maternal grandmother”.
Noun
阿婆
- (Southwestern Mandarin, dialectal Cantonese, Hakka, dialectal Wu) paternal grandmother
- (Southwestern Mandarin, Cantonese, Gan, dialectal Wu, Pinghua) maternal grandmother
- (Wu) mother-in-law (husband's mother)
- (dialectal, honorific) old woman
- (Gan) midwife (female only)
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)
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祖母
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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奶奶, 奶
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Taiwan
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奶奶, 阿嬤
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Harbin
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奶奶, 奶
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Shenyang
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奶奶
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Singapore
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奶奶
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Jilu Mandarin
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Tianjin
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奶奶
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Jinan
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奶奶
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Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Yantai (Muping)
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婆, 婆婆
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Qingdao
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奶奶
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
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奶奶, 奶
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Wanrong
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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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Xining
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奶奶
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Xuzhou
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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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Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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奶奶
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Lanzhou
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奶奶
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Ürümqi
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奶奶, 阿奶 Hui
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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婆婆, 奶奶
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Wuhan
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太, 奶奶, 婆婆 dated
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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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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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奶奶, 奶, 吾奶
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Yangzhou
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奶奶, 太太 dated
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Nantong
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奶奶
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Hefei
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奶奶
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Huanggang
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婆婆
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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)
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阿婆
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Macau
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阿嫲
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Guangzhou (Xinjiao, Haizhu)
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阿嫲
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Guangzhou (Longxi, Liwan)
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阿嫲
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Guangzhou (Huangpu)
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阿嫲
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Guangzhou (Xinshi, Baiyun)
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阿嫲
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Guangzhou (Shijing, Baiyun)
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阿嫲
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Guangzhou (Jiangcun, Baiyun)
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阿嫲
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Guangzhou (Longgui, Baiyun)
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阿嫲
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Guangzhou (Renhe, Baiyun)
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阿嫲
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Guangzhou (Zhuliao, Baiyun)
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阿嫲
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Guangzhou (Zhongluotan, Baiyun)
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阿嫲
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Guangzhou (Jiufo, Huangpu)
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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, Xiangzhou)
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阿婆
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Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; 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
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阿婆, 阿嫲
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Shaoguan (Qujiang)
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阿婆, 阿嫲
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Renhua
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阿婆, 阿嫲
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Lechang
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阿嫲
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Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
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阿嫲, 阿奶
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Sihui
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阿婆
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Guangning
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阿婆
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Deqing
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阿婆, 阿奶
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Huaiji
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阿婆
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Fengkai (Nanfeng)
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婆
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Yunfu
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阿奶
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Xinxing
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阿娘
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Luoding
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阿嫲
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Yunan (Pingtai)
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阿嫲
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Yangjiang
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阿婆, 阿嫲
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Xinyi
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阿婆
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Maoming (Xinpo)
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阿婆
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Lianjiang
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阿嫲
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Wuchuan (Wuyang)
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奶, 阿奶
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Nanning
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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)
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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
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婆婆, 奶奶
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Lichuan
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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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Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng)
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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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Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
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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
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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)
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阿婆
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Xinyi (Sihe)
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阿婆
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Xinyi (Qianpai)
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阿婆
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Gaozhou (Xindong)
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阿婆
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Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)
