阿珠媽

Chinese

		phonetic; (final part.); (interj.) phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people	pearl; bead	mother; mama
trad. (阿珠媽)		阿	珠	媽
simp. (阿珠妈)		阿	珠	妈

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Korean 아줌마 (ajumma).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): āzhūmā

  (Zhuyin): ㄚ ㄓㄨ ㄇㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ zyu¹ maa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: āzhūmā
    • Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄓㄨ ㄇㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ajhuma
    • Wade–Giles: a¹-chu¹-ma¹
    • Yale: ā-jū-mā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ajumha
    • Palladius: ачжума (ačžuma)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ mä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa³ zyu¹ maa¹
    • Yale: a jyū mā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ dzy¹ maa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: a³ ju¹ ma¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ t͡syː⁵⁵ maː⁵⁵/

Noun

阿珠媽

1. (in contexts related to Korea) auntie; middle-aged female