叔母

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Chinese

uncle in direct address female; mother
simp. and trad.
(叔母) 		叔 母

Pronunciation

Noun

叔母

  1. paternal aunt (wife of father's younger brother)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 嬸母 (“paternal aunt (wife of father's younger brother)”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 嬸母, 叔母
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 嬸兒, 嬸子, 嬸兒媽
Taiwan 嬸嬸
Ulanhot 嬸兒
Tongliao 嬸兒
Chifeng 嬸子
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 嬸兒
Harbin 嬸子, 嬸兒
Singapore 嬸嬸
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 嬸子
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 嬸
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 嬸子, 嬸兒, 嬸兒嬸兒
Wanrong 嬸嬸
Wanrong (Ronghe) 親媽, 花媽
Zhengzhou 嬸兒, 嬸
Xi'an 娘, 芽芽 Hui
Xining 嬸子
Xuzhou 嬸子, 嬸兒
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 嬸嬸
Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) 芽芽
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 嬸嬸
Bayanhot 嬸嬸, 媽, 小嬸
Lanzhou 嬸嬸
Ürümqi 嬸嬸
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 嬸嬸, 嬸娘
Wuhan 嬸娘, 娘, 娘娘
Guiyang 嬸嬸
Kunming 嬸嬸
Guilin 嬸嬸
Liuzhou 嬸娘, 阿嬸, 嬸
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 嬸嬸, 娘
Yangzhou 娘娘, 嬸娘, 嬸嬸
Nantong 嬸嬸
Hefei 嬸嫫
Cantonese Guangzhou 阿嬸
Hong Kong 阿嬸, 嬸嬸
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 阿嬸, 嬸仔
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 阿嬸, 嬸, 叔母
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 叔姆仔
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 阿嬸
Macau 阿嬸, 叔母
Guangzhou (Panyu) 阿嬸
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 阿嬸
Guangzhou (Conghua) 阿嬸
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 阿嬸
Foshan 阿嬸
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 阿嬸
Foshan (Shunde) 阿嬸
Foshan (Sanshui) 阿嬸
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 阿嬸
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 叔母
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 阿嬸, 叔母
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 阿嬸
Zhuhai (Doumen) 阿嬸
Jiangmen (Baisha) 阿嬸
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 阿嬸
Taishan 阿嬸, 嬸
Kaiping (Chikan) 阿嬸
Enping (Niujiang) 阿嬸
Heshan (Yayao) 阿嬸
Dongguan 阿嬸, 嬸娘, 嬸
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 阿嬸
Shenzhen (Dapeng) 阿嬸
Shaoguan 阿嬸
Yunfu 阿嬸
Yangjiang 阿嬸
Xinyi 阿嬸
Lianjiang 阿嬸
Nanning 阿嬸, 嬸
Wuzhou 阿嬸
Yulin 叔婆
Hepu (Lianzhou) 嬸婆
Danzhou 細娘
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 阿嬸
Singapore (Guangfu) 阿嬸
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 阿嬸
Gan Nanchang 嬸娘, 嬸子, 嬸, 嬸嬸
Lichuan 嬸嬸
Pingxiang 嬸嬸, 嬸老子
Hakka Meixian 叔姆
Xingning 娘娘
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 阿嬸
Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua) 阿嬸
Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua) 阿嬸
Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua) 阿嬸
Huidong (Daling) 阿嬸
Dongguan (Qingxi) 叔姆
Longmen (Pingling Bendihua) 阿嬸
Longmen (Luxi Bendihua) 阿嬸
Boluo (Bendihua) 阿嬸
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 叔姆
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 阿嬸
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 阿嬸
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 阿嬸
Wuhua (Huacheng) 阿嬸
Wuhua (Changbu) 阿娘
Wuhua (Mianyang) 阿娘
Heyuan (Bendihua) 嬸娘
Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua) 阿嬸
Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) 阿嬸
Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua) 嬸娘
Heping (Linzhai Bendihua) 娘
Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua) 阿娘
Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) 嬸
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 叔姆
Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua) 阿嬸
Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua) 阿娘
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 阿嬸
Liannan 阿嬸
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 阿嬸
Jiexi 叔姆
Changting 叔姆
Wuping 叔姆
Wuping (Pingyu) 叔姆子
Liancheng 叔姆
Ninghua 嬸子, 嬸嬸
Yudu 叔母, 母母
Ruijin 嫫嫫
Shicheng 嬸
Shangyou (Shexi) 嫫嫫
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 叔姆
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 叔姆, 姆姆, 嬭若
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 叔姆, 阿嬸
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 叔姆, 阿叔姆
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 叔姆, 阿嬸
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 阿嬸
Hong Kong 叔姆
Luchuan 嬸
Luchuan (Daqiao) 嬸娘
Sabah (Longchuan) 阿嬸
Senai (Huiyang) 阿嬸
Singkawang 叔姆
Huizhou Jixi 嬸嬸, 嬸
Shexian 嬸
Huangshan (Tunxi) 嬸兒
Xiuning 阿嬸
Yixian 媽兒, 新人媽兒
Qimen 姆
Wuyuan 嬸娘
Fuliang 嬸嬸
Dexing 嬸
Shitai (Xianyu) 嬸嬸
Jin Taiyuan 嬸嬸
Pingyao 嬸嬸
Taibus (Baochang) 嬸嬸
Linhe 二媽
Jining 嬸嬸
Hohhot 嬸嬸
Baotou 嬸嬸
Dongsheng 二媽
Haibowan 嬸子
Northern Min Jian'ou 嬸仔, 嬸嬸
Jian'ou (Dikou) 阿嬸
Songxi 嬸仔
Zhenghe 嬸嫲
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 阿嬸
Jianyang 嬸仔
Wuyishan 嬸仔
Pucheng (Shibei) 嬸仔
Eastern Min Fuzhou 家嬸, 依嬸
Fuzhou (Changle) 依嬸
Fuqing 嬸, 依嬸, 阿嬸
Yongtai 家嬸
Gutian 家嬸
Fu'an 嬸
Ningde 母嬸
Shouning 嬸奶
Zhouning 阿嬸
Fuding 阿嬸
Matsu 依嬸
Southern Min Xiamen 阿嬸, 嬸
Quanzhou 阿嬸, 嬸
Jinjiang 嬸婆, 阿嬸
Anxi 嬸
Yongchun 嬸
Dehua 阿嬸
Zhangzhou 阿嬸, 阿姆
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 嬸, 姆
Dongshan 嬸仔, 嬸
Taipei 阿嬸
New Taipei (Sanxia) 阿嬸
Kaohsiung 阿嬸
Yilan 阿嬸
Changhua (Lukang) 阿嬸
Taichung 阿嬸
Taichung (Wuqi) 阿嬸
Tainan 阿嬸
Taitung 阿嬸
Hsinchu 阿嬸
Kinmen 阿嬸
Penghu (Magong) 阿嬸
Penang (Hokkien) 阿嬸, 嬸
Singapore (Hokkien) 阿嬸
Manila (Hokkien) 阿嬸
Longyan 姆仔
Zhangping 姆
Zhangping (Yongfu) 姆仔
Datian 阿嬸仔
Pingnan (Shangdu) 阿姆, 姆
Chaozhou 阿嬸
Shantou 阿嬸
Haifeng 嬸
Bangkok (Teochew) 阿嬸
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 阿嬸
Singapore (Teochew) 阿嬸
Leizhou 尼嬸, 嬸
Wenchang 嬸姩, 阿姩
Haikou 嬸姩
Puxian Min Putian 阿嬸
Xianyou 阿嬸
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 叔母
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 叔母, 阿母
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 嬸, 嬸娘
Shehua Fu'an 叔婆
Fuding 阿嬤
Luoyuan 阿嬤
Sanming 叔婆
Shunchang 叔嬤仔
Guixi (Zhangping) 嬤嬤
Cangnan 嬤
Jingning (Hexi) 細嬤
Lishui 阿嬤
Longyou 阿嬤
Chaozhou 嬸
Fengshun 阿嬸
Wu Shanghai 嬸嬸, 嬸娘, 嬸媽
Shanghai (Chongming) 嬸娘, 嬸媽
Suzhou 嬸嬸, 阿嬸, 嬸娒, 嬸娘
Wuxi 嬸嬸, 嬸娘
Danyang 嬸嬸
Hangzhou 嬸娘, 阿姨
Ningbo 阿嬸
Wenzhou 阿嬸
Jinhua 嬸, 嬸兒, 嬸兒嬸兒
Jinhua (Tangxi) 嬸嬸, 嬸
Xiang Changsha 嬸嬸, 嬸子
Xiangtan 嬸唧
Loudi 嬸唧
Shuangfeng 嬸唧
Hengyang 嬸唧
Quanzhou 嬸娘, 嬸

Japanese

Kanji in this term
叔 母
Grade: S Grade: 2
irregular
Alternative spellings
伯母
小母
姨

Etymology

From Old Japanese. Attested in a text from 701.[1] In turn, reconstructed as descending from Proto-Japonic *wonpa.

Likely a compound of 小 (o-, “small, young”) +‎ 母 (ha, “mother”).[1] Compare 叔父 (oji, “grandfather”), also likely from 小 (o-) +‎ 父 (chi, “father”).[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

叔母(おば) • (oba) ←をば (woba)?

  1. aunt (younger than one’s parent)
  2. a prostitute
  3. (slang, used by criminals) prison guard

Usage notes

  • This term is spelled in hiragana when referring to non-age-specific relatives.

Coordinate terms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “お‐ば［を‥］ 【伯母・叔母・小母・姨】Paid subscription required”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
  2. ^ “お‐じ［をぢ］ 【爺・伯父・叔父・小父】Paid subscription required”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō
  5. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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