嬤嬤

See also: 嬷嬷

Chinese

		ma; mamma	ma; mamma
trad. (嬤嬤)		嬤	嬤
simp. (嬷嬷)		嬷	嬷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mómo, māma

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ˙ㄇㄛ, ㄇㄚ ˙ㄇㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mo¹ mo¹, maa¹ maa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mómo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ˙ㄇㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mómo̊
    • Wade–Giles: mo²-mo⁵
    • Yale: mwó-mwo
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mo.mo
    • Palladius: момо (momo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ mu̯ɔ³/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan, dated in Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: māma
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚ ˙ㄇㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mamå
    • Wade–Giles: ma¹-ma⁵
    • Yale: mā-ma
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mha.ma
    • Palladius: мама (mama)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä⁵⁵ mä²/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mo¹ mo¹, maa¹ maa¹
    • Yale: mō mō, mā mā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mo¹ mo¹, maa¹ maa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mo¹ mo¹, ma¹ ma¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔː⁵⁵ mɔː⁵⁵/, /maː⁵⁵ maː⁵⁵/

Noun

嬤嬤

1. (dialectal Mandarin) a form of address for an elderly woman
2. (dialectal Mandarin) wet nurse
3. (Catholicism, Orthodoxy) nun; sister

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 奶媽 (“wet nurse”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		奶媽, 乳母, 乳娘, 奶娘
Mandarin	Beijing	奶媽子, 奶子, 㜷媽, 㜷㜷
	Taiwan	奶媽
	Harbin	奶媽子
	Yantai (Muping)	奶媽子
	Jinan	奶媽子, 奶母
	Luoyang	奶媽兒
	Wanrong	奶母
	Xi'an	奶媽
	Yinchuan	奶媽子
	Lanzhou	奶媽 face-to-face, 奶媽子 non-face-to-face
	Xining	奶媽子
	Ürümqi	奶媽子
	Wuhan	奶媽
	Chengdu	奶媽兒, 奶媽, 奶子
	Guiyang	奶媽
	Guilin (Lingui)	奶媽
	Liuzhou	奶媽
	Liuzhou (Luorong)	奶媽
	Nanning (Wuming)	奶媽
	Xuzhou	奶媽子, 奶媽
	Yangzhou	奶媽
	Singapore	奶媽
Cantonese	Guangzhou	奶媽, 濕腰
	Hong Kong	奶媽
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	奶媽
	Macau	奶媽
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	奶媽
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	奶媽
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	奶媽
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	奶媽
	Foshan	奶媽
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	奶媽
	Foshan (Shunde)	奶媽
	Foshan (Sanshui)	奶媽
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	奶媽
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	奶媽
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	奶媽
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	奶媽
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	奶媽
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	奶媽
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	奶媽
	Taishan	奶媽
	Kaiping (Chikan)	奶媽
	Enping (Niujiang)	奶媽
	Heshan (Yayao)	奶媽
	Dongguan	奶媽, 奶婆
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	奶母
	Nanning	奶媽
	Guiping	奶媽
	Mengshan (Xihe)	奶媽
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	奶媽
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	奶媽
	Baise	奶媽
	Bobai	奶媽
	Lingshan	奶媽
	Pubei	奶媽
	Qinzhou	奶媽
	Beihai	奶媽
	Ningming	奶媽
	Hengzhou	奶媽
	Hezhou (Pumen)	𢆡媽
Gan	Nanchang	奶娘
	Lichuan	奶娘
	Pingxiang	奶娘
Hakka	Meixian	奶媽, 奶哀
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	奶婆
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	奶媽
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	契媽
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	奶媽
	Conghua (Lütian)	奶媽
	Yudu	奶媽, 契姐
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	奶哀
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	奶哀
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	奶哀
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	奶哀
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	奶哀
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	奶哀
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	奶媽
	Mashan (Pianlian)	奶媽
Huizhou	Jixi	奶娘, 妹姨, 妹娘
Jin	Taiyuan	奶媽
	Xinzhou	奶巴子 non-face-to-face, 巴子 non-face-to-face, 奶波 non-face-to-face, 巴子啊 face-to-face
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	奶媽, 依奶 face-to-face
Southern Min	Xiamen	奶母, 邀奶, 邀奶的, 邀奶母
	Quanzhou	奶母, 邀奶母
	Zhangzhou	奶母, 邀奶, 邀奶的
	Tainan	奶母
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	奶媽
	Singapore (Teochew)	奶母
	Haikou	奶媽
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	奶媽
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	奶母
	Nanning (Shajing)	奶媽
	Binyang	奶媽
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Chaoyang)	奶媽
	Guilin (Zhuyuan)	奶娘
Wu	Shanghai	奶媽, 奶嬸嬸 dated
	Shanghai (Chongming)	奶娘
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	奶娘, 奶嫲
	Suzhou	奶嬸嬸
	Danyang	奶娘, 奶婆, 帶奶個
	Hangzhou	奶娘
	Ningbo	阿伴, 阿奶, 奶嬸
	Wenzhou	奶嫂
	Jinhua	奶娘
Xiang	Changsha	奶媽
	Loudi	奶婆娘
	Quanzhou	奶媽
	Guanyang (Wenshi)	奶媽

Dialectal synonyms of 修女 (“Catholic nun”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		修女
Mandarin	Beijing	姑奶奶
	Taiwan	修女
	Wuhan	嬤嬤
Cantonese	Hong Kong	修女
Jin	Taiyuan	修女
Southern Min	Xiamen	姑娘
	Quanzhou	姑娘
	Zhangzhou	姑娘
Wu	Shanghai	童身姑娘, 洋尼姑
	Shanghai (Chongming)	姆姆
	Ningbo	嬤嬤

Derived terms

• 奶嬤嬤／奶嬷嬷
• 嬤嬤媽／嬷嬷妈
• 嬤嬤爹／嬷嬷爹
• 老嬤嬤／老嬷嬷