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Translingual
Han character
媽 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 女尸手火 (VSQF), four-corner 41427, composition ⿰女馬)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 268, character 21
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6590
- Dae Jaweon: page 535, character 40
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1070, character 12
- Unihan data for U+5ABD
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 馬
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*mraːʔ
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| 碼
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*mraːʔ
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| 罵
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*mraːʔ, *mraːs
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| 鷌
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*mraːʔ
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| 鰢
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*mraːʔ
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| 瑪
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*mraːʔ
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| 榪
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*mraːs
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| 傌
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*mraːs
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| 禡
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*mraːs
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| 媽
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*maːʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *maːʔ) : semantic 女 + phonetic 馬 (OC *mraːʔ).
Etymology
Colloquial form of 母 (OC *mɯʔ, “mother”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mow (“woman, female”).
Pronunciation
Note:
- maa1 - mother;
- maa4 - alternative form of 嫲 (má, “paternal grandmother”);
- maa2 - maid;
- maa5 - "Mazu", particularly in 媽祖／妈祖.
Note:
- ma1/ma5 - "mother" or "female elder member in the family" (ma5 - more common form);
- ma2 - "paternal grandmother" (阿媽／阿妈) or "maternal grandmother" (外媽／外妈).
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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媽
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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8725
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Phonetic
component
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馬
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Rime
group
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魚
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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Old
Chinese
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/*maːʔ/
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Definitions
媽
- mom; mum: an affectionate term for a mother
- 我的媽呀！／我的妈呀！ ― Wǒ de mā ya! ― Oh my God!
- (usually with qualifier) other older female relatives or house-servants
- (religion) "The Mother", an epithet of the Fujianese sea goddess Mazu (媽祖／妈祖).
- (obsolete, hapax) mare; female horse
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
媽媽 (“mum; mother”)
| Variety
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Location
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Words
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| Classical Chinese
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母, 娘
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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母親
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| Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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媽媽, 媽, 娘, 母親
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| Taiwan
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媽媽, 媽
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| Chengde
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母親, 媽媽
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| Chifeng
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媽媽
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| Hulunbuir (Hailar)
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媽, 媽媽
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| Heihe
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母親, 媽媽
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| Qiqihar
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媽媽
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| Harbin
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媽, 媽媽, 母親
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| Jiamusi
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母親, 媽媽
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| Baicheng
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母親, 媽媽, 娘
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| Changchun
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媽媽, 媽, 娘
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| Tonghua
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媽媽, 媽
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| Shenyang
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媽媽, 母親, 額娘 dated, Manchus
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| Jinzhou
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母親, 媽媽, 媽
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| Malaysia
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媽媽, 媽
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| Singapore
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媽媽, 媽, 老媽 <>
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| Jilu Mandarin
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Tianjin
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媽媽, 娘
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| Tangshan
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母親, 媽媽
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| Cangzhou
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母親, 媽媽, 娘, 𫰎
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| Baoding
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母親, 媽媽, 媽
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| Shijiazhuang
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母親, 媽媽, 娘
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| Lijin
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媽
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| Jinan
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媽, 媽媽, 娘
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| Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Dalian
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媽媽
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| Dandong
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母親, 媽媽
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| Yantai
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媽
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| Yantai (Muping)
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媽
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| Qingdao
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媽, 娘
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| Zhucheng
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媽媽, 媽, 娘
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| Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
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媽, 媽兒
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| Lingbao
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媽, 娘
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| Jining
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媽媽, 娘
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| Wanrong
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嬤
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| Wanrong (Ronghe)
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媽
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| Linfen
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媽
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| Shangqiu
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母親, 媽媽, 娘
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| Yuanyang
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母親, 媽媽, 娘
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| Zhengzhou
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媽, 娘
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| Baihe
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母親, 媽媽
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| Xi'an
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媽
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| Baoji
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母親, 媽, 娘
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| Xining
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阿媽, 媽媽, 姆媽
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| Xuzhou
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媽媽, 娘, 大兒, 母親
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| Fuyang
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母親, 媽媽, 媽, 娘
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| Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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媽, 母親, 媽媽
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| Lanzhou
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媽, 媽媽, 老媽 <>, 母親
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| Dunhuang
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媽媽, 媽
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| Hami
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媽媽
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| Ürümqi
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媽媽, 媽, 老娘 <>, 阿娘 Hui, 阿娘子 used with minorities, 母親
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| Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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媽媽, 媽
