奶奶

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Chinese

breast; lady; milk breast; lady; milk
trad. (奶奶) 奶 奶
simp. #(奶奶) 奶 奶
alternative forms 𬂌𬂌 Eastern Min

Pronunciation 1

Noun

奶奶

  1. (chiefly Mandarin, Jin, Northern Min, informal, endearing) paternal grandmother; gramma; granny
    一個愛嘮叨的奶奶 [MSC, trad.]
    一个爱唠叨的奶奶 [MSC, simp.]
    yīge ài láodao de nǎinai
    a nagging grandmother
    今天是你奶奶的生辰，所以你非來不可。 [MSC, trad.]
    今天是你奶奶的生辰，所以你非来不可。 [MSC, simp.]
    Jīntiān shì nǐ nǎinai de shēngchén, suǒyǐ nǐ fēi lái bùkě.
    It's your grandma's birthday today, so you've got to attend.
  2. (Cantonese, dialectal Hakka) mother-in-law (husband's mother)
  3. (Cantonese, Southern Min) lady; madam
    奶奶，食得飯喇！ [Cantonese, trad.]
    奶奶，食得饭喇！ [Cantonese, simp.]
    naai5-4 naai5-2, sik6 dak1 faan6 laa3!
    Dinner is ready, ma'am!
Synonyms
  • (paternal grandmother):
Dialectal synonyms of 祖母 (“paternal grandmother”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 祖母
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 祖母
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 奶奶, 奶
Taiwan 奶奶, 阿嬤
Harbin 奶奶, 奶
Shenyang 奶奶
Singapore 奶奶
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 奶奶
Jinan 奶奶
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 婆, 婆婆
Qingdao 奶奶
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 奶奶, 奶
Wanrong 娘
Zhengzhou 奶奶, 奶
Xi'an 奶, 婆 suburbs, 拿拿 Hui
Xining 奶奶
Xuzhou 奶奶
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 奶奶, 阿奶
Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) 拿拿
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 奶奶
Lanzhou 奶奶
Ürümqi 奶奶, 阿奶 Hui
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 婆婆, 奶奶
Wuhan 太, 奶奶, 婆婆 dated
Guiyang 太太, 奶奶, 老太太
Kunming 奶, 奶奶
Guilin 奶奶
Liuzhou 婆, 奶, 阿奶
Shanglin (Sanli) 婆
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 奶奶, 奶, 吾奶
Yangzhou 奶奶, 太太 dated
Nantong 奶奶
Hefei 奶奶
Huanggang 婆婆
Cantonese Guangzhou 阿嫲
Hong Kong 阿嫲, 嫲嫲
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 阿婆, 阿嫲
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 阿嫲, 嫲
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 阿婆
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 阿婆
Macau 阿嫲
Guangzhou (Xinjiao, Haizhu) 阿嫲
Guangzhou (Longxi, Liwan) 阿嫲
Guangzhou (Huangpu) 阿嫲
Guangzhou (Xinshi, Baiyun) 阿嫲
Guangzhou (Shijing, Baiyun) 阿嫲
Guangzhou (Jiangcun, Baiyun) 阿嫲
Guangzhou (Longgui, Baiyun) 阿嫲
Guangzhou (Renhe, Baiyun) 阿嫲
Guangzhou (Zhuliao, Baiyun) 阿嫲
Guangzhou (Zhongluotan, Baiyun) 阿嫲
Guangzhou (Jiufo, Huangpu) 阿嫲
Guangzhou (Panyu) 阿嫲
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 阿嫲
Guangzhou (Conghua) 阿嫲
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 阿婆, 阿嫲
Foshan 阿嫲
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 阿人
Foshan (Shunde) 阿人
Foshan (Sanshui) 阿嫲
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 阿婆
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 阿婆
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 阿婆
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 阿婆
Zhuhai (Doumen) 阿婆
Jiangmen (Baisha) 阿婆
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 阿婆
Taishan 阿人
Kaiping (Chikan) 阿人
Enping (Niujiang) 阿人
Heshan (Yayao) 阿嫲
Dongguan 阿嫲, 嫲嫲, 阿婆
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 阿媽, 阿嫲
Shenzhen (Dapeng) 阿婆
Qingyuan 阿婆
Fogang 阿嫲
Yingde (Hanguang) 阿嫲
Yangshan 阿婆
Lianshan (Butian) 吾妣
Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) 阿婆
Shaoguan 阿婆, 阿嫲
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 阿婆, 阿嫲
Renhua 阿婆, 阿嫲
Lechang 阿嫲
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 阿嫲, 阿奶
Sihui 阿婆
Guangning 阿婆
Deqing 阿婆, 阿奶
Huaiji 阿婆
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 婆
Yunfu 阿奶
Xinxing 阿娘
Luoding 阿嫲
Yunan (Pingtai) 阿嫲
Yangjiang 阿婆, 阿嫲
Xinyi 阿婆
Maoming (Xinpo) 阿婆
Lianjiang 阿嫲
Wuchuan (Wuyang) 奶, 阿奶
Nanning 阿婆, 婆, 奶奶
Wuzhou 阿嫲
Yulin 阿婆
Hepu (Lianzhou) 阿嫲
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 阿嫲
Singapore (Guangfu) 阿嫲, 嫲嫲
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 阿嫲