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阿婆
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Huazhou (Xin'an)
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阿婆
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Lianjiang (Shijiao)
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阿婆
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Lianjiang (Qingping)
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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)
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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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Huangshan (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
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老婦兒
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Qimen
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嫗兒, 娪娭
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Wuyuan
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婆婆
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Fuliang
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媽媽
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Dexing
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娘
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Jingde
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奶奶
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Shitai (Xianyu)
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奶奶
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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奶奶
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Pingyao
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娘娘
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Xinzhou
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娘娘啊, 呀娘, 娘娘
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Linhe
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娘娘
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Hohhot
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奶奶
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Dongsheng
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娘娘
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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
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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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Fuzhou (Changle)
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依媽
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Fuqing
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阿媽, 媽
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Yongtai
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依媽
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Gutian
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媽
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Fu'an
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婆
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Ningde
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婆
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Shouning
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阿婆
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Zhouning
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阿婆
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Fuding
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阿媽
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Matsu
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依媽
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Singapore (Fuqing)
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阿媽
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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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
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阿媽, 媽
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Zhangzhou
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阿媽, 咉媽, 內媽
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Zhangzhou (Changtai)
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媽
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Zhao'an
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媽
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Dongshan
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阿媽
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Taipei
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阿媽
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New Taipei (Sanxia)
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阿媽
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Kaohsiung
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阿媽
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Yilan
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阿媽
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Changhua (Lukang)
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阿媽, 俺媽
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Taichung
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阿媽
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Taichung (Wuqi)
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阿媽
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Tainan
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阿媽, 內媽
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Taitung
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阿媽
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Hsinchu
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阿媽
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Kinmen
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俺媽
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Penghu (Magong)
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阿媽
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Penang (Hokkien)
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阿媽, 媽
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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阿媽, 俺媽, 內媽
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Manila (Hokkien)
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俺媽, 阿媽, 引媽
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Longyan
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媽
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Zhangping
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媽
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Zhangping (Yongfu)
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俺媽
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Datian
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阿媽
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Pingnan (Shangdu)
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阿媽, 媽
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Chaozhou
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阿媽
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Shantou
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阿媽
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Shantou (Chenghai)
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阿媽
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Jieyang
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阿媽
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Haifeng
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媽, 阿媽
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Bangkok (Teochew)
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阿媽
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Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)
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內媽
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Johor Bahru (Teochew)
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阿媽
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Singapore (Teochew)
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阿媽
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Leizhou
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尼奶, 尼媽, 奶, 媽
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Wenchang
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奶, 婆
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Haikou
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阿媽 face-to-face, 阿婆 face-to-face, 媽 non-face-to-face, 婆 non-face-to-face
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Singapore (Hainanese)
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阿婆
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Puxian Min
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Putian
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阿媽
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Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)
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阿媽
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Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)
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阿媽
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Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)
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阿媽
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Xianyou
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阿媽
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Xianyou (Fengting)
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阿媽