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| Nanchong
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母親, 媽媽
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| Dazhou
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媽
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| Hanyuan
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母親, 媽媽
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| Xichang
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母親, 媽媽
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| Zigong
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母親, 媽媽, 娘
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| Chongqing
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媽媽, 媽
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| Wuhan
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姆媽, 媽媽, 老娘 <>, 黎山老 slang, 孟子見 dated slang, 娘
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| Yichang
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母親, 媽媽, 媽, 娘, 大老
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| Xiangyang
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母親, 媽媽, 娘
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| Tianmen
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母親, 媽媽, 娘, 姆媽
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| Guiyang
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媽, 老媽 <>, humorous
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| Zunyi
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母兒, 媽
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| Bijie
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媽
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| Liping
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媽
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| Zhaotong
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媽媽, 嬸嬸
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| Dali
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阿媽
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| Kunming
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媽, 媽媽, 母親
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| Mengzi
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媽媽
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| Guilin
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媽媽
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| Liuzhou
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阿媽, 媽, 娘老 <>, 老媽子 <>, 娘, 母親
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| Jishou
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母親, 媽媽, 媽, 娘
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| Changde
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姆媽
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| Hanzhong
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母親, 媽媽, 媽, 娘
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| Mae Salong (Lancang)
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阿媽, 媽媽
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| Mae Sai (Tengchong)
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媽
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| Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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媽, 姆媽, 娘
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| Yangzhou
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媽媽, 姆媽, 老娘 <>, 母親
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| Lianyungang
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母親, 媽媽
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| Lianshui
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母親, 媽
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| Nantong
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姆媽, 娘嬭 dated, 母親
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| Anqing
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母親, 媽媽
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| Wuhu
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媽媽, 姆媽
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| Hefei
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媽, 媽爺
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| Hong'an
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母親, 媽媽, 媽, 大, 娘
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| Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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阿媽, 媽媽, 老母 <>
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| Hong Kong
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媽咪, 阿媽, 媽媽, 媽打, 老母 <>, 老媽子 <>
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| Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
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阿媽, 阿奶, 老母 <>
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| Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
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媽, 阿媽
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| Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
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阿奶, 阿仔
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| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
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阿奶
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| Macau
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阿媽, 媽咪, 老母 <>
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| Guangzhou (Xinjiao, Haizhu)
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媽媽, 阿媽
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| Guangzhou (Longxi, Liwan)
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阿媽, 阿嫂
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| Guangzhou (Huangpu)
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阿媽, 阿娘, 阿大, 阿嬸
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| Guangzhou (Xinshi, Baiyun)
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阿媽, 阿嫂
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| Guangzhou (Shijing, Baiyun)
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阿媽, 阿嬸, 阿嫂
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| Guangzhou (Jiangcun, Baiyun)
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阿大
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| Guangzhou (Longgui, Baiyun)
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阿大
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| Guangzhou (Renhe, Baiyun)
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阿大
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| Guangzhou (Zhuliao, Baiyun)
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阿大
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| Guangzhou (Zhongluotan, Baiyun)
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阿大
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| Guangzhou (Jiufo, Huangpu)
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阿大
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| Guangzhou (Panyu)
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阿媽, 媽媽, 老母 <>
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| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
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媽媽, 老母 <>
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| Guangzhou (Conghua)
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阿奶, 阿嬸, 老母 <>
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| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
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阿奶, 阿嫂, 阿嬸, 媽媽, 老母 <>
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| Foshan
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阿媽, 老母 <>
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| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
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阿嬸, 阿媽, 老母 <>
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| Foshan (Shunde)
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阿娘, 老母 <>
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| Foshan (Sanshui)
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阿媽, 阿家, 老母 <>
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| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
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阿媽, 老母 <>, 母親 <>
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| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
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阿媽, 老母 <>
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| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
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阿媽, 老母 <>
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| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
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阿媽, 老母 <>
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| Zhuhai (Doumen)
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阿媽, 老母 <>
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| Jiangmen (Baisha)
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阿媽, 老母 <>
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| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
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阿媽, 老母 <>
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| Taishan
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阿媽, 媽, 老母 <>
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| Kaiping (Chikan)
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阿媽, 老母 <>
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| Enping (Niujiang)
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阿媽, 老母 <>
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| Heshan (Yayao)
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阿媽, 老母 <>
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| Dongguan
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阿媽, 阿奶, 阿姐, 媽媽 childish, 媽咪 childish, 老母 <>, 老乸 <>, Changping
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| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