Gan Nanchang 婆婆, 奶奶
Lichuan 姆媽
Pingxiang 婆婆
Hakka Meixian 阿婆
Xingning 阿婆
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 阿婆, 阿嫲
Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) 阿婆
Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) 阿婆
Huiyang 阿婆
Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua) 阿嫲, 阿婆
Huidong (Daling) 阿婆
Dongguan (Qingxi) 阿婆
Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua) 阿婆
Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) 阿嫲
Boluo (Bendihua) 阿婆, 阿嫲
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 阿婆
Zengcheng (Zhengguo) 阿婆
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 阿婆
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 阿婆
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 阿婆
Wuhua (Huacheng) 阿婆
Wuhua (Changbu) 阿婆
Wuhua (Mianyang) 阿婆
Heyuan (Bendihua) 阿婆, 祖婆
Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua) 阿嫲
Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) 阿婆
Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) 阿濟
Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) 阿濟
Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua) 阿嫲
Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) 阿嫲
Wengyuan 阿婆
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 娭姐
Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) 阿嫲
Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) 阿嫲
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 阿婆
Liannan 阿婆
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 阿婆
Jiexi 阿婆
Luhe 阿婆
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 阿嬤
Changting 娭姐
Wuping 娭姐
Wuping (Yanqian) 娭姐
Wuping (Pingyu) 阿婆
Liancheng 阿姐, 媽
Ninghua 媽媽
Yudu 婆婆, 婆, 婆奶
Ningdu 婆婆
Ruijin 奶奶, 奶
Shicheng 婆
Shangyou (Shexi) 奶奶, 阿奶
Tonggu (Sandu) 姐姐
Ganzhou (Panlong) 奶奶
Dayu 奶奶
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 阿婆
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 阿婆, 阿嬤
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 阿婆
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 阿婆, 阿奶
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 阿嬤, 阿婆
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 阿媽
Hong Kong 阿婆
Yangxi (Tangkou) 阿婆
Yangchun (Sanjia) 阿婆
Xinyi (Sihe) 阿婆
Xinyi (Qianpai) 阿婆
Gaozhou (Xindong) 阿婆
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 阿婆
Huazhou (Xin'an) 阿婆
Lianjiang (Shijiao) 阿婆
Lianjiang (Qingping) 阿婆, 阿媽
Mengshan (Xihe) 婆
Luchuan 阿婆
Luchuan (Daqiao) 阿婆
Sabah (Longchuan) 阿婆
Senai (Huiyang) 阿婆
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) 阿媽
Singkawang 阿婆
Huizhou Jixi 婦, 阿婦
Shexian 奶奶, 老姨
Huangshan (Tunxi) 老婄, 婄
Xiuning 阿婄, 婄, 奶兒, 阿奶
Yixian 老婦兒
Qimen 嫗兒, 娪娭
Wuyuan 婆婆
Fuliang 媽媽
Dexing 娘
Jingde 奶奶
Shitai (Xianyu) 奶奶
Jin Taiyuan 奶奶
Pingyao 娘娘
Xinzhou 娘娘啊, 呀娘, 娘娘
Linhe 娘娘
Hohhot 奶奶
Dongsheng 娘娘
Northern Min Jian'ou 奶奶, 媽媽
Jian'ou (Dikou) 阿媽
Songxi 嫲老
Zhenghe 媽老
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 阿老
Jianyang 媽媽
Wuyishan 媽媽
Pucheng (Shibei) 媽媽, 阿大
Eastern Min Fuzhou 依媽
Fuzhou (Changle) 依媽
Fuqing 阿媽, 媽
Yongtai 依媽
Gutian 媽
Fu'an 婆
Ningde 婆
Shouning 阿婆
Zhouning 阿婆
Fuding 阿媽
Matsu 依媽
Singapore (Fuqing) 阿媽
Southern Min Xiamen 阿媽, 俺媽, 內媽
Xiamen (Tong'an) 俺媽, 阿媽
Quanzhou 阿媽, 引媽, 媽仔, 內媽
Jinjiang 俺媽, 引媽
Yongchun 阿媽, 媽
Zhangzhou 阿媽, 咉媽, 內媽
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 媽
Zhao'an 媽
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
Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) 阿媽
Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) 阿媽
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) 阿媽
Xianyou 阿媽
Xianyou (Fengting) 阿媽
Xianyou (Youyang) 阿媽
Central Min Yong'an 俺媽
Sanming (Sanyuan) 婆媽
Sanming (Shaxian) 俺媽
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 婆
Zhongshan (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 (Hexi) 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
Hengyang 奶奶
Quanzhou 奶奶
  • (mother-in-law):
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
Derived terms
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Pronunciation 2

