娘娘腔

Chinese

		lady	cavity of body; tune
trad. (娘娘腔)		娘娘	腔
simp. #(娘娘腔)		娘娘	腔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niángniangqiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄤˊ ˙ㄋㄧㄤ ㄑㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): noeng⁴ noeng⁴ hong¹
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶gnian-gnian-chian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niángniangqiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄤˊ ˙ㄋㄧㄤ ㄑㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niángniångciang
    • Wade–Giles: niang²-niang⁵-chʻiang¹
    • Yale: nyáng-nyang-chyāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niang.niangchiang
    • Palladius: няннянцян (njannjancjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɑŋ³⁵ ni̯ɑŋ³ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niángniangqiāngr
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄤˊ ˙ㄋㄧㄤ ㄑㄧㄤㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niángniångciangr
    • Wade–Giles: niang²-niang⁵-chʻiang¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: nyáng-nyang-chyāngr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niang.niangchiangl
    • Palladius: няннянцянр (njannjancjanr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɑŋ³⁵ ni̯ɑŋ³ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑ̃ɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: noeng⁴ noeng⁴ hong¹
    • Yale: nèuhng nèuhng hōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: noeng⁴ noeng⁴ hong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nêng⁴ nêng⁴ hong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nœːŋ²¹ nœːŋ²¹ hɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶gnian-gnian-chian
    • MiniDict: nyan^去 nyan chian
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyian-nyian-qian
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲiã²² n̠ʲiã⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰiã²¹/

Noun

娘娘腔

1. (derogatory) girly voice (of a male); effeminate man; camp person; ponce

Adjective

娘娘腔

1. (derogatory) sissy; effeminate (especially in voice)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 娘娘腔 (“sissy; effeminate”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		娘娘腔
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	母裡母氣
	Taiwan	娘娘腔, 娘炮
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	母聲母氣
Cantonese	Guangzhou	乸型, 婆乸型, 女人型, 女人士
	Hong Kong	乸型, camp
Gan	Lichuan	娘娘腔
Hakka	Meixian	半婦人
Northern Min	Jian'ou	阿娘相
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	母相
Southern Min	Xiamen	查某體
	Quanzhou	查某體
	Zhangzhou	查某體, 軟母
	Tainan	查某體
	Manila (Hokkien)	查某體
Wu	Shanghai	娘娘腔
	Hangzhou	娘娘腔