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Xianyou (Youyang)
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阿媽
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Central Min
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Yong'an
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俺媽
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Sanming (Sanyuan)
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婆媽
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Sanming (Shaxian)
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俺媽
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Zhongshan Min
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Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
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婆
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Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
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婆, 阿婆
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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奶, 阿奶, 奶奶, 太婆
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Northern Pinghua
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Guilin (Dahe)
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奶奶
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Shehua
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Fu'an
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阿婆
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Fuding
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阿嫲
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Luoyuan
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阿嫲
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Sanming
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阿嫲
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Shunchang
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阿婆
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Hua'an
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阿婆
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Guixi (Zhangping)
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阿婆
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Cangnan
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嫲
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Jingning (Hexi)
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姐
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Lishui
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姐
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Longyou
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阿姐
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Chaozhou
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姐
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Fengshun
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姐
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Waxiang
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Guzhang (Gaofeng)
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婆
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Wu
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Shanghai
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爾奶, 阿奶, 奶奶
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Shanghai (Chongming)
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裡婆, 親婆, 婆, 阿婆, 婆阿
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Suzhou
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好婆, 好親婆, 親婆
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Wuxi
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親娘
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Danyang
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嫚嫚
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Hangzhou
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奶奶
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Ningbo
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阿娘
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Wenzhou
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娘娘, 祖婆, 祖婆娘, 阿娘
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Jinhua
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媽媽
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Jinhua (Tangxi)
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媽媽
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Xiang
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Changsha
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娭毑
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Xiangtan
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娭毑
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Loudi
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佳婆, 奶奶
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Shuangfeng
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奶奶
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Hengyang
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奶奶
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Quanzhou
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奶奶
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Dialectal synonyms of
外祖母 (“maternal grandmother”)
Variety
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Location
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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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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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姥姥
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Taiwan
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外婆, 阿嬤
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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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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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Singapore
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外婆, 婆婆
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Jilu Mandarin
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Tianjin
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姥姥
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Jinan
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姥娘
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Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Yantai (Muping)
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姥, 姥母
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Qingdao
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姥娘
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Central Plains Mandarin
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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
|
姥娘, 姥姥
|
Xi'an
|
外奶, 舅家奶, 舅奶, 外婆 suburbs, 外拿 Hui
|
Xining
|
外奶奶
|
Xuzhou
|
外奶奶
|
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
|
舅奶, 舅奶奶, 外奶, 外奶奶
|
Lanyin Mandarin
|
Yinchuan
|
奶奶, 外奶奶, 姥姥
|
Bayanhot
|
外奶奶, 姥姥
|
Lanzhou
|
奶奶, 外奶奶
|
Ürümqi
|
外奶奶
|
Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
|
外婆, 家婆, 家家
|
Wuhan
|
家家
|
Guiyang
|
婆婆, 外婆
|
Kunming
|
婆婆, 外婆
|
Guilin
|
婆婆
|
Liuzhou
|
外婆, 婆, 阿婆
|
Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Nanjing
|
婆婆
|
Yangzhou
|
婆婆
|
Nantong
|
外婆奶奶
|
Hefei
|
外奶奶
|
Huanggang
|
家婆
|
Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
阿婆 face-to-face, 婆婆, 外婆 non-face-to-face
|
Hong Kong
|
阿婆, 婆婆
|
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
|
阿婆
|
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
|
外婆 non-face-to-face, 阿婆 face-to-face
|
Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
|
姐婆
|
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
|
姐婆
|
Macau
|
阿婆
|
Guangzhou (Xinjiao, Haizhu)
|
阿婆
|
Guangzhou (Longxi, Liwan)
|
阿婆
|
Guangzhou (Huangpu)
|
阿婆
|
Guangzhou (Xinshi, Baiyun)
|
阿婆
|
Guangzhou (Shijing, Baiyun)
|
阿婆
|
Guangzhou (Jiangcun, Baiyun)
|
阿婆
|
Guangzhou (Longgui, Baiyun)
|
阿婆
|
Guangzhou (Renhe, Baiyun)
|
阿婆
|
Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
阿婆
|
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
阿婆
|
Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
遠婆
|
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
阿婆
|
Foshan
|
婆婆
|
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
阿婆
|
Foshan (Shunde)
|
阿婆
|
Foshan (Sanshui)
|
阿婆
|
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
外婆
|
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
阿婆
|
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
|
阿婆
|
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
|
祖婆
|
Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
子婆
|
Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
祖婆
|
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
祖婆
|
Taishan
|
阿婆, 外婆, 婆, 婆婆
|
Kaiping (Chikan)
|
阿婆
|
Enping (Niujiang)
|
婆大
|
Heshan (Yayao)
|
阿婆
|
Dongguan
|
阿婆, 婆婆
|
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
阿婆
|
Shaoguan
|
外婆
|
Yunfu
|
阿婆
|
Yangjiang
|
外婆
|
Xinyi
|
外婆
|
Lianjiang
|
姊婆, 阿婆
|
Nanning
|
阿婆, 婆婆, 外婆
|
Wuzhou
|
阿婆, 婆婆
|
Yulin
|
外婆
|
Hepu (Lianzhou)
|
外嫲
|
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
外婆
|
Singapore (Guangfu)
|
外婆, 婆婆
|
Gan
|
Nanchang
|
阿婆
|
Lichuan
|
阿婆
|
Pingxiang
|
外婆
|
Hakka
|
Meixian
|
外阿婆, 外婆, 姐婆
|
Xingning
|
姐婆
|
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
|
姐婆
|
Huidong (Daling)
|
姐婆
|
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
|
Liannan
|
姐婆
|
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
|
