uncle in direct address
female; mother
simp. and trad. (叔母 )
叔
母
Pronunciation
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叔母
paternal aunt ( wife of father 's younger brother )
Synonyms
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Dialectal synonyms of
嬸母 (“paternal aunt (wife of father's younger brother)”)
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Variety
Location
Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
嬸母 , 叔母
Mandarin
Beijing
嬸兒 , 嬸子 , 嬸兒媽
Taiwan
嬸嬸
Ulanhot
嬸兒
Tongliao
嬸兒
Chifeng
嬸子
Bayanhot
嬸嬸 , 媽 , 小嬸
Hulunbuir (Hailar)
嬸兒
Harbin
嬸子 , 嬸兒
Yantai (Muping)
嬸
Jinan
嬸子
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
Yinchuan
嬸嬸
Lanzhou
嬸嬸
Xining
嬸子
Ürümqi
嬸嬸
Wuhan
嬸娘 , 娘 , 娘娘
Chengdu
嬸嬸 , 嬸娘
Guiyang
嬸嬸
Kunming
嬸嬸
Guilin
嬸嬸
Liuzhou
嬸娘 , 阿嬸 , 嬸
Xuzhou
嬸子 , 嬸兒
Yangzhou
娘娘 , 嬸娘 , 嬸嬸
Nanjing
嬸嬸 , 娘
Hefei
嬸嫫
Nantong
嬸嬸
Singapore
嬸嬸
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
嬸嬸
Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)
芽芽
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)
阿嬸 , 叔母
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng 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
Conghua (Lütian)
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
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
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
Shaxi (Longdu)
叔母
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
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
Quanzhou
嬸娘 , 嬸
Japanese
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Alternative spellings
伯母 小母 姨
Etymology
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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
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叔母( おば ) • (oba ) ←をば ( woba ) ?
aunt (younger than one’s parent)
a prostitute
( slang , used by criminals) prison guard
Usage notes
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This term is spelled in hiragana when referring to non-age-specific relatives.
Coordinate terms
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Related terms
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References
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↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “お‐ば[を‥] 【伯母・叔母・小母・姨】 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 ( Nihon Kokugo Daijiten , “ Nihon Kokugo Daijiten ” ) [1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō : Shogakukan , 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN , concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai , historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)
^ “お‐じ[をぢ] 【爺・伯父・叔父・小父】 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 ( Nihon Kokugo Daijiten , “ Nihon Kokugo Daijiten ” ) [2] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō : Shogakukan , 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN , concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai , historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)
^ Matsumura, Akira , editor (2006 ), 大辞林 [Daijirin ] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō : Sanseidō , →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974 ), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten ] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tōkyō : Sanseidō
^ 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), Tōkyō : NHK Publishing , →ISBN