Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
(deprecated template usage) 先生媽
- (Mainland China Hokkien) female doctor (usually middle-aged)
- (Mainland China Hokkien) midwife (female only)
- (Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) mother of one's teacher or doctor
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
助產士 (“midwife”)
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Variety
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Location
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Words
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Classical Chinese
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穩婆, 產婆
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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助產士
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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接生婆, 收生婆, 姥姥
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Harbin
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老牛婆, 老娘婆
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Jilu Mandarin
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Jinan
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接生員, 老娘婆, 接生婆
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Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Yantai (Muping)
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接生婆兒
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
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收生婆, 老娘婆
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Wanrong
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接生員, 拾娃的
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Xi'an
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包娃的
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Xuzhou
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收生婆兒, 收生婆, 接生婆兒, 接生婆
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Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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老娘婆
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Lanzhou
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老娘婆
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Ürümqi
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接生婆
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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接生婆, 撿生婆
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Wuhan
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撿生婆
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Guiyang
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撿生奶, 接生奶
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Liuzhou
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收生婆, 接生婆
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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接生婆, 姥姥
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Yangzhou
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收生婆子, 姥姥, 老娘 dated
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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執媽, 執仔婆
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Hong Kong
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執媽, 執仔婆
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Taishan
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伴生婆
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Dongguan
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執仔婆, 生仔婆, 撿仔婆
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Gan
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Nanchang
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阿婆
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Lichuan
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撿伢崽娘
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Pingxiang
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接生娘
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Hakka
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Meixian
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看輕個, 看輕婆, 看輕人
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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產婆, 接生婆
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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輕身婆
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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產婆
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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產婆, 助產士
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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產婆, 接生婆
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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產婆
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Huizhou
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Jixi
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接生婆
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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老娘婆
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Xinzhou
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收生婆
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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拾洗奶
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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拾囝婆
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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抾囝姐 dated, 抾姐 dated, 抾姐母, 抾姐婆, 先生媽, 抾姆 dated, older, 抾囝姆 dated, older
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Quanzhou
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抾囝母, 先生媽
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Zhangzhou
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抾姐 dated, 抾姐婆, 先生媽, 抾姆 dated, older
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Taipei
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產婆
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New Taipei (Sanxia)
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產婆
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Kaohsiung
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助產士, 抾囝母, 產婆
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Yilan
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產婆
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Changhua (Lukang)
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產婆
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Taichung
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產婆
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Tainan
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助產士, 抾囝母, 產婆
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Hsinchu
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產婆
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Kinmen
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產婆
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Penghu (Magong)
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產婆
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Manila (Hokkien)
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抾囝母
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Haikou
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生囝婆
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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接生婆
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Wu
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Shanghai
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助產士, 守生婆, 老娘 dated
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Shanghai (Chongming)
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老娘婆
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Suzhou
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老娘
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Danyang
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收生婆, 接生格
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Hangzhou
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收生婆
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Ningbo
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接生老娘, 接生婆
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Wenzhou
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洗生婆
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Jinhua
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接生娘, 洗生娘
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Xiang
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Changsha
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接生婆
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Loudi
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收生婆, 接生員
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Note
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Most of the terms are only used for female midwives.
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(deprecated template usage)