| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
| Classical Chinese
|
母, 娘
|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
母親
|
| Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
媽媽, 媽, 娘
|
| Taiwan
|
媽媽, 媽
|
| Harbin
|
媽, 媽媽
|
| Shenyang
|
媽媽
|
| Singapore
|
媽媽, 老媽, 媽
|
| Jilu Mandarin
|
Tianjin
|
媽媽
|
| Jinan
|
媽, 媽媽, 娘
|
| Jiaoliao Mandarin
|
Yantai (Muping)
|
媽
|
| Central Plains Mandarin
|
Wanrong
|
嬤
|
| Wanrong (Ronghe)
|
媽
|
| Xi'an
|
媽
|
| Xining
|
阿媽, 媽媽, 姆媽
|
| Xuzhou
|
媽媽, 娘, 大兒
|
| Lanyin Mandarin
|
Yinchuan
|
媽
|
| Lanzhou
|
媽, 老媽
|
| Ürümqi
|
老娘
|
| Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
|
媽媽, 媽
|
| Wuhan
|
姆媽, 媽媽, 老娘, 黎山老 slang, 孟子見 dated slang
|
| Guiyang
|
媽, 老媽 humorous
|
| Kunming
|
媽媽
|
| Liuzhou
|
媽, 阿媽, 娘老, 老媽子
|
| Mae Salong (Lancang)
|
阿媽, 媽媽
|
| Mae Sai (Tengchong)
|
媽
|
| Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Nanjing
|
媽, 姆媽, 娘, 吾媽
|
| Yangzhou
|
媽媽, 姆媽, 老娘
|
| Nantong
|
娘嬭
|
| Hefei
|
媽, 媽爺
|
| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
老母, 阿媽
|
| Hong Kong
|
老母, 老媽子, 阿媽, 媽咪, 媽媽, 媽打
|
| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
|
老母, 阿奶
|
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
|
阿媽, 媽
|
| Macau
|
老母
|
| Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
老母
|
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
老母
|
| Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
老母
|
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
老母
|
| Foshan
|
老母
|
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
老母
|
| Foshan (Shunde)
|
老母
|
| Foshan (Sanshui)
|
老母
|
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
老母, 母親
|
| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
老母
|
| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
|
老母
|
| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
|
老母
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
老母
|
| Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
老母
|
| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
老母
|
| Taishan
|
老母, 媽
|
| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
老母
|
| Enping (Niujiang)
|
老母
|
| Heshan (Yayao)
|
老母
|
| Dongguan
|
阿媽, 阿奶, 阿姐, 老母, 老乸 Changping, 媽媽 childish, 媽咪 childish
|
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
老母
|
| Shaoguan
|
老母
|
| Yunfu
|
老母
|
| Yangjiang
|
阿奶
|
| Xinyi
|
老母
|
| Nanning
|
媽, 老乸
|
| Hepu (Lianzhou)
|
俺乸
|
| Beihai
|
老奶
|
| Beihai (Nankang)
|
阿娘
|
| Beihai (Yingpan)
|
老媽, 阿嬸
|
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
老媽子
|
| Singapore (Guangfu)
|
老母, 阿媽
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
姆媽, 娘
|
| Lichuan
|
娘, 家母
|
| Pingxiang
|
姆媽, 娘老子
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
阿姆, 阿媽, 哀仔
|
| Xingning
|
哀哩, 阿媽
|
| Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
|
阿奶
|
| Huidong (Daling)
|
阿姆, 媽
|
| Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
阿姆
|
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
阿姆
|
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
阿姆
|
| Wuhua (Shuizhai)
|
阿嫲, 阿娘, 阿姆
|
| Wuhua (Huacheng)
|
阿嫲, 阿娘, 阿姆, 哀哩
|
| Wuhua (Changbu)
|
阿媽, 阿姆
|
| Wuhua (Mianyang)
|
阿娘
|
| Wuhua (Meilin)
|
阿嫲
|
| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
哀子
|
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
|
阿姆
|
| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
|
阿姆
|
| Changting
|
哀哩
|
| Wuping
|
哀哩
|
| Wuping (Pingyu)
|
哀子
|
| Liancheng
|
哀
|
| Ninghua
|
姆媽
|
| Ruijin
|
哀, 乳子
|
| Shicheng
|
哀
|
| Shangyou (Shexi)
|
姐佬
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
哀仔
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
哀仔
|
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
哀仔
|
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
哀
|
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
哀仔
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
哀
|
| Hong Kong
|
阿姆
|
| Singkawang
|
哀
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
姆, 娘
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
媽媽, 媽
|
| Xinzhou
|
波, 波波
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
奶
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
娘嬭
|
| Fuqing
|
娘嬭
|
| Matsu
|
娘嬭
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
老母, 娘嬭, 阿娘
|
| Xiamen (Tong'an)
|
老母
|
| Quanzhou
|
老母, 阿娘
|
| Jinjiang
|
老母
|
| Zhangzhou
|
老母, 娘嬭, 豬母 humorous
|
| Taipei
|
老母
|
| New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
老母
|
| Kaohsiung
|
老母
|
| Yilan
|
老母
|
| Changhua (Lukang)
|
老母
|
| Taichung
|
老母, 媽媽
|
| Tainan
|
老母
|
| Hsinchu
|
老母
|
| Kinmen
|
老母, 俺母
|
| Penghu (Magong)
|
老母
|
| Penang (Hokkien)
|
老母
|
| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
老母
|
| Manila (Hokkien)
|
老母
|
| Chaozhou
|
阿嬡
|
| Shantou
|
嬡, 母, 阿嬡, 阿姈, 阿母
|
| Shantou (Chenghai)
|
嬡, 母
|
| Haifeng
|
媽, 媽媽
|
| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
阿媽, 媽
|
| Singapore (Teochew)
|
母, 老母
|
| Leizhou
|
嬭, 母, 尼母, 尼姨 dated, 尼嫂 dated
|
| Haikou
|
母
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
|
老母, 媽媽, 媽咪
|
| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
媽, 老娘, 嫂, 嬸, 阿媼 dated
|
| Binyang
|
母親, 嬸
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
娘
|
| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
娘
|
| Suzhou
|
娘, 姆媽
|
| Danyang
|
媽, 娘
|
| Hangzhou
|
姆媽, 媽媽, 娘
|
| Ningbo
|
阿娘, 老娘
|
| Wenzhou
|
阿媽, 阿奶, 奶
|
| Jinhua
|
娘
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
媽媽, 娘, 姆媽, 娘老子
|
| Loudi
|
依爺, 姆媽, 娘, 娘老子
|
| Shuangfeng
|
姆媽, 娘
|
