娘

See also: 孃 and 嬢

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

娘 (radical 38 女+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女戈日女 (VIAV), four-corner 4343₂, composition ⿰女良)

References

• KangXi: page 262, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6304
• Dae Jaweon: page 529, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1054, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5A18

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		娘

Alternative forms

• 孃 (niáng)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niáng (niang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): noeng⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngiòng
• Min Nan (POJ): niâ / niû / liông
• Wu (Wiktionary): nyan (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: niáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄤˊ
    • Wade-Giles: niang²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niang
    • IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: noeng⁴
    • Yale: nèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: noeng⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /nœːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngiongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngiong²
    • IPA: /ɲi̯oŋ¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niâ / niû / liông
    • Tâi-lô: niâ / niû / liông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: niaa, niuu, lioong
    • IPA (Taipei): /nia²⁴/, /niu²⁴/, /liɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /nia¹³/, /niu¹³/, /liɔŋ¹³/
    • Note: liông is literary.
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: nyan (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /ȵã²³/

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• Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 娘
Mandarin	Beijing	/niɑŋ³⁵/
	Harbin	/niaŋ²⁴/
	Tianjin	/niɑŋ⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/ȵiaŋ⁴²/
	Qingdao	/niaŋ⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/niaŋ⁴²/
	Xi'an	/niaŋ²⁴/
	Xining	/ȵiɔ̃²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/niɑŋ⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/ȵiɑ̃⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/ȵiɑŋ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/niaŋ²¹³/
	Chengdu	/ȵiaŋ³¹/
	Guiyang	/niaŋ²¹/
	Kunming	/niã̠³¹/
	Nanjing	/liaŋ²⁴/ 爹～ /liaŋ³¹/ 姑姑
	Hefei	/liɑ̃⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/niɒ̃¹¹/ ～家 /niɒ̃⁴⁵/ 姥姥
	Pingyao	/ȵiɑŋ¹³/ /ȵyə¹³/ ～～廟
	Hohhot	/niɑ̃³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/ȵiã²³/
	Suzhou	/ȵiã¹³/
	Hangzhou	/ȵiɑŋ²¹³/
	Wenzhou	/ȵi³¹/
Hui	Shexian	/nia⁴⁴/
	Tunxi	/ȵiau⁴⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/ȵian¹³/
	Xiangtan	/ȵian¹²/
Gan	Nanchang	/ȵiɔŋ⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/ŋioŋ¹¹/
	Taoyuan	/ŋioŋ¹¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/nœŋ²¹/
	Nanning	/nɛŋ⁵⁵/ /nœŋ²¹/
	Hong Kong	/nœŋ²¹/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/liɔŋ³⁵/ /niu³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/nuoŋ⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/niɔŋ³³/ /niɔŋ²¹/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/niõ⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/niaŋ³¹/ /nio³¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɳɨɐŋ/▼

Rime
Character	娘
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	女良切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/niɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/niaŋ/
Wang Li	/nĭaŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ni̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	niáng

Noun

娘

1. mother; aunt
2. young girl

   姑娘  ―  gūniáng  ―  girl

3. woman
4. wife

Synonyms

• (mother): 母親／母亲 (mǔqīn), 媽媽／妈妈 (māma)

Compounds

Terms derived from 娘

• 娘兒／娘儿
• 娘兒們／娘儿们
• 娘姨
• 娘娘 (niángniāng)

• 娘子 (niángzǐ)
• 娘子軍／娘子军
• 娘家 (niángjiā)
• 娘老子 (niáng lǎozi)

• 娘胎
• 娘舅
• 娘親／娘亲 (niángqīn)

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Japanese

Kanji

娘

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: じょう (jō)
• Kun: むすめ (musume)

Etymology

From 生す ‎(musu, “to beget”) +‎ 女 ‎(me, “female”)

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) むすめ​ [mùsúméꜜ] (Odaka - [o])
• IPA^(key): [mɯᵝsɯᵝme̞]

Noun

娘 ‎(hiragana むすめ, romaji musume)

1. A female child; daughter.

Synonyms

• 娘さん (honorific)
• お嬢さん (honorific)

Antonyms

• 息子 (むすこ) ‎(musuko, “musuko”)

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Korean

Hanja

娘 • ‎(nang) (hangeul 낭, McCune-Reischauer nang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

娘 (nương, nàng, nường)

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