Noun

奶奶

  1. (dialectal) breast
  2. (Sichuanese, childish in Cantonese, Wu) milk; breast milk
Synonyms
  • (breast):
Dialectal synonyms of 乳房 (“breast”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 乳
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 乳房
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 咂兒, 咂咂兒, 咂兒咂兒, 媽媽, 奶膀子, 奶子, 㜷㜷
Taiwan 奶子, 咪咪 slang, 長輩 slang
Langfang 咂咂兒
Ulanhot 咂兒, 奶頭, 媽媽
Tongliao 咂兒, 奶頭
Chifeng 乳房
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 咂咂兒
Harbin 奶子, 奶膀子, 咂兒, 咂咂兒, 媽兒媽兒
Singapore 乳房
Olginsky (Mikhaylovka) 奶膀子
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 個個
Tangshan 悶兒
Cangzhou 媽媽
Baoding 媽媽
Shijiazhuang 媽媽
Jinan 媽媽, 奶
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 奶子
Qingdao 奶子
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 奶
Daming 媽媽
Wanrong 奶
Zhengzhou 媽
Xi'an 奶頭, 奶
Xining 奶頭
Xuzhou 媽媽
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 高高
Bayanhot 高高, 奶頭
Lanzhou 苶苶
Ürümqi 奶子, 高高
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 奶奶, 包子 humorous
Wuhan 媽, 媽媽, 奶
Guiyang 咪咪, 奶
Kunming 奶
Guilin 奶
Liuzhou 奶
Mae Salong (Lancang) 奶
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 奶
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 奶兒, 奶子
Yangzhou 奶子
Nantong 奶子
Hefei 奶頭
Chuzhou 媽頭子
Mandarin Nanping (Yanping) 奶奶
Cantonese Guangzhou 𢆡
Hong Kong 𢆡, 胸, 波, 車頭燈
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 媽仔
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 媽仔
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 𢆡姑
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 𢆡姑
Macau 奶
Guangzhou (Panyu) 𢆡, 奶
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 𢆡
Guangzhou (Conghua) 𢆡
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 𢆡
Foshan 𢆡
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 奶
Foshan (Shunde) 乳房
Foshan (Sanshui) 𢆡
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 𢆡
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 𢆡
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 𢆡, 呢仔
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 𢆡, 奄
Zhuhai (Doumen) 𢆡
Jiangmen (Baisha) 奶
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 𢆡
Taishan 𢆡
Kaiping (Chikan) 𢆡
Enping (Niujiang) 𢆡
Heshan (Yayao) 𢆡
Dongguan 𢆡, 奶
Shaoguan 奶
Yunfu 𢆡
Yangjiang 𢆡
Xinyi 𢆡
Nanning 奶
Wuzhou 奶
Yulin 𢆡
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 𢆡, 奶
Singapore (Guangfu) 波
Gan Nanchang 奶
Lichuan 奶
Pingxiang 奶
Hakka Meixian 奶菇, 奶牯
Xingning 奶菇, 奶
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 奶
Huiyang 奶菇
Huidong (Daling) 奶菇, 奶
