乾娘

See also: 干娘

Chinese

		dry; clean; male dry; clean; male; strong; one of the Eight Trigrams; surname	mother; young lady
trad. (乾娘)		乾	娘
simp. (干娘)		干	娘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gānniáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄢㄋㄧㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ganniáng
  - Wade–Giles: kan¹-niang²
  - Yale: gān-nyáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ganniang
  - Palladius: ганьнян (ganʹnjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵ ni̯ɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gon¹ noeng⁴
  - Yale: gōn nèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gon¹ noeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gon¹ nêng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːn⁵⁵ nœːŋ²¹/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: gon¹ nyiong⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵn⁴² n̠ʲiɔŋ³⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ¹koe-gnian₂
  - MiniDict: koe^平 nyan^平
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /kø⁴⁴ n̠ʲiã/
- (Northern: Hangzhou)
  - Wugniu: ¹kaen-gnian₂
  - MiniDict: kaen^平 nyan^平
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /kẽ̞³³ n̠ʲiæ̃³⁴/
Xiang
- (Hengyang)
  - Wiktionary: gan¹ nian²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kan⁴⁴⁵ n̠ʲi̯an¹¹/

乾娘

Dialectal synonyms of 乾媽 (“godmother; (nominally) adoptive mother”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		乾媽, 乾娘, 義母
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	乾媽, 乾娘
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	乾娘
	Wanrong	乾媽
	Xi'an	乾媽
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	乾媽
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	乾媽
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	乾媽, 契媽
Cantonese	Guangzhou	契媽
	Hong Kong	契媽
	Dongguan	契媽
Gan	Nanchang	乾娘
	Lichuan	契娘
	Pingxiang	乾娘
Hakka	Meixian	相認哀
Hakka	Yudu	契姐, 奶媽
Northern Min	Jian'ou	老奶
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	義奶, 義娘奶
Southern Min	Xiamen	契母
	Quanzhou	契母
	Jinjiang	契母
	Zhangzhou	契母
	Tainan	契母 GT
	Manila (Hokkien)	契母
	Shantou	契母, 契哀
	Jieyang	契哀
	Leizhou	契嬭
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	契媽, 契娘
Wu	Suzhou	乾娘
Wu	Hangzhou	乾娘
Xiang	Hengyang	乾娘