婆阿媽

Chinese

		grandmother; matron; mother-in-law	phonetic; (final part.); (interj.) phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people	mother; mama
trad. (婆阿媽)		婆	阿	媽
simp. (婆阿妈)		婆	阿	妈

Pronunciation

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶bu-aq-ma

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• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶bu-aq-ma
    • MiniDict: bu^去 ah ma
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³bu-aq-ma
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bu²² aʔ⁵⁵ ma²¹/

Noun

婆阿媽

1. (Wu, dated) mother-in-law (husband's mother)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 婆婆 (“husband's mother; mother-in-law”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		婆婆
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	婆婆
	Taiwan	婆婆
	Harbin	婆婆, 老婆婆
	Shenyang	老婆婆
	Singapore	家婆
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	婆婆
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	婆
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	婆
	Wanrong	阿家, 婆婆
	Xi'an	婆, 阿公婆
	Xuzhou	老婆婆, 婆家娘, 婆婆娘
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	婆婆
	Lanzhou	婆婆
	Ürümqi	婆婆
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	婆婆, 老人婆
	Wuhan	婆婆
	Guiyang	老婆婆
	Kunming	婆婆
	Liuzhou	家婆
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	老婆婆
	Yangzhou	婆, 婆太太
	Nantong	婆老太, 婆
	Hefei	婆婆, 老婆婆
Cantonese	Guangzhou	家婆, 奶奶, 大人婆 dated
	Hong Kong	家婆, 奶奶
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	家婆
	Taishan	家婆
	Dongguan	家婆, 奶奶
	Yangjiang	家婆
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	家婆, 奶奶
	Singapore (Guangfu)	家婆, 奶奶
Gan	Nanchang	婆, 婆子
	Lichuan	家娘
	Pingxiang	家娘, 家娘老子, 家婆
Hakka	Meixian	家娘
	Xingning	家娘
	Huidong (Daling)	家娘
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	家娘婆
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	家婆
	Changting	家娘
	Wuping	家娘
	Wuping (Pingyu)	家娘
	Liancheng	家娘
	Ninghua	家婆
	Yudu	家婆
	Ruijin	家婆, 奶奶
	Shicheng	家婆
	Shangyou (Shexi)	家婆
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	家娘
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	家娘
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	家娘
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	家娘
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	家娘
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	家婆
	Hong Kong	家娘
	Sabah (Longchuan)	家娘
	Senai (Huiyang)	家婆
Huizhou	Jixi	婆
Jin	Taiyuan	婆婆
	Xinzhou	老娘娘, 婆婆
Northern Min	Jian'ou	媽媽
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	大家, 大家奶
	Fuqing	大家, 大家姑, 阿娘
Southern Min	Xiamen	大家
	Quanzhou	大家
	Zhangzhou	大家
	Taipei	大家
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	大家
	Kaohsiung	大家
	Yilan	大家仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	大家
	Taichung	大家
	Taichung (Wuqi)	大家
	Tainan	大家
	Taitung	大家
	Hsinchu	大家
	Kinmen	親姆
	Penghu (Magong)	大家
	Penang (Hokkien)	娘
	Singapore (Hokkien)	大家
	Manila (Hokkien)	大家
	Chaozhou	大家
	Shantou	大家
	Haifeng	大家婆
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	大家
	Singapore (Teochew)	大家
	Leizhou	家婆
	Haikou	家婆
Puxian Min	Putian	大家
	Xianyou	大家
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	奶
Wu	Shanghai	婆婆, 阿婆, 婆阿媽 dated
	Shanghai (Chongming)	婆
	Suzhou	阿婆
	Danyang	婆婆
	Hangzhou	阿婆, 婆老太太
	Ningbo	阿婆, 婆婆
	Wenzhou	大家娘
	Jinhua	婆
Xiang	Changsha	家娘
	Loudi	家娘
	Shuangfeng	家娘
	Hengyang	家娘