Dongguan (Qingxi) 奶牯
Boluo (Bendihua) 奶
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 奶牯
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 奶
Wuhua (Huacheng) 奶菇
Heyuan (Bendihua) 奶
Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) 奶牯
Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) 奶
Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) 奶牯
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 奶
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 奶房, 奶
Liannan 奶
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 奶
Jiexi 奶菇
Changting 奶
Wuping 奶菇
Wuping (Pingyu) 奶菇
Ninghua 奶菇
Yudu 奶
Ruijin 奶
Shicheng 奶菇, 奶
Shangyou (Shexi) 波
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 奶菇
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 奶菇
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 奶菇
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 奶菇
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 奶菇
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 奶
Hong Kong 奶菇
Luchuan 奶
Luchuan (Daqiao) 奶
Sabah (Longchuan) 奶
Senai (Huiyang) 奶菇
Singkawang 奶, 奶菇
Huizhou Jixi 奶, 奶脯
Shexian 奶, 媽
Huangshan (Tunxi) 奶
Jin Taiyuan 奶, 奶奶
Xinzhou 奶, 奶奶, 奶牛, 奶牛牛
Taibus (Baochang) 奶
Linhe 奶頭
Jining 奶
Hohhot 牛牛
Baotou 奶
Dongsheng 奶
Haibowan 奶頭
Zhangjiakou 媽媽
Handan 妹妹
Northern Min Jian'ou 奶, 奶脬, 奶座
Eastern Min Fuzhou 奶奶, 奶
Fuzhou (Changle) 奶奶
Fuqing 奶奶
Yongtai 奶
Gutian 奶
Fu'an 奶
Ningde 奶
Shouning 奶
Zhouning 奶
Fuding 奶
Southern Min Xiamen 奶, 奶仔
Quanzhou 奶, 奶仔
Zhangzhou 奶, 奶仔
Taipei 奶
New Taipei (Sanxia) 奶仔
Kaohsiung 奶
Yilan 奶
Changhua (Lukang) 奶
Taichung 奶
Taichung (Wuqi) 奶
Tainan 奶
Taitung 奶
Hsinchu 奶
Kinmen 奶
Penghu (Magong) 奶
Penang (Hokkien) 奶
Singapore (Hokkien) 奶, 奶仔, 奶奶
Manila (Hokkien) 奶仔
Pingnan (Shangdu) 奶
Chaozhou 奶
Shantou 奶
Jieyang 奶
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 奶
Singapore (Teochew) 奶
Wenchang 奶
Haikou 奶
Puxian Min Putian 奶
Xianyou 奶
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 𢆡
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 奶頭
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 奶
Wu Shanghai 奶, 奶奶
Shanghai (Chongming) 奶
Suzhou 奶奶
Danyang 奶奶
Hangzhou 奶奶
Ningbo 奶奶脯, 奶脯, 奶奶
Wenzhou 奶奶, 奶
Jinhua 奶, 奶窠
Xiang Changsha 奶子, 奶, 奶唧唧 childish, 唧唧 childish
Xiangtan 奶痣婆
Loudi 奶婆
Shuangfeng 奶婆
Hengyang 奶婆
Quanzhou 奶婆, 奶
  • (milk):
  • 乳 (rǔ) (literary, or in compounds)
  • 乳汁 (rǔzhī)
  • 唧唧 (ji4 ji4) (Xiang, childish)
  • 奶 (nǎi) (literary, or in compounds)
  • 奶唧唧 (lai3 ji4 ji4) (Xiang, childish)
  • 奶子 (nǎizi) (dialectal, colloquial)
  • 奶水 (nǎishuǐ)
  • 奶汁 (nǎizhī)
Derived terms