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阿大, 阿媽, 媽媽, 老母 <>
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| Shaoguan
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阿媽, 老母
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| Yunfu
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老母, 阿媽
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| Yangjiang
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阿媽, 阿娘, 阿奶 <>
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| Xinyi
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阿媽, 老母 <>
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| Lianjiang
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阿媽, 老母, 媽媽
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| Lianjiang (Cheban)
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阿奶
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| Wuchuan (Wuyang)
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阿媽, 阿奶
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| Wuchuan (Meilu)
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老母
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| Nanning
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媽媽, 阿媽, 媽, 老乸 <>, 老娘 <>, 老媽子 <>
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| Hepu (Lianzhou)
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媽媽, 阿奶, 阿嬸, 俺乸 <>
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| Hepu (Shatian)
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媽媽
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| Beihai
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媽媽, 老奶 <>
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| Beihai (Nankang)
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阿媽, 阿奶, 阿娘 <>
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| Beihai (Yingpan)
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媽媽, 阿媽, 阿嬸, 老媽 <>
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| Danzhou
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母
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| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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阿媽, 媽咪, 老媽子 <>
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| Singapore (Guangfu)
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阿媽, 媽媽, 老母 <>
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| Gan
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Nanchang
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姆媽, 娘 <>
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| Lichuan
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姆媽, 娘 <>
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| Pingxiang
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姆媽, 娘老子 <>
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| Hakka
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Meixian
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阿姆, 阿嫲, 哀仔 <>
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| Xingning
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阿媽, 哀哩 <>
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| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
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阿媽, 阿奶 <>
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| Huidong (Daling)
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阿姆, 媽
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| Dongguan (Qingxi)
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阿媽, 阿姆 <>
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| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
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阿媽, 阿姆 <>
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| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
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阿媽, 阿姆 <>
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| Wuhua (Shuizhai)
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阿嫲, 阿娘, 阿姆
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| Wuhua (Huacheng)
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阿嫲, 阿娘, 阿姆, 哀哩
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| Wuhua (Changbu)
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阿媽, 阿姆
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| Wuhua (Mianyang)
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阿娘
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| Wuhua (Meilin)
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嫲, 阿嫲
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| Heyuan (Bendihua)
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阿媽
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| Wengyuan
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哀子, 阿姆
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| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
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阿姆, 哀子 <>
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| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
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阿姆, 阿嬸
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| Liannan
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姆, 媽
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| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
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阿姆
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| Jiexi
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阿姆
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| Raoping (Xinfeng)
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阿姨, 阿禾 <>
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| Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
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阿奶
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| Changting
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姆媽, 姆娓, 哀哩 <>
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| Wuping
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姆姆, 依呀, 哀哩 <>
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| Wuping (Yanqian)
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哀哩
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| Wuping (Pingyu)
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姆, 哀子 <>
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| Liancheng
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姆, 哀 <>
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| Ninghua
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姆媽, 母
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| Yudu
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姆, 媽媽, 媽
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| Ningdu
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姐
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| Ruijin
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姆媽, 哀 <>, 乳子 <>
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| Shicheng
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姆媽, 哀 <>
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| Shangyou (Shexi)
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嫫, 姐佬 <>
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| Tonggu (Sandu)
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姆㜷
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| Ganzhou (Panlong)
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嬤
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| Dayu
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姐佬, 姆姆
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| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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阿姆, 哀仔 <>
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| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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阿姆, 唔媽, 哀仔 <>
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| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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阿姆, 哀仔 <>
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| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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阿姆, 哀 <>
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| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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阿姆, 哀仔 <>
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| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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阿依, 哀仔 <>
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| Hong Kong
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阿媽, 阿姆 <>
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| Yangxi (Tangkou)
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奶
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| Yangchun (Sanjia)
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阿媽
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| Xinyi (Sihe)
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老母, 老哀, 阿媽
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| Xinyi (Qianpai)
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阿媽, 哀子
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| Gaozhou (Xindong)
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阿媽
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| Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)
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阿嬸, 阿奶, 阿嫂, 阿媽
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| Huazhou (Xin'an)
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哀子
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| Lianjiang (Shijiao)
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阿媽, 哀子, 阿奶
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| Lianjiang (Qingping)
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阿媽, 哀
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| Mengshan (Xihe)
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娘, 嫂