姐婆
|
Jiexi
|
姐婆
|
Luhe
|
姐婆
|
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
|
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
|
Huangshan (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
|
Fuzhou (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
|
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
|
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
|
Hengyang
|
外婆
|
Quanzhou
|
外婆
|
Note
|
GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)
|
Dialectal synonyms of
婆婆 (“husband's mother; mother-in-law”)
Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
婆婆
|
Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
婆婆
|
Taiwan
|
婆婆
|
Harbin
|
婆婆, 老婆婆
|
Shenyang
|
老婆婆
|
Singapore
|
家婆
|
Jilu Mandarin
|
Jinan
|
婆婆
|
Jiaoliao Mandarin
|
Yantai (Muping)
|
婆
|
Central Plains Mandarin
|
Luoyang
|
婆
|
Wanrong
|
阿家, 婆婆
|
Xi'an
|
婆, 阿公婆
|
Xuzhou
|
老婆婆, 婆家娘, 婆婆娘
|
Lanyin Mandarin
|
Yinchuan
|
婆婆
|
Lanzhou
|
婆婆
|
Ürümqi
|
婆婆
|
Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
|
婆婆, 老人婆
|
Wuhan
|
婆婆
|
Guiyang
|
老婆婆
|
Kunming
|
婆婆
|
Liuzhou
|
家婆
|
Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Nanjing
|
老婆婆
|
Yangzhou
|
婆, 婆太太
|
Nantong
|
婆老太, 婆
|
Hefei
|
婆婆, 老婆婆
|
Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
家婆, 奶奶, 大人婆 dated
|
Hong Kong
|
家婆, 奶奶
|
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
|
家婆
|
Taishan
|
家婆
|
Dongguan
|
家婆, 奶奶
|
Yangjiang
|
家婆
|
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
家婆, 奶奶
|
Singapore (Guangfu)
|
家婆, 奶奶
|
Gan
|
Nanchang
|
婆, 婆子
|
Lichuan
|
家娘
|
Pingxiang
|
家娘, 家娘老子, 家婆
|
Hakka
|
Meixian
|
家娘
|
Xingning
|
家娘
|
Huidong (Daling)
|
家娘
|
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
家娘婆
|
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
|
家婆
|
Changting
|
家娘
|
Wuping
|
家娘
|
Wuping (Pingyu)
|
家娘
|
Liancheng
|
家娘
|
Ninghua
|
家婆
|
Yudu
|
家婆
|
Ruijin
|
家婆, 奶奶
|
Shicheng
|
家婆
|
Shangyou (Shexi)
|
家婆
|
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
家娘
|
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
家娘
|
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
家娘
|
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
家娘
|
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
家娘
|
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
家婆
|
Hong Kong
|
家娘
|
Sabah (Longchuan)
|
家娘
|
Senai (Huiyang)
|
家婆
|
Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
婆
|
Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
婆婆
|
Xinzhou
|
老娘娘, 婆婆
|
Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
媽媽
|
Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
大家, 大家奶
|
Fuqing
|
大家, 大家姑, 阿娘
|
Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
大家
|
Quanzhou
|
大家
|
Zhangzhou
|
大家
|
Taipei
|
大家
|
New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
大家
|
Kaohsiung
|
大家
|
Yilan
|
大家仔
|
Changhua (Lukang)
|
大家
|
Taichung
|
大家
|
Taichung (Wuqi)
|
大家
|
Tainan
|
大家
|
Taitung
|
大家
|
Hsinchu
|
大家
|
Kinmen
|
親姆
|
Penghu (Magong)
|
大家
|
Penang (Hokkien)
|
娘
|
Singapore (Hokkien)
|
大家
|
Manila (Hokkien)
|
大家
|
Chaozhou
|
大家
|
Shantou
|
大家
|
Haifeng
|
大家婆
|
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
大家
|
Singapore (Teochew)
|
大家
|
Leizhou
|
家婆
|
Haikou
|
家婆
|
Puxian Min
|
Putian
|
大家
|
Xianyou
|
大家
|
Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
奶
|
Wu
|
Shanghai
|
婆婆, 阿婆, 婆阿媽 dated
|
Shanghai (Chongming)
|
婆
|
Suzhou
|
阿婆
|
Danyang
|
婆婆
|
Hangzhou
|
阿婆, 婆老太太
|
Ningbo
|
阿婆, 婆婆
|
Wenzhou
|
大家娘
|
Jinhua
|
婆
|
Xiang
|
Changsha
|
家娘
|
Loudi
|
家娘
|
Shuangfeng
|
家娘
|
Hengyang
|
家娘
|
Dialectal synonyms of
助產士 (“midwife”)
Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
Classical Chinese
|
穩婆, 產婆
|
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
助產士, 接生員
|
Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
接生的, 接生婆兒, 接生婆, 收生婆, 姥姥
|
Chengde
|
助產士
|
Chifeng
|
接生員
|
Hulunbuir (Hailar)
|
接生員兒
|
Heihe
|
接生員
|
Qiqihar
|
接生員, 老娘婆
|
Harbin
|
接生員, 老牛婆, 老娘婆
|
Jiamusi
|
接生員
|
Baicheng
|
接生員
|
Changchun
|
助產士
|
Tonghua
|
接生員, 老娘婆
|
Shenyang
|
接生員
|
Jinzhou
|
接生員, 助產士
|
Jilu Mandarin
|
Tianjin
|
接生的
|
Tangshan
|
接生員
|
Cangzhou
|
接生員
|
Baoding
|
接生員
|
Shijiazhuang
|
接生員
|
Lijin
|
接生員
|
Jinan
|
接生員, 老娘婆, 接生婆
|
Jiaoliao Mandarin
|
Dalian
|
接生員
|
Dandong
|
接生員
|
Yantai
|
接生的
|
Yantai (Muping)
|
接生婆兒
|
Qingdao
|
接生員兒
|
Zhucheng
|
接生員
|
Central Plains Mandarin
|
Luoyang
|
收生婆, 老娘婆
|
Lingbao
|
接生員
|
Jining
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接生員, 收生婆
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Wanrong
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接生員, 拾娃的
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Linfen
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接生員兒
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Shangqiu
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接生員
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Yuanyang
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接生員
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Zhengzhou
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助產師
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Xinyang
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接生員
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Baihe
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接生員
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Xi'an
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接生員, 接生的, 包娃的
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Baoji
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接生員
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Tianshui
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接生員, 穩婆, 老娘婆
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Xining
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接生員, 老娘婆
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Xuzhou
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接生員, 收生婆兒, 收生婆, 接生婆兒, 接生婆
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Fuyang
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接生員
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Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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接生員, 老娘婆
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Lanzhou
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接生員, 老娘婆
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Dunhuang
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接生員, 隱婆
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Hami
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老娘婆, 接生婆
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Ürümqi
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接生婆, 產婆
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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接生的, 接生婆兒, 接生婆, 撿生婆
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Nanchong
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接生員
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Dazhou
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接生員
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Hanyuan
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接生員, 接生婆
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Xichang
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接生員, 撿生婆兒
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Zigong
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接生員
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Chongqing
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接生員兒, 接生婆兒
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Wuhan
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接生員, 接生的, 撿生婆
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Yichang
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接生員, 接生婆
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Xiangyang
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接生員
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Tianmen
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接生員
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Guiyang
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接生婆, 撿生奶, 接生奶
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Zunyi
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接生員兒
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Bijie
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接生的, 撿生婆
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Liping
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接生員
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Zhaotong
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接生員
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Dali
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接生的
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Kunming
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接生員
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Mengzi
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接生員
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Guilin
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接生婆
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Liuzhou
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接生員, 收生婆, 接生婆
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Jishou
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接生員
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Changde
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接生員
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Hanzhong
