大娘
Chinese edit
big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor |
mother; young lady | ||
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trad. (大娘) | 大 | 娘 | |
simp. #(大娘) | 大 | 娘 |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
大娘
- (dialectal, chiefly northern China) paternal aunt (wife of father's eldest brother)
- (Gan) paternal aunt (father's sister)
- (dialectal, polite) A term of address to an elderly woman, usually older than one's mother.
- (dated) A term of address from a child of a concubine to the primary wife of their father.