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too (much); very; extremely too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest
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grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
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trad. (太婆)
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太
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婆
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simp. #(太婆)
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太
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婆
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anagram
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婆太
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Pronunciation
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- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: taai3 po4, taai3 po4-1, taai3 po4-2
- Yale: taai pòh, taai pō, taai pó
- Cantonese Pinyin: taai3 po4, taai3 po4-1, taai3 po4-2
- Guangdong Romanization: tai3 po4, tai3 po4-1, tai3 po4-2
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰaːi̯³³ pʰɔː²¹/, /tʰaːi̯³³ pʰɔː²¹⁻⁵⁵/, /tʰaːi̯³³ pʰɔː²¹⁻³⁵/
- Gan
- Northern Min
- Wu
- Xiang
太婆
- (literary) paternal grandmother
- (dialectal) great-grandmother [Qing–]
- (dialectal Mandarin, including Henan, Sichuanese, honorific) elderly lady
- (Changsha Xiang) female brothel keeper; bawd; procurer
Usage notes
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In most regions, it usually refers to the mother of one's paternal grandfather. In Cantonese, some people use this exclusively for the mother of one's maternal grandparent and use 太嫲 for the mother of one's paternal grandparent.
Synonyms
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Dialectal synonyms of
祖母 (“paternal grandmother”)
[map]
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Classical Chinese
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祖母
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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祖母
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Mandarin
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Beijing
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奶奶, 奶
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Taiwan
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奶奶, 阿嬤
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Tianjin
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奶奶
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Harbin
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奶奶, 奶
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Shenyang
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奶奶
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Yantai (Muping)
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婆, 婆婆
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Qingdao
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奶奶
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Jinan
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奶奶
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Luoyang
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奶奶, 奶
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Wanrong
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娘
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Zhengzhou
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奶奶, 奶
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Xi'an
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奶, 婆 suburbs, 拿拿 Hui
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Yinchuan
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奶奶
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Lanzhou
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奶奶
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Xining
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奶奶
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Ürümqi
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奶奶, 阿奶 Hui
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Wuhan
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太, 奶奶, 婆婆 dated
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Huanggang
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婆婆
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Chengdu
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婆婆, 奶奶
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Guiyang
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太太, 奶奶, 老太太
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Kunming
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奶, 奶奶
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Guilin
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奶奶
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Liuzhou
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婆, 奶, 阿奶
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Shanglin (Sanli)
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婆
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Xuzhou
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奶奶
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Yangzhou
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奶奶, 太太 dated
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Nanjing
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奶奶, 奶
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Hefei
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奶奶
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Nantong
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奶奶
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Singapore
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奶奶
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Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
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奶奶, 阿奶
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Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)
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拿拿
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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阿嫲
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Hong Kong
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阿嫲, 嫲嫲
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Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
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阿婆, 阿嫲
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Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
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阿嫲, 嫲
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Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
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阿婆
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Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
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阿婆
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Macau
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阿嫲
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Guangzhou (Panyu)
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阿嫲
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Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
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阿嫲
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Guangzhou (Conghua)
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阿嫲
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Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
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阿婆, 阿嫲
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Foshan
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阿嫲
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Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
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阿人
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Foshan (Shunde)
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阿人
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Foshan (Sanshui)
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阿嫲
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Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
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阿婆
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Zhongshan (Shiqi)
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阿婆
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Zhuhai (Qianshan)
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阿婆
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Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)
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阿婆
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Zhuhai (Doumen)
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阿婆
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Jiangmen (Baisha)
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阿婆
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Jiangmen (Xinhui)
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阿婆
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Taishan
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阿人
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Kaiping (Chikan)
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阿人
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Enping (Niujiang)
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阿人
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Heshan (Yayao)
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阿嫲
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Dongguan
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阿嫲, 嫲嫲, 阿婆
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Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
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阿媽, 阿嫲
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Shenzhen (Dapeng)
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阿婆
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Qingyuan
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阿婆
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Fogang
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阿嫲
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Yingde (Hanguang)
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阿嫲
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Yangshan
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阿婆
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Lianshan (Butian)
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吾妣
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Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)
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阿婆
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Shaoguan
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阿婆, 阿嫲
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Shaoguan (Qujiang)
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阿婆, 阿嫲
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Renhua
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阿婆, 阿嫲
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Lechang
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阿嫲
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Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
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阿嫲, 阿奶
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Sihui
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阿婆
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Guangning
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阿婆
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Deqing
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阿婆, 阿奶
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Huaiji
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阿婆
