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Chinese[edit]
Pronunciation 1[edit]
娘娘
- (archaic) lady (a term for use when addressing an empress or a consort)
- 太后娘娘 ― tàihòu niángniang ― Empress Dowager
- (religion) lady (a term for use when addressing a goddess)
- 王母娘娘 ― Wángmǔ Niángniang ― Queen Mother of the West
- (honorific, archaic) woman; lady
- (archaic) mother
- (dialectal) paternal grandmother
- (dialectal) father's sister; paternal aunt
Synonyms[edit]
Dialectal synonyms of
祖母 (“paternal grandmother”)
[map]
| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
| Classical Chinese
|
祖母
|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
祖母
|
| Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
奶奶, 奶
|
| Taiwan
|
奶奶, 阿嬤
|
| Tianjin
|
奶奶
|
| Harbin
|
奶奶, 奶
|
| Shenyang
|
奶奶
|
| Yantai (Muping)
|
婆, 婆婆
|
| Qingdao
|
奶奶
|
| Jinan
|
奶奶
|
| Luoyang
|
奶奶, 奶
|
| Wanrong
|
娘
|
| Zhengzhou
|
奶奶, 奶
|
| Xi'an
|
奶, 婆 suburbs, 拿拿 Hui
|
| Yinchuan
|
奶奶
|
| Lanzhou
|
奶奶
|
| Xining
|
奶奶
|
| Ürümqi
|
奶奶, 阿奶 Hui
|
| Wuhan
|
太, 奶奶, 婆婆 dated
|
| Huanggang
|
婆婆
|
| Chengdu
|
婆婆, 奶奶
|
| Guiyang
|
太太, 奶奶, 老太太
|
| Kunming
|
奶, 奶奶
|
| Guilin
|
奶奶
|
| Liuzhou
|
婆, 奶, 阿奶
|
| Shanglin (Sanli)
|
婆
|
| Xuzhou
|
奶奶
|
| Yangzhou
|
奶奶, 太太 dated
|
| Nanjing
|
奶奶, 奶
|
| Hefei
|
奶奶
|
| Nantong
|
奶奶
|
| Singapore
|
奶奶
|
| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
|
奶奶, 阿奶
|
| Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)
|
拿拿
|
| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
阿嫲
|
| Hong Kong
|
阿嫲, 嫲嫲
|
| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
|
阿婆, 阿嫲
|
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
|
阿嫲, 嫲
|
| Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
|
阿婆
|
| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
|
阿婆
|
| Macau
|
阿嫲
|
| Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
阿嫲
|
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
阿嫲
|
| Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
阿嫲
|
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
阿婆, 阿嫲
|
| Foshan
|
阿嫲
|
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
阿人
|
| Foshan (Shunde)
|
阿人
|
| Foshan (Sanshui)
|
阿嫲
|
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
阿婆
|
| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
阿婆
|
| Zhuhai (Qianshan)
|
阿婆
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)
|
阿婆
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
阿婆
|
| Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
阿婆
|
| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
阿婆
|
| Taishan
|
阿人
|
| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
阿人
|
| Enping (Niujiang)
|
阿人
|
| Heshan (Yayao)
|
阿嫲
|
| Dongguan
|
阿嫲, 嫲嫲, 阿婆
|
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
阿媽, 阿嫲
|
| Shenzhen (Dapeng)
|
阿婆
|
| Qingyuan
|
阿婆
|
| Fogang
|
阿嫲
|
| Yingde (Hanguang)
|
阿嫲
|
| Yangshan
|
阿婆
|
| Lianshan (Butian)
|
吾妣
|
| Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)
|
阿婆
|
| Shaoguan
|
阿婆, 阿嫲
|
| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
