叔母

Chinese[edit]

		uncle in direct address	female; mother
simp. and trad. (叔母)		叔	母

Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shūmǔ, shúmǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄇㄨˇ, ㄕㄨˊ ㄇㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): suk¹ mou⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shūmǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄇㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shumǔ
  - Wade–Giles: shu¹-mu³
  - Yale: shū-mǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shumuu
  - Palladius: шуму (šumu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shúmǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˊ ㄇㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shúmǔ
  - Wade–Giles: shu²-mu³
  - Yale: shú-mǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shwumuu
  - Palladius: шуму (šumu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu³⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: suk¹ mou⁵
  - Yale: sūk móuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: suk⁷ mou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: sug¹ mou⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊk̚⁵ mou̯¹³/

Noun[edit]

叔母

paternal aunt (wife of father's younger brother)

Synonyms[edit]

Dialectal synonyms of 嬸母 (“paternal aunt (wife of father's younger brother)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		嬸母, 叔母
Mandarin	Beijing	嬸兒, 嬸子, 嬸兒媽
	Taiwan	嬸嬸
	Ulanhot	嬸兒
	Tongliao	嬸兒
	Chifeng	嬸子
	Bayanhot	嬸嬸, 媽, 小嬸
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	嬸兒
	Harbin	嬸子, 嬸兒
	Yantai (Muping)	嬸
	Jinan	嬸子
	Luoyang	嬸子, 嬸兒, 嬸兒嬸兒
	Wanrong	嬸嬸
	Wanrong (Ronghe)	親媽, 花媽
	Zhengzhou	嬸兒, 嬸
	Xi'an	娘, 芽芽 Hui
	Yinchuan	嬸嬸
	Lanzhou	嬸嬸
	Xining	嬸子
	Ürümqi	嬸嬸
	Wuhan	嬸娘, 娘, 娘娘
	Chengdu	嬸嬸, 嬸娘
	Guiyang	嬸嬸
	Kunming	嬸嬸
	Guilin	嬸嬸
	Liuzhou	嬸娘, 阿嬸, 嬸
	Xuzhou	嬸子, 嬸兒
	Yangzhou	娘娘, 嬸娘, 嬸嬸
	Nanjing	嬸嬸, 娘
	Hefei	嬸嫫
	Nantong	嬸嬸
	Singapore	嬸嬸
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	嬸嬸
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	芽芽
Cantonese	Guangzhou	阿嬸
	Hong Kong	阿嬸, 嬸嬸
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	阿嬸, 嬸仔
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	阿嬸, 嬸, 叔母
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	叔姆仔
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	阿嬸
	Macau	阿嬸, 叔母
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	阿嬸
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	阿嬸
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	阿嬸
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	阿嬸
	Foshan	阿嬸
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	阿嬸
	Foshan (Shunde)	阿嬸
	Foshan (Sanshui)	阿嬸
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	阿嬸
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	叔母
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	阿嬸, 叔母
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	阿嬸
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	阿嬸
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	阿嬸
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	阿嬸
	Taishan	阿嬸, 嬸
	Kaiping (Chikan)	阿嬸
	Enping (Niujiang)	阿嬸
	Heshan (Yayao)	阿嬸
	Dongguan	阿嬸, 嬸娘, 嬸
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	阿嬸
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	阿嬸
	Shaoguan	阿嬸
	Yunfu	阿嬸
	Yangjiang	阿嬸
	Xinyi	阿嬸
	Lianjiang	阿嬸
	Nanning	阿嬸, 嬸
	Wuzhou	阿嬸
	Yulin	叔婆
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	嬸婆
	Danzhou	細娘
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	阿嬸
	Singapore (Guangfu)	阿嬸
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	阿嬸
Gan	Nanchang	嬸娘, 嬸子, 嬸, 嬸嬸
	Lichuan	嬸嬸
	Pingxiang	嬸嬸, 嬸老子
Hakka	Meixian	叔姆
	Xingning	娘娘
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	阿嬸
	Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)	阿嬸
	Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)	阿嬸
	Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)	阿嬸
	Huidong (Daling)	阿嬸
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	叔姆
	Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)	阿嬸
	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	阿嬸
	Boluo (Bendihua)	阿嬸
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	叔姆
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	阿嬸
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	阿嬸
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	阿嬸
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	阿嬸
	Wuhua (Changbu)	阿娘
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	阿娘
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	嬸娘
	Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)	阿嬸
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	阿嬸
	Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)	嬸娘
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	娘
	Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)	阿娘
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	嬸
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	叔姆
	Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)	阿嬸
	Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)	阿娘
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	阿嬸
	Liannan	阿嬸
	Conghua (Lütian)	阿嬸
	Jiexi	叔姆
	Changting	叔姆
	Wuping	叔姆
	Wuping (Pingyu)	叔姆子
	Liancheng	叔姆
	Ninghua	嬸子, 嬸嬸
	Yudu	叔母, 母母
	Ruijin	嫫嫫
	Shicheng	嬸
	Shangyou (Shexi)	嫫嫫
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	叔姆
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	叔姆, 姆姆, 嬭若
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	叔姆, 阿嬸
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	叔姆, 阿叔姆
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	叔姆, 阿嬸
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	阿嬸
	Hong Kong	叔姆
	Luchuan	嬸
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	嬸娘
	Sabah (Longchuan)	阿嬸
	Senai (Huiyang)	阿嬸
	Singkawang	叔姆
Huizhou	Jixi	嬸嬸, 嬸
	Shexian	嬸
	Tunxi	嬸兒
	Xiuning	阿嬸
	Yixian	媽兒, 新人媽兒
	Qimen	姆
	Wuyuan	嬸娘
	Fuliang	嬸嬸
	Dexing	嬸
	Shitai (Xianyu)	嬸嬸
Jin	Taiyuan	嬸嬸
	Pingyao	嬸嬸
	Taibus (Baochang)	嬸嬸
	Linhe	二媽
	Jining	嬸嬸
	Hohhot	嬸嬸
	Baotou	嬸嬸
	Dongsheng	二媽
	Haibowan	嬸子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	嬸仔, 嬸嬸
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	阿嬸
	Songxi	嬸仔
	Zhenghe	嬸嫲
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	阿嬸
	Jianyang	嬸仔
	Wuyishan	嬸仔
	Pucheng (Shibei)	嬸仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	家嬸, 依嬸
	Changle	依嬸
	Fuqing	嬸, 依嬸, 阿嬸
	Yongtai	家嬸
	Gutian	家嬸
	Fu'an	嬸
	Ningde	母嬸
	Shouning	嬸奶
	Zhouning	阿嬸
	Fuding	阿嬸
	Matsu	依嬸
Southern Min	Xiamen	阿嬸, 嬸
	Quanzhou	阿嬸, 嬸
	Jinjiang	嬸婆, 阿嬸
	Anxi	嬸
	Yongchun	嬸
	Dehua	阿嬸
	Zhangzhou	阿嬸, 阿姆
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	嬸, 姆
	Dongshan	嬸仔, 嬸
	Taipei	阿嬸
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	阿嬸
	Kaohsiung	阿嬸
	Yilan	阿嬸
	Changhua (Lukang)	阿嬸
	Taichung	阿嬸
	Taichung (Wuqi)	阿嬸
	Tainan	阿嬸
	Taitung	阿嬸
	Hsinchu	阿嬸
	Kinmen	阿嬸
	Penghu (Magong)	阿嬸
	Penang (Hokkien)	阿嬸, 嬸
	Singapore (Hokkien)	阿嬸
	Manila (Hokkien)	阿嬸
	Longyan	姆仔
	Zhangping	姆
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	姆仔
	Datian	阿嬸仔
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	阿姆, 姆
	Chaozhou	阿嬸
	Shantou	阿嬸
	Haifeng	嬸
	Bangkok (Teochew)	阿嬸
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	阿嬸
	Singapore (Teochew)	阿嬸
	Leizhou	尼嬸, 嬸
	Wenchang	嬸姩, 阿姩
	Haikou	嬸姩
Puxian Min	Putian	阿嬸
Puxian Min	Xianyou	阿嬸
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	叔母
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	叔母, 阿母
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	嬸, 嬸娘
Shehua	Fu'an	叔婆
	Fuding	阿嬤
	Luoyuan	阿嬤
	Sanming	叔婆
	Shunchang	叔嬤仔
	Guixi (Zhangping)	嬤嬤
	Cangnan	嬤
	Jingning	細嬤
	Lishui	阿嬤
	Longyou	阿嬤
	Chaozhou	嬸
	Fengshun	阿嬸
Wu	Shanghai	嬸嬸, 嬸娘, 嬸媽
	Shanghai (Chongming)	嬸娘, 嬸媽
	Suzhou	嬸嬸, 阿嬸, 嬸娒, 嬸娘
	Wuxi	嬸嬸, 嬸娘
	Danyang	嬸嬸
	Hangzhou	嬸娘, 阿姨
	Ningbo	阿嬸
	Wenzhou	阿嬸
	Jinhua	嬸, 嬸兒, 嬸兒嬸兒
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	嬸嬸, 嬸
Xiang	Changsha	嬸嬸, 嬸子
	Xiangtan	嬸唧
	Loudi	嬸唧
	Shuangfeng	嬸唧
	Quanzhou	嬸娘, 嬸

Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
叔	母
Grade: S	Grade: 2
irregular

Alternative spellings
伯母小母姨

Etymology[edit]

From Old Japanese. Attested in a text from 701.^[1] In turn, reconstructed as descending from Proto-Japonic *wonpa.

Likely a compound of 小 (o-, “small, young”) +‎ 母 (ha, “mother”).^[1] Compare 叔父 (oji, “grandfather”), also likely from 小 (o-) +‎ 父 (chi, “father”).^[2]

Pronunciation[edit]

(Tokyo) おば [òbá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[3]^[4]^[5]
IPA^(key): [o̞ba̠]

Noun[edit]

叔母(おば) • (oba) ^{←をば (woba)^?}

aunt (younger than one’s parent)
a prostitute
(slang, used by criminals) prison guard

Usage notes[edit]

This term is spelled in hiragana when referring to non-age-specific relatives.

Coordinate terms[edit]

伯母(おば) (oba): aunt (older than one’s parent)
叔父(おじ) (oji): uncle (younger than one’s parent)
伯父(おじ) (oji): uncle (older than one’s parent)

Related terms[edit]

伯母(おば) (oba): aunt (older than one’s parent)
おばさん (obasan): aunt (polite)
小母(おば)さん (obasan): lady, old lady, ma'am

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 “お‐ば［を‥］【伯母・叔母・小母・姨】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) ‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)
^ “お‐じ［をぢ］【爺・伯父・叔父・小父】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) ‎^[2] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Second edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

[KDJ2O-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 “お‐ば［を‥］【伯母・叔母・小母・姨】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) ‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)

[KDJ2Ooji-2] “お‐じ［をぢ］【爺・伯父・叔父・小父】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) ‎^[2] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)

[DJR-3] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK2-4] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Second edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō

[NHK-5] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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