阿瑪

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (阿瑪)		阿	瑪
simp. (阿玛)		阿	玛
alternative forms		阿馬／阿马 阿媽／阿妈

Etymology

From Jurchen [Term?] or Manchu ᠠᠮᠠ (ama).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): àma

  (Zhuyin): ㄚˋ ˙ㄇㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ maa⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: àma
    • Zhuyin: ㄚˋ ˙ㄇㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: àmå
    • Wade–Giles: a⁴-ma⁵
    • Yale: à-ma
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ah.ma
    • Palladius: ама (ama)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵¹ mä¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: aa³ maa⁵
    • Yale: a máh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ maa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: a³ ma⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ maː¹³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 阿媽／阿妈 阿瑪／阿玛 阿馬／阿马

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 阿瑪

1. (historical) dad, daddy, beloved father (chiefly for historical flavor in accounts of the Qing dynasty)