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Fengkai (Nanfeng)
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婆
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Yunfu
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阿奶
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Xinxing
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阿娘
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Luoding
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阿嫲
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Yunan (Pingtai)
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阿嫲
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Yangjiang
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阿婆, 阿嫲
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Xinyi
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阿婆
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Maoming (Xinpo)
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阿婆
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Lianjiang
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阿嫲
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Wuchuan (Wuyang)
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奶, 阿奶
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Nanning
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阿婆, 婆, 奶奶
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Wuzhou
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阿嫲
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Yulin
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阿婆
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Hepu (Lianzhou)
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阿嫲
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Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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阿嫲
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Singapore (Guangfu)
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阿嫲, 嫲嫲
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Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
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阿嫲
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Gan
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Nanchang
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婆婆, 奶奶
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Lichuan
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姆媽
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Pingxiang
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婆婆
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Hakka
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Meixian
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阿婆
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Xingning
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阿婆
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Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
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阿婆, 阿嫲
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Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)
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阿婆
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Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)
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阿婆
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Huiyang
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阿婆
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Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)
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阿嫲, 阿婆
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Huidong (Daling)
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阿婆
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Dongguan (Qingxi)
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阿婆
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Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)
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阿婆
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Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)
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阿嫲
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Boluo (Bendihua)
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阿婆, 阿嫲
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Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
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阿婆
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Zengcheng (Zhengguo)
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阿婆
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Zhongshan (Wuguishan)
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阿婆
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Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
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阿婆
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Wuhua (Shuizhai)
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阿婆
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Wuhua (Huacheng)
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阿婆
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Wuhua (Changbu)
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阿婆
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Wuhua (Mianyang)
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阿婆
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Heyuan (Bendihua)
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阿婆, 祖婆
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Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)
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阿嫲
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Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)
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阿婆
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Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)
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阿濟
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Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)
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阿濟
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Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)
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阿嫲
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Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)
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阿嫲
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Wengyuan
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阿婆
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Shaoguan (Qujiang)
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娭姐
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Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)
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阿嫲
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Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)
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阿嫲
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Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
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阿婆
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Liannan
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阿婆
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Conghua (Lütian)
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阿婆
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Jiexi
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阿婆
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Luhe
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阿婆
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Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
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阿嬤
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Changting
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娭姐
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Wuping
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娭姐
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Wuping (Yanqian)
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娭姐
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Wuping (Pingyu)
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阿婆
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Liancheng
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阿姐, 媽
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Ninghua
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媽媽
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Yudu
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婆婆, 婆, 婆奶
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Ningdu
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婆婆
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Ruijin
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奶奶, 奶
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Shicheng
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婆
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Shangyou (Shexi)
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奶奶, 阿奶
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Tonggu (Sandu)
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姐姐
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Ganzhou (Panlong)
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奶奶
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Dayu
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奶奶
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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阿婆
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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阿婆, 阿嬤
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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阿婆
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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阿婆, 阿奶
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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阿嬤, 阿婆
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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阿媽
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Hong Kong
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阿婆
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Yangxi (Tangkou)
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阿婆
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Yangchun (Sanjia)
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阿婆
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Xinyi (Sihe)
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阿婆
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Xinyi (Qianpai)
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阿婆
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Gaozhou (Xindong)
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阿婆
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Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)
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阿婆
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Huazhou (Xin'an)
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阿婆
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Lianjiang (Shijiao)
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阿婆
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Lianjiang (Qingping)
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阿婆, 阿媽
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Mengshan (Xihe)
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婆
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Luchuan
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阿婆
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Luchuan (Daqiao)
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阿婆
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Sabah (Longchuan)