Pronunciation 3

Noun

奶奶

  1. (Northern Min) paternal aunt (wife of father's elder brother)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 伯母 (“paternal aunt (wife of father's elder brother)”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 伯母
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 伯母
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 大媽
Taiwan 伯母
Harbin 大娘
Shenyang 大娘
Singapore 伯母
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 大娘
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 大媽
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 大媽, 大娘
Wanrong 娘, 親嬤, 大大
Wanrong (Ronghe) 嬤
Xi'an 媽媽
Xuzhou 大娘
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 大媽, 親媽 Hui
Lanzhou 禡禡
Ürümqi 嬸嬸
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 伯娘, 伯母
Wuhan 女伯伯, 伯媽, 伯伯
Guiyang 伯媽
Liuzhou 伯媽, 伯娘
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 大媽
Yangzhou 大媽媽
Nantong 嬤嬤
Hefei 大大
Cantonese Guangzhou 伯娘
Hong Kong 伯娘
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 伯娘
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 伯娘, 伯母 face-to-face
Macau 伯母
Guangzhou (Panyu) 伯娘
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 阿娘
Guangzhou (Conghua) 阿因
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 阿娘, 伯娘 face-to-face
Foshan 伯母
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 阿娘
Foshan (Shunde) 伯娘
Foshan (Sanshui) 伯娘
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 伯母
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 伯母
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 伯母
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 阿姆
Zhuhai (Doumen) 伯姆
Jiangmen (Baisha) 阿姆
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 阿姆
Taishan 阿姆, 姆
Kaiping (Chikan) 阿姆
Enping (Niujiang) 伯娘
Heshan (Yayao) 阿姆 face-to-face, 伯姆 non-face-to-face
Dongguan 伯娘
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 阿娘
Yangjiang 阿姆
Xinyi 伯奶
Nanning 伯母, 伯娘
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 伯母
Singapore (Guangfu) 伯娘
Gan Nanchang 母娘, 伯娘
Lichuan 大娘, 大兒
Pingxiang 姆姆
Hakka Meixian 伯姆
Xingning 阿劃
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 伯娘, 阿娘 face-to-face
Huidong (Daling) 阿娘
Dongguan (Qingxi) 阿娘
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 伯母
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 阿娘
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 伯姆
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 伯姆
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 阿姆
Changting 伯姆
Wuping 伯姆
Wuping (Pingyu) 伯姆
Liancheng 伯姆
Ninghua 姐姐
Yudu 伯奶, 奶奶
Ruijin 娭娭
Shicheng 姐姐
Shangyou (Shexi) 姐姐
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 伯姆
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 伯姆
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 伯姆
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 伯姆
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 伯姆
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 伯㜷
Hong Kong 阿娘, 伯娘
Sabah (Longchuan) 阿娘, 伯娘
Senai (Huiyang) 阿娘
Singkawang 伯姆
Huizhou Jixi 媽媽, 媽
Jin Taiyuan 媽媽, 媽, 大娘
Xinzhou 伯娘, 伯娘啊
Northern Min Jian'ou 伯奶, 奶奶
Eastern Min Fuzhou 依姆, 姆姆
Fuqing 姆
Matsu 依姆
Southern Min Xiamen 阿姆, 姆仔, 姆
Quanzhou 阿姆, 姆仔, 姆
Zhangzhou 阿姆, 姆
Kaohsiung 阿姆
Yilan 阿姆
Changhua (Lukang) 阿姆
Taichung 阿姆
Taichung (Wuqi) 阿姆
Tainan 阿姆
Taitung 阿姆
Hsinchu 阿姆
Penghu (Magong) 阿姆
Penang (Hokkien) 阿姆, 姆
Singapore (Hokkien) 阿姆
Manila (Hokkien) 阿姆
Chaozhou 阿姆
Shantou 阿姆, 姆姆
Shantou (Chenghai) 阿姆
Jieyang 阿姆, 姆
Haifeng 姆
Bangkok (Teochew) 阿姆
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 阿姆
Singapore (Teochew) 阿姆
Leizhou 姆, 尼姆
Wenchang 伯姩
Haikou 伯姩
Singapore (Hainanese) 伯姩
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 伯母
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 伯娘
Wu Shanghai 大媽媽, 大姆媽
Shanghai (Chongming) 媽媽
Suzhou 姆娒
Danyang 娘娘
Hangzhou 大媽媽, 大姆媽
Ningbo 阿姆
Wenzhou 阿嬤
Jinhua 姆媽
Xiang Changsha 伯媽, 伯伯
Loudi 伯唧
Shuangfeng 伯基
Hengyang 伯娘
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