阿婆, 阿嫲
|
| Renhua
|
阿婆, 阿嫲
|
| Lechang
|
阿嫲
|
| Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
|
阿嫲, 阿奶
|
| Sihui
|
阿婆
|
| Guangning
|
阿婆
|
| Deqing
|
阿婆, 阿奶
|
| Huaiji
|
阿婆
|
| Fengkai (Nanfeng)
|
婆
|
| Yunfu
|
阿奶
|
| Xinxing
|
阿娘
|
| Luoding
|
阿嫲
|
| Yunan (Pingtai)
|
阿嫲
|
| Yangjiang
|
阿婆, 阿嫲
|
| Xinyi
|
阿婆
|
| Maoming (Xinpo)
|
阿婆
|
| Lianjiang
|
阿嫲
|
| Wuchuan (Wuyang)
|
奶, 阿奶
|
| Nanning
|
阿婆, 婆, 奶奶
|
| Wuzhou
|
阿嫲
|
| Yulin
|
阿婆
|
| Hepu (Lianzhou)
|
阿嫲
|
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
阿嫲
|
| Singapore (Guangfu)
|
阿嫲, 嫲嫲
|
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
|
阿嫲
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
婆婆, 奶奶
|
| Lichuan
|
姆媽
|
| Pingxiang
|
婆婆
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
阿婆
|
| Xingning
|
阿婆
|
| Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
|
阿婆, 阿嫲
|
| Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)
|
阿婆
|
| Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)
|
阿婆
|
| Huiyang
|
阿婆
|
| Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)
|
阿嫲, 阿婆
|
| Huidong (Daling)
|
阿婆
|
| Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
阿婆
|
| Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)
|
阿婆
|
| Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)
|
阿嫲
|
| Boluo (Bendihua)
|
阿婆, 阿嫲
|
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
阿婆
|
| Zengcheng (Zhengguo)
|
阿婆
|
| Zhongshan (Wuguishan)
|
阿婆
|
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
阿婆
|
| Wuhua (Shuizhai)
|
阿婆
|
| Wuhua (Huacheng)
|
阿婆
|
| Wuhua (Changbu)
|
阿婆
|
| Wuhua (Mianyang)
|
阿婆
|
| Heyuan (Bendihua)
|
阿婆, 祖婆
|
| Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)
|
阿嫲
|
| Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)
|
阿婆
|
| Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)
|
阿濟
|
| Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)
|
阿濟
|
| Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)
|
阿嫲
|
| Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)
|
阿嫲
|
| Wengyuan
|
阿婆
|
| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
娭姐
|
| Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)
|
阿嫲
|
| Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)
|
阿嫲
|
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
|
阿婆
|
| Liannan
|
阿婆
|
| Conghua (Lütian)
|
阿婆
|
| Jiexi
|
阿婆
|
| Luhe
|
阿婆
|
| Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
|
阿嬤
|
| Changting
|
娭姐
|
| Wuping
|
娭姐
|
| Wuping (Yanqian)
|
娭姐
|
| Wuping (Pingyu)
|
阿婆
|
| Liancheng
|
阿姐, 媽
|
| Ninghua
|
媽媽
|
| Yudu
|
婆婆, 婆, 婆奶
|
| Ningdu
|
婆婆
|
| Ruijin
|
奶奶, 奶
|
| Shicheng
|
婆
|
| Shangyou (Shexi)
|
奶奶, 阿奶
|
| Tonggu (Sandu)
|
姐姐
|
| Ganzhou (Panlong)
|
奶奶
|
| Dayu
|
奶奶
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
阿婆
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
阿婆, 阿嬤
|
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
阿婆
|
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
阿婆, 阿奶
|
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
阿嬤, 阿婆
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