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接生員
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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接生婆, 姥姥
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Yangzhou
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接生員, 收生婆子, 姥姥, 老娘 dated
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Lianyungang
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接生員, 收生婆, 老娘
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Lianshui
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接生員, 接生的
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Nantong
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接生的
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Anqing
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接生員
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Wuhu
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接生的
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Hefei
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接生員
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Hong'an
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接生員
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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執媽, 執仔婆
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Hong Kong
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執媽, 執仔婆
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Taishan
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伴生婆
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Dongguan
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執仔婆, 生仔婆, 撿仔婆
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Gan
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Nanchang
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阿婆
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Lichuan
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撿伢崽娘
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Pingxiang
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接生娘
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Hakka
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Meixian
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看輕個, 看輕婆, 看輕人
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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產婆, 接生婆
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Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)
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產婆
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Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)
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產婆
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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產婆, 輕身婆
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Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)
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產婆
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Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)
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產婆
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Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)
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產婆
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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產婆
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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產婆, 助產士
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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產婆, 接生婆
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Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)
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產婆
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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產婆
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Huizhou
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Jixi
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接生婆
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Shexian
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接生的
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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接產的, 老娘婆
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Yangyuan
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接生員兒
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Datong
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接生員兒
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Xinzhou
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接產員兒, 收生婆
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Lüliang (Lishi)
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接生員兒
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Changzhi
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接生員兒, 接產員兒
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Linhe
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接生員
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Jining
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接產員, 接產的
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Hohhot
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接生員兒
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Erenhot
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接生員
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Pingshan
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接生員
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Zhangjiakou
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接生的
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Handan
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接生員
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Linzhou
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接生員
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Suide
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接生員兒
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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拾洗奶
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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拾囝婆
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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抾囝姐 dated, 抾姐 dated, 抾姐母, 抾姐婆, 先生媽, 抾姆 dated, older, 抾囝姆 dated, older
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Quanzhou
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抾囝母, 先生媽
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Zhangzhou
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抾姐 dated, 抾姐婆, 先生媽, 抾姆 dated, older
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Taipei
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產婆
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New Taipei (Sanxia)
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產婆
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Kaohsiung
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助產士, 抾囝母, 產婆
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Yilan
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產婆
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Changhua (Lukang)
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產婆
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Taichung
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產婆
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Tainan
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助產士, 抾囝母, 產婆
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Hsinchu
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產婆
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Kinmen
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產婆
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Penghu (Magong)
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產婆
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Manila (Hokkien)
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抾囝母
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Haikou
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生囝婆
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Puxian Min
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Putian
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包臍媽
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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接生婆
|
Wu
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Shanghai
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助產士, 守生婆, 老娘 dated
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Shanghai (Chongming)
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老娘婆
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Suzhou
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老娘
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Danyang
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收生婆, 接生格
|
Hangzhou
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收生婆
|
Ningbo
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接生老娘, 接生婆
|
Wenzhou
|
洗生婆
|
Jinhua
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接生娘, 洗生娘
|
Xiang
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Changsha
|
接生婆
|
Loudi
|
收生婆, 接生員
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Note
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Most of the terms are only used for female midwives.
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Derived terms
Descendants