爺娘

See also: 爺孃 and 爷娘

Chinese

		grandpa; etc.; old gentleman	mother; young lady
trad. (爺娘/爺孃)		爺	娘/孃
simp. (爷娘)		爷	娘
alternative forms		耶孃

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yéniáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˊ ㄋㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): je⁴ noeng⁴
• Gan (Wiktionary): ia⁴ nyiong
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yà-ngiòng
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶ya-gnian
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ia² nyian²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yéniáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˊ ㄋㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yéniáng
    • Wade–Giles: yeh²-niang²
    • Yale: yé-nyáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeniang
    • Palladius: енян (jenjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ³⁵ ni̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: je⁴ noeng⁴
    • Yale: yèh nèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: je⁴ noeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yé⁴ nêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛː²¹ nœːŋ²¹/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: ia⁴ nyiong
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ia³⁵ n̠ʲiɔŋ²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yà-ngiòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: iaˇ ngiongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ya² ngiong²
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯a¹¹ ŋi̯oŋ¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yà-ngiòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iaˇ ngiongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ya² ngiong²
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯a¹¹ ŋi̯oŋ¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ya-gnian
    • MiniDict: ya^去 nyan
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhia-nyian
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦia²² n̠ʲiã⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: ia² nyian²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i̯a̠¹³ n̠ʲi̯æn¹³/

Noun

爺娘

1. (literary or Gan, Hakka, Xiang, Wu) parents

   • 不聞爺娘喚女聲，但聞黃河流水鳴濺濺 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     不闻爷娘唤女声，但闻黄河流水鸣溅溅 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Ballad of Mulan, circa 6ᵗʰ century ᴄᴇ

     bù wén yéniáng huàn nǚ shēng, dàn wén Huánghé liúshuǐ míng jiànjiàn [Pinyin]

     No sound of her parents hailing their girl, just the rumbling waters of the Yellow River.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 父母 (“father and mother; parents”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		父母, 爺娘, 怙恃, 雙親
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		父母, 雙親, 父母親
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	爹媽, 老家兒
	Taiwan	爸媽
	Singapore	爸媽, 家長
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	老的兒, 爹媽
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	老兒的
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	媽爸
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	娘老子
	Lanzhou	娘老子, 老漢們
	Ürümqi	娘老子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	娘老子, 媽老漢兒
	Chongqing	媽老漢兒
	Wuhan	娘老子, 兩老
	Liuzhou	娘老子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	娘老子
	Yangzhou	娘老子
	Nantong	爺娘
Cantonese	Guangzhou	老豆老母
	Hong Kong	老豆老母, 爹哋媽咪, 阿爸阿媽
	Yangjiang	老子阿奶
Gan	Nanchang	爺娘
	Pingxiang	娘爺
Hakka	Meixian	爺哀
	Xingning	爺哀
	Huidong (Daling)	阿爸阿姆
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	阿姆阿爸
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	爺哀
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	阿爸阿姆
	Liannan	爺哀
	Jiexi	爺哀
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	爺哀
	Changting	爹哀, 爺哀
	Wuping	爺哀
	Wuping (Yanqian)	爺哀
	Wuping (Pingyu)	爺哀
	Ninghua	爹母
	Ningdu	爹姐
	Ruijin	哀爹, 爺娘, 爺哀
	Shicheng	爹哀
	Shangyou (Shexi)	爺姐
	Tonggu (Sandu)	娘爺
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	爺姐
	Dayu	爺佬姐佬
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	爺哀, 爺娘, 兩老
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	爺哀, 爺娘, 兩老
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	爺哀, 爺娘, 兩老
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	爺哀, 爺娘, 兩老
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	爺哀, 爺娘, 兩老
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	爺哀, 爺母, 兩老
	Hong Kong	阿爸阿姆
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	老子阿奶
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	父母
	Xinyi (Sihe)	爺哀
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	爺哀
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	爸媽
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	父母親
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	爺哀
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	爺哀, 爸哀
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	爸哀
	Luchuan	爸媽
Huizhou	Jixi	娘老子, 老子娘, 老子爺娘
Jin	Taiyuan	爹娘
	Xinzhou	老子娘
Northern Min	Jian'ou	爹奶
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	爸奶
	Matsu	爸奶
Southern Min	Xiamen	爸母, 老爸母
	Quanzhou	爸母, 老爸母
	Jinjiang	爸母
	Zhangzhou	爸母, 老爸母
	Zhao'an	爸母
	Taipei	爸母
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	爸母
	Kaohsiung	爸母
	Yilan	爸母
	Changhua (Lukang)	爸母
	Taichung	爸母
	Tainan	爸母
	Hsinchu	爸母
	Kinmen	爸母
	Penghu (Magong)	爸母
	Penang (Hokkien)	爸母
	Singapore (Hokkien)	爸母
	Manila (Hokkien)	爸母
	Chaozhou	父嬡, 爸母
	Jieyang	父嬡
	Singapore (Teochew)	爸母
Wu	Shanghai	爺娘
	Suzhou	爺娘
	Danyang	娘啊老子, 爺娘 rare
	Hangzhou	娘老子
	Ningbo	爹娘
	Wenzhou	奶阿伯, 阿伯奶
Xiang	Changsha	爺娘
	Shuangfeng	爺娘

Derived terms

• 毋識字怨爺娘，毋會賺錢怨屋場／毋识字怨爷娘，毋会赚钱怨屋场 (m̀ sṳt-sṳ yen yà-ngiòng, m̀-voi chhon-chhièn yen vuk-chhòng)
• 爺娘想子長江水，子想爺娘擔竿長／爷娘想子长江水，子想爷娘担竿长 (yà-ngiòng sióng chṳ́ chhòng-kông súi, chṳ́ sióng yà-ngiòng tam-kôn chhòng)