阿媽
|
| Hong Kong
|
阿婆
|
| Yangxi (Tangkou)
|
阿婆
|
| Yangchun (Sanjia)
|
阿婆
|
| Xinyi (Sihe)
|
阿婆
|
| Xinyi (Qianpai)
|
阿婆
|
| Gaozhou (Xindong)
|
阿婆
|
| Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)
|
阿婆
|
| Huazhou (Xin'an)
|
阿婆
|
| Lianjiang (Shijiao)
|
阿婆
|
| Lianjiang (Qingping)
|
阿婆, 阿媽
|
| Mengshan (Xihe)
|
婆
|
| Luchuan
|
阿婆
|
| Luchuan (Daqiao)
|
阿婆
|
| Sabah (Longchuan)
|
阿婆
|
| Senai (Huiyang)
|
阿婆
|
| Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)
|
阿媽
|
| Singkawang
|
阿婆
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
婦, 阿婦
|
| Shexian
|
奶奶, 老姨
|
| Tunxi
|
老婄, 婄
|
| Xiuning
|
阿婄, 婄, 奶兒, 阿奶
|
| Yixian
|
老婦兒
|
| Qimen
|
嫗兒, 娪娭
|
| Wuyuan
|
婆婆
|
| Fuliang
|
媽媽
|
| Dexing
|
娘
|
| Jingde
|
奶奶
|
| Shitai (Xianyu)
|
奶奶
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
奶奶
|
| Pingyao
|
娘娘
|
| Xinzhou
|
娘娘啊, 呀娘, 娘娘
|
| Linhe
|
娘娘
|
| Hohhot
|
奶奶
|
| Dongsheng
|
娘娘
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
奶奶, 媽媽
|
| Jian'ou (Dikou)
|
阿媽
|
| Songxi
|
嫲老
|
| Zhenghe
|
媽老
|
| Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
|
阿老
|
| Jianyang
|
媽媽
|
| Wuyishan
|
媽媽
|
| Pucheng (Shibei)
|
媽媽, 阿大
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
依媽
|
| Changle
|
依媽
|
| Fuqing
|
阿媽, 媽
|
| Yongtai
|
依媽
|
| Gutian
|
媽
|
| Fu'an
|
婆
|
| Ningde
|
婆
|
| Shouning
|
阿婆
|
| Zhouning
|
阿婆
|
| Fuding
|
阿媽
|
| Matsu
|
依媽
|
| Singapore (Fuqing)
|
阿媽
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
阿媽, 俺媽, 內媽
|
| Xiamen (Tong'an)
|
俺媽, 阿媽
|
| Quanzhou
|
阿媽, 引媽, 媽仔, 內媽
|
| Jinjiang
|
俺媽, 引媽
|
| Yongchun
|
阿媽, 媽
|
| Zhangzhou
|
阿媽, 咉媽, 內媽
|
| Zhangzhou (Changtai)
|
媽
|
| Zhao'an
|
媽
|
| Dongshan
|
阿媽
|
| Taipei
|
阿媽
|
| New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
阿媽
|
| Kaohsiung
|
阿媽
|
| Yilan
|
阿媽
|
| Changhua (Lukang)
|
阿媽, 俺媽
|
| Taichung
|
阿媽
|
| Taichung (Wuqi)
|
阿媽
|
| Tainan
|
阿媽, 內媽
|
| Taitung
|
阿媽
|
| Hsinchu
|
阿媽
|
| Kinmen
|
俺媽
|
| Penghu (Magong)
|
阿媽
|
| Penang (Hokkien)
|
阿媽, 媽
|
| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
阿媽, 俺媽, 內媽
|
| Manila (Hokkien)
|
俺媽, 阿媽, 引媽
|
| Longyan
|
媽
|
| Zhangping
|
媽
|
| Zhangping (Yongfu)
|
俺媽
|
| Datian
|
阿媽
|
| Pingnan (Shangdu)
|
阿媽, 媽
|
| Chaozhou
|
阿媽
|
| Shantou
|
阿媽
|
| Shantou (Chenghai)
|
阿媽
|
| Jieyang
|
阿媽
|
| Haifeng
|
媽, 阿媽
|
| Bangkok (Teochew)
|
阿媽
|
| Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)
|
內媽
|
| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
阿媽
|
| Singapore (Teochew)
|
阿媽
|
| Leizhou
|
尼奶, 尼媽, 奶, 媽
|
| Wenchang
|
奶, 婆
|
| Haikou
|
阿媽 face-to-face, 阿婆 face-to-face, 媽 non-face-to-face, 婆 non-face-to-face
|
| Singapore (Hainanese)
|
阿婆
|
| Puxian Min
|
Putian
|
阿媽
|
| Xianyou
|
阿媽
|
| Central Min
|
Yong'an
|
俺媽
|
| Sanyuan
|
婆媽
|
| Shaxian
|
俺媽
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Shaxi (Longdu)
|
婆
|
| Sanxiang
|
婆, 阿婆
|
| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
奶, 阿奶, 奶奶, 太婆
|
| Northern Pinghua
|
Guilin (Dahe)
|
奶奶
|
| Shehua
|
Fu'an
|
阿婆
|
| Fuding
|
阿嫲
|
| Luoyuan
|
阿嫲
|
| Sanming
|
阿嫲
|
| Shunchang
|
阿婆
|