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阿婆
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Senai (Huiyang)
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阿婆
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Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)
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阿媽
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Singkawang
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阿婆
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Huizhou
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Jixi
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婦, 阿婦
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Shexian
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奶奶, 老姨
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Tunxi
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老婄, 婄
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Xiuning
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阿婄, 婄, 奶兒, 阿奶
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Yixian
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老婦兒
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Qimen
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嫗兒, 娪娭
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Wuyuan
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婆婆
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Fuliang
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媽媽
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Dexing
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娘
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Jingde
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奶奶
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Shitai (Xianyu)
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奶奶
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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奶奶
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Pingyao
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娘娘
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Xinzhou
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娘娘啊, 呀娘, 娘娘
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Linhe
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娘娘
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Hohhot
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奶奶
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Dongsheng
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娘娘
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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奶奶, 媽媽
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Jian'ou (Dikou)
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阿媽
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Songxi
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嫲老
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Zhenghe
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媽老
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Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
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阿老
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Jianyang
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媽媽
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Wuyishan
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媽媽
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Pucheng (Shibei)
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媽媽, 阿大
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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依媽
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Changle
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依媽
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Fuqing
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阿媽, 媽
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Yongtai
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依媽
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Gutian
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媽
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Fu'an
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婆
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Ningde
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婆
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Shouning
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阿婆
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Zhouning
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阿婆
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Fuding
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阿媽
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Matsu
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依媽
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Singapore (Fuqing)
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阿媽
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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阿媽, 俺媽, 內媽
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Xiamen (Tong'an)
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俺媽, 阿媽
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Quanzhou
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阿媽, 引媽, 媽仔, 內媽
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Jinjiang
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俺媽, 引媽
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Yongchun
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阿媽, 媽
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Zhangzhou
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阿媽, 咉媽, 內媽
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Zhangzhou (Changtai)
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媽
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Zhao'an
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媽
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Dongshan
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阿媽
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Taipei
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阿媽
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New Taipei (Sanxia)
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阿媽
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Kaohsiung
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阿媽
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Yilan
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阿媽
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Changhua (Lukang)
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阿媽, 俺媽
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Taichung
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阿媽
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Taichung (Wuqi)
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阿媽
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Tainan
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阿媽, 內媽
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Taitung
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阿媽
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Hsinchu
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阿媽
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Kinmen
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俺媽
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Penghu (Magong)
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阿媽
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Penang (Hokkien)
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阿媽, 媽
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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阿媽, 俺媽, 內媽
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Manila (Hokkien)
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俺媽, 阿媽, 引媽
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Longyan
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媽
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Zhangping
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媽
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Zhangping (Yongfu)
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俺媽
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Datian
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阿媽
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Pingnan (Shangdu)
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阿媽, 媽
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Chaozhou
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阿媽
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Shantou
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阿媽
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Shantou (Chenghai)
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阿媽
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Jieyang
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阿媽
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Haifeng
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媽, 阿媽
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Bangkok (Teochew)
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阿媽
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Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)
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內媽
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Johor Bahru (Teochew)
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阿媽
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Singapore (Teochew)
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阿媽
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Leizhou
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尼奶, 尼媽, 奶, 媽
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Wenchang
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奶, 婆
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Haikou
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阿媽 face-to-face, 阿婆 face-to-face, 媽 non-face-to-face, 婆 non-face-to-face
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Singapore (Hainanese)
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阿婆
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Puxian Min
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Putian
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阿媽
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Xianyou
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阿媽
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Central Min
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Yong'an
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俺媽
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Sanyuan
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婆媽
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Shaxian
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俺媽
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Zhongshan Min
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Shaxi (Longdu)
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婆
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Sanxiang
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婆, 阿婆
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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奶, 阿奶, 奶奶, 太婆
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Northern Pinghua
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Guilin (Dahe)
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奶奶
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Shehua
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Fu'an
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阿婆
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Fuding
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阿嫲
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Luoyuan
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阿嫲
