七娘媽

Chinese

		seven	mother; young lady	mother; mama
trad. (七娘媽)		七	娘	媽
simp. (七娘妈)		七	娘	妈

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Chhit-niû-má / Chhit-niô͘-má

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhit-niû-má
    • Tâi-lô: Tshit-niû-má
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chitniumar
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ niũ²³⁻³³ mã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰit̚⁵⁻²⁴ niũ²⁴⁻²² mã⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ niũ²⁴⁻²² mã⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ niũ²⁴⁻¹¹ mã⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhit-niô͘-má
    • Tâi-lô: Tshit-niôo-má
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁵ niɔ̃¹³⁻²² mã⁵³/

Proper noun

七娘媽

1. (Southern Min, Chinese mythology) Zhinü, the weaver girl

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 織女 (“Zhinü, the weaver girl”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		織女
Mandarin	Taiwan	織女
Cantonese	Guangzhou	七姐
	Hong Kong	織女, 七姐
Southern Min	New Taipei (Tamsui)	七娘媽
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	七娘媽
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	七娘媽
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	七娘媽
	Yilan (Toucheng)	七娘媽
	Tainan (Anping)	七娘媽
	Penghu (Xiyu)	七娘媽

Derived terms

• 七娘媽星／七娘妈星
• 七娘媽生／七娘妈生