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| Luchuan
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阿姆
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| Sabah (Longchuan)
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阿姆
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| Senai (Huiyang)
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阿媽
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| Singkawang
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阿姆
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| Huizhou
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Jixi
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姆, 娘 <>
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| Shexian
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姆媽, 媽媽, 阿姨
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| Jin
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Taiyuan
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媽, 媽媽
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| Yangyuan
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母親, 媽媽, 媽, 娘
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| Datong
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母親, 媽
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| Xinzhou
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波哇, 波波呀, 呀波呀, 波, 波波
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| Lüliang (Lishi)
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母親, 媽
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| Changzhi
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娘, 媽
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| Linhe
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母親, 媽媽, 媽
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| Jining
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媽媽
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| Hohhot
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母親, 媽媽
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| Erenhot
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母親, 媽媽
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| Pingshan
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母親, 娘
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| Zhangjiakou
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母親, 媽媽, 媽, 娘
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| Handan
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母親, 娘
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| Linzhou
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娘
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| Suide
|
媽
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| Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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依呀, 媽媽, 奶 <>
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| Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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依媽, 依奶, 娘嬭 <>
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| Fuqing
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奶, 依奶, 媽媽, 依娜, 娘嬭 <>
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| Matsu
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依奶, 娘嬭 <>
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| Singapore (Fuqing)
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媽媽
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| Southern Min
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Xiamen
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阿母, 阿母仔, 母仔, 阿媽, 阿娘, 老母 <>, 娘嬭 <>
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| Xiamen (Tong'an)
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老母 <>, 俺母仔
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| Quanzhou
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阿母, 母仔, 阿娘, 老母 <>
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| Jinjiang
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老母 <>
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| Hui'an
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阿娘
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| Zhangzhou
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阿母, 母仔, 咉奶, 嘔傴 euphemistic, 老母 <>, 娘嬭 <>, 豬母 <>, humorous
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| Taipei
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阿母, 阿娘, 媽媽, 老母 <>
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| New Taipei (Sanxia)
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阿母, 阿娘, 姨仔, 老母 <>
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| Kaohsiung
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卡桑, 阿母仔, 老母 <>
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| Yilan
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阿母, 阿娘, 老母 <>
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| Changhua (Lukang)
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阿母, 阿娘, 姨仔, 老母 <>
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| Taichung
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媽媽, 阿母, 老母 <>
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| Tainan
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歐卡桑, 阿母, 俺娘仔, 娘嬭, 老母 <>
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| Hsinchu
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媽媽, 阿娘, 阿母, 老母 <>
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| Kinmen
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俺娘仔, 老母 <>, 俺母 <>
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| Penghu (Magong)
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阿母, 老母 <>
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| Penang (Hokkien)
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阿母, 阿媽, 媽媽, 媽, 老母 <>
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| Singapore (Hokkien)
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阿母, 老母 <>
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| Manila (Hokkien)
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媽媽, 媽, 阿母, 母仔, 老母 <>
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| Chaozhou
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阿媽, 阿娘, 阿姈, 阿嬡 <>
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| Shantou
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阿媽, 阿嬡, 阿姈, 阿母, 嬡 <>, 母 <>
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| Shantou (Chenghai)
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阿媽, 嬡 <>, 母 <>
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| Jieyang
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阿媽, 阿嬡, 阿娘, 阿姈
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| Haifeng
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媽, 媽媽, 阿媽
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| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
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阿媽, 媽媽, 媽 <>
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| Singapore (Teochew)
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阿媽, 阿嬡, 母 <>, 老母 <>
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| Leizhou
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嬭, 嫂 dated, 姨 dated, 母 <>, 尼母 <>, 尼姨 <>, dated, 尼嫂 <>, dated
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| Haikou
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阿媽, 阿姐, 阿娘 dated, 阿嫂 dated, 母 <>
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| Zhongshan Min
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Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
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媽媽, 媽, 老母 <>, 媽咪 <>
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| Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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媽, 阿嫂, 阿嬸, 阿媼 dated, 老娘 <>
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| Binyang
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母親, 嬸
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| Wu
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Shanghai
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媽媽, 姆媽, 娘 <>
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| Shanghai (Chongming)
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姆媽, 娘 <>
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| Suzhou
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姆媽, 娘 <>
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| Danyang
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媽, 娘
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| Hangzhou
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姆媽, 媽媽, 娘 <>
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| Ningbo
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阿姆, 姆媽, 阿娘 <>, 老娘 <>
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| Wenzhou
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阿媽, 阿奶, 奶
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| Jinhua
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姆媽, 娘 <>
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| Xiang
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Changsha
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媽媽, 姆媽, 娘老子, 娘 <>
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| Loudi
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依爺, 姆媽, 娘老子, 娘 <>
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| Shuangfeng
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姆媽, 娘 <>
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| Hengyang
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姆媽 new-style, 娭毑 old-style, 娘 <>, 娘老倌 <>, 娘老倌子 <>
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| Note
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<> - non-face-to-face
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Compounds
Descendants
Japanese
Kanji
媽
(Hyōgai kanji)
- mother
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
媽 • (ma) (hangeul 마, revised ma, McCune–Reischauer ma)
- mother
- grandmother
Vietnamese
Han character
媽: Hán Nôm readings: mụ, má, mã, mợ, ma
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