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Sanming
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阿嫲
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Shunchang
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阿婆
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Hua'an
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阿婆
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Guixi (Zhangping)
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阿婆
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Cangnan
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嫲
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Jingning
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姐
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Lishui
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姐
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Longyou
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阿姐
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Chaozhou
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姐
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Fengshun
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姐
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Waxiang
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Guzhang (Gaofeng)
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婆
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Wu
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Shanghai
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爾奶, 阿奶, 奶奶
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Shanghai (Chongming)
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裡婆, 親婆, 婆, 阿婆, 婆阿
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Suzhou
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好婆, 好親婆, 親婆
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Wuxi
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親娘
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Danyang
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嫚嫚
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Hangzhou
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奶奶
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Ningbo
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阿娘
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Wenzhou
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娘娘, 祖婆, 祖婆娘, 阿娘
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Jinhua
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媽媽
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Jinhua (Tangxi)
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媽媽
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Xiang
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Changsha
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娭毑
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Xiangtan
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娭毑
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Loudi
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佳婆, 奶奶
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Shuangfeng
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奶奶
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Quanzhou
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奶奶
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Dialectal synonyms of
曾祖母 (“great-grandmother (paternal grandfather's mother)”)
[map]
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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曾祖母
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Mandarin
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Beijing
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老祖兒, 女老祖兒, 老祖奶奶, 老太太 Hui, 太太 suburbs, 曾祖母 non-face-to-face
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Taiwan
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曾祖母
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Tianjin
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老太太, 太奶, 曾祖母 non-face-to-face
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Harbin
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太奶
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Yantai (Muping)
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老太, 老太婆
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Jinan
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老奶奶
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Wanrong
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老娘
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Xi'an
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太
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Yinchuan
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太奶奶
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Lanzhou
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太太
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Xining
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太太
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Ürümqi
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太太
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Wuhan
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老太, 老奶奶
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Chengdu
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祖祖
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Guiyang
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老祖祖, 老祖, 祖祖
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Kunming
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太太
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Liuzhou
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太婆
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Xuzhou
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老太太
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Nanjing
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太奶奶
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Nantong
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太太, 太婆, 女太太
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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太嫲, 太婆
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Hong Kong
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太嫲, 太婆
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Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
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太婆
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Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
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阿太
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Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
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太婆
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Taishan
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阿白
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Yangjiang
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太婆
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Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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太婆
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Gan
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Nanchang
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太婆
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Lichuan
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太婆
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Pingxiang
|
老婆婆
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Hakka
|
Meixian
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阿太, 婆太
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Xingning
|
婆白
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Huidong (Daling)
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阿婆太
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Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
太婆
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Wuhua (Shuizhai)
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太婆
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Wuhua (Huacheng)
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太婆
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Wuhua (Mianyang)
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老太婆
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Heyuan (Bendihua)
|
阿白
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Wengyuan
|
太婆
|
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
婆太
|
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
|
婆太
|
Liannan
|
阿太
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Jiexi
|
阿太
|
Luhe
|
婆太
|
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
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太婆
|
Changting
|
太婆, 婆太
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Wuping
|
太太
|
Wuping (Yanqian)
|
太太
|
Wuping (Pingyu)
|
婆太
|
Liancheng
|
婆太
|
Ninghua
|
婆太
|
Yudu
|
太婆
|
Ningdu
|
太婆
|
Ruijin
|
婦娘太
|
Shicheng
|
婆太
|
Shangyou (Shexi)
|
太婆
|
Tonggu (Sandu)
|
婆太
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Ganzhou (Panlong)
|
太婆
|
Dayu
|
太婆
|
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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婆太, 阿太
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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婆太, 阿太
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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婆太
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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阿太, 細妹太, 婆太, 阿婆太
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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婆太, 阿太
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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阿太, 婆太
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Hong Kong
|
婆太, 阿太
|
Yangxi (Tangkou)
|
太婆
|
Yangchun (Sanjia)
|
阿太
|
Xinyi (Sihe)
|
太婆
|
Xinyi (Qianpai)
|
太婆
|
Gaozhou (Xindong)
|
祖婆
|
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)
|
祖婆, 太婆
|
Huazhou (Xin'an)
|
婆祖
|
Lianjiang (Shijiao)
|
婆祖
|
Lianjiang (Qingping)
|
婆佬
|
Mengshan (Xihe)
|
婆太
|
Luchuan
|
婆太
|
Sabah (Longchuan)
|
阿婆太
|
Senai (Huiyang)
|
婆太
|
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)
|
太媽
|
Singkawang
|
婆太
|
Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
太婦
|
Shexian
|
太奶
|
Tunxi
|
太婆, 老太太
|
Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
老奶
|
Xinzhou
|
老娘娘啊 face-to-face, 老娘娘 non-face-to-face
|
Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
太婆
|
Jian'ou (Dikou)
|
大媽
|
Songxi
|
大媽
|
Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
|
大婆
|
Jianyang
|
大媽
|
Pucheng (Shibei)
|
大婆
|
Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
大媽
|
Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
阿祖 face-to-face, 俺祖 face-to-face, 太媽 non-face-to-face, 祖媽
|
Quanzhou
|
太媽, 阿太, 祖媽
|
Zhangzhou
|
阿祖 face-to-face, 老祖仔 non-face-to-face, 祖媽
|
Taipei
|
查某祖
|
Kaohsiung
|
阿祖
|
Yilan
|
查某祖
|
Changhua (Lukang)
|
阿祖媽
|
Taichung
|
祖太
|
Taichung (Wuqi)
|
查某祖
|
Tainan
|
阿祖
|
Taitung
|
查某祖
|
Hsinchu
|
查某祖
|
Penghu (Magong)
|
查某祖
|
Penang (Hokkien)
|
老婆, 祖媽
|
Manila (Hokkien)
|
太媽, 阿太
|
Chaozhou
|
老媽
|
Shantou
|
老媽
|
Shantou (Chenghai)
|
老媽
|
Jieyang
|
老媽
|
Haifeng
|
老, 老老, 老媽
|
Bangkok (Teochew)
|
老媽
|
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
老媽
|
Leizhou
|
尼祖, 祖 face-to-face
|
Wenchang
|
老祖, 阿祖
|
Haikou
|
祖婆, 婆祖, 婆祖媽
|
Puxian Min
|
Putian
|
大媽
|
Xianyou
|
大媽
|
Zhongshan Min
|
Shaxi (Longdu)
|
太婆
|
Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
太奶, 祖婆
|
Wu
|
Shanghai
|
太婆, 太太, 女太太, 曾祖母 non-face-to-face
|
Shanghai (Chongming)
|
太婆, 太太 face-to-face
|
Suzhou
|
太太
|
Danyang
|
太嫚嫚, 太婆
|
Hangzhou
|
阿太, 太娘娘, 太婆
|
Ningbo
|
太婆, 阿太
|
Wenzhou
|
女老太, 女太, 阿太, 老太 non-face-to-face
|
Jinhua
|
太太, 太婆
|
Xiang
|
Changsha
|
曾祖母
|
Xiangtan
|
老毑
|
Loudi
|
太婆
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