| Hua'an
|
阿婆
|
| Guixi (Zhangping)
|
阿婆
|
| Cangnan
|
嫲
|
| Jingning
|
姐
|
| Lishui
|
姐
|
| Longyou
|
阿姐
|
| Chaozhou
|
姐
|
| Fengshun
|
姐
|
| Waxiang
|
Guzhang (Gaofeng)
|
婆
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
爾奶, 阿奶, 奶奶
|
| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
裡婆, 親婆, 婆, 阿婆, 婆阿
|
| Suzhou
|
好婆, 好親婆, 親婆
|
| Wuxi
|
親娘
|
| Danyang
|
嫚嫚
|
| Hangzhou
|
奶奶
|
| Ningbo
|
阿娘
|
| Wenzhou
|
娘娘, 祖婆, 祖婆娘, 阿娘
|
| Jinhua
|
媽媽
|
| Jinhua (Tangxi)
|
媽媽
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
娭毑
|
| Xiangtan
|
娭毑
|
| Loudi
|
佳婆, 奶奶
|
| Shuangfeng
|
奶奶
|
| Quanzhou
|
奶奶
|
Dialectal synonyms of
姑姑 (“paternal aunt (father's sister)”)
[map]
| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
姑母
|
| Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
姑媽 §, 姑姑, 姑兒, 娘兒
|
| Taiwan
|
姑姑
|
| Harbin
|
姑, 姑姑
|
| Shenyang
|
姑姑
|
| Yantai (Muping)
|
姑
|
| Jinan
|
姑姑, 姑
|
| Luoyang
|
姑
|
| Wanrong
|
姑
|
| Wanrong (Ronghe)
|
姑
|
| Xi'an
|
姑媽 †, 姑 ‡
|
| Yinchuan
|
姑媽
|
| Lanzhou
|
娘娘
|
| Xining
|
娘娘
|
| Ürümqi
|
姑媽 †, 姑姑 ‡
|
| Wuhan
|
姑媽 §, 娘娘, 葉葉, 小爹 dated
|
| Chengdu
|
姑媽 §, 娘娘
|
| Guiyang
|
姑媽 §, 娘娘 ‡≠
|
| Kunming
|
姑媽 §, 娘 ≠
|
| Liuzhou
|
姑媽 †, 姑 ‡, 阿姑 ‡
|
| Xuzhou
|
姑娘, 姑姑, 姑兒
|
| Yangzhou
|
娘娘, 大姑子 † eldest
|
| Nanjing
|
姑媽 †, 娘娘 ‡
|
| Hefei
|
姑佬, 佬佬, 佬
|
| Nantong
|
姑媽 †
|
| Singapore
|
姑姑
|
| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
|
| Hong Kong
|
姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
|
| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
|
大姑 †, 姑仔 ‡
|
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
|
大姑 †, 阿姑 ‡
|
| Macau
|
姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
|
| Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
|
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
姑母 †, 娘仔 ‡
|
| Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
阿娘 †, 阿姑 ‡
|
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
大姑 †, 姑媽 †, 阿姑 ‡, 姑姐 ‡
|
| Foshan
|
姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
|
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
姑姐
|
| Foshan (Shunde)
|
姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
|
| Foshan (Sanshui)
|
姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
|
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
阿姑
|
| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
|
| Zhuhai (Qianshan)
|
姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)
|
阿姑
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
阿姑
|
| Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
阿姑 †, 姑仔 ‡
|
| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
阿姑
|
| Taishan
|
阿姑, 大姑 †, 姑 ‡, 姑仔 ‡
|
| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
阿姑
|
| Enping (Niujiang)
|
阿姑
|
| Heshan (Yayao)
|
姑媽 †, 阿姑 ‡
|
| Dongguan
|
阿姑, 姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
|
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
大姑 †, 姑媽 †, 阿姑 ‡, 姑姐 ‡
|
| Shaoguan
|
姑媽, 姑姐
|
| Yunfu
|
阿姑
|
| Yangjiang
|
大姑 †, 阿姑 ‡
|
| Xinyi
|
阿姑
|
| Lianjiang
|
𡜵奶 †, 姑 ‡, 姑仔 ‡, 阿姑 ‡
|
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
姑媽, 姑姐 ≠
|
| Singapore (Guangfu)
|
姑媽
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
姑娘, 姑姑, 姑, 大娘, 大姑娘
|
| Lichuan
|
姑
|
| Pingxiang
|
姑娘
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
阿姑
|
| Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
|
阿姑
|
| Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
大姑 †, 阿姑 ‡
|
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
大姑 †, 細姑 ‡
|
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
大姑 †, 姑仔 ‡
|
| Conghua (Lütian)
|
阿姑
|
| Yudu
|
姑姑, 姑姊
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
阿姑
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
阿姑
|
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
阿姑
|
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
阿姑
|
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
阿姑
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
阿姑
|
| Hong Kong
|
大姑 †, 姑仔 ‡
|
| Senai (Huiyang)
|
阿姑
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
姑, 姑姑
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
姑姑, 姑媽
|
| Xinzhou
|
姑姑 ∅, 姑姑啊 ¶
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
姑姑
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
大細姑, 姑媽 †, 姑 ‡, 依姑 ‡
|
| Fuqing
|
姑姐 †, 大姐 †, 姑 ‡, 阿姑 ‡
|
| Matsu
|
依姑
|
| Singapore (Fuqing)
|
姑姑
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
阿姑
|
| Quanzhou
|
阿姑
|
| Zhangzhou
|
阿姑
|
| Kaohsiung
|
阿姑
|
| Yilan
|
阿姑
|
| Changhua (Lukang)
|
阿姑
|
| Taichung
|
阿姑
|
| Taichung (Wuqi)
|
阿姑
|
| Tainan
|
阿姑
|
| Taitung
|
阿姑
|
| Hsinchu
|
阿姑
|
| Penghu (Magong)
|
阿姑
|
| Penang (Hokkien)
|
阿姑
|
| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
阿姑
|
| Manila (Hokkien)
|
阿姑, 姑姑
|
| Chaozhou
|
阿姑
|
| Shantou
|
阿姑
|
| Bangkok (Teochew)
|
阿姑
|
| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
阿姑
|
| Singapore (Teochew)
|
阿姑
|
| Leizhou
|
姑母, 尼姑 ‡, ∅, 姑 ‡, ¶, 父姑 ‡
|
| Wenchang
|
姆 †, 姑㜥 ‡, 㜥 ‡
|
| Haikou
|
姑母 ∅, 阿姑 ¶
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Shaxi (Longdu)
|
姑母 †, 姑 ‡
|
| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
姑母 †, 姑 ‡
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
娘娘, 姑母, 姑媽 ‡
|
| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
姑娘
|
| Suzhou
|
嬤嬤 †, 娘娘 ‡
|
| Danyang
|
親嫚
|
| Hangzhou
|
乾娘
|
| Ningbo
|
姑嬤 †, 阿姑 ‡
|
| Wenzhou
|
阿娘
|
| Jinhua
|
娘娘, 姑 ∅
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
姑媽 §, 姑子 ≠, 大姑子 †, 細姑子 ‡
|
| Loudi
|
大唧 †, 嫚嫚 ‡
|
| Shuangfeng
|
大基 †, 嫚嫚 ‡
|
| Note
|
† - father's elder sister; ‡ - father's younger sister; § - married; ≠ - unmarried; ¶ - face-to-face; ∅ - non-face-to-face
|
Derived terms[edit]
- 娘娘腔 (niángniangqiāng)
- 王母娘娘 (Wángmǔ Niángniang)
Pronunciation 2[edit]
娘娘
- (Jin) maternal grandmother
Synonyms[edit]
Dialectal synonyms of
外祖母 (“maternal grandmother”)
[map]
| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
| Classical Chinese
|
外祖母, 外王母
|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
外祖母
|
| Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
姥姥
|
| Taiwan
|
外婆, 阿嬤
|
| Tianjin
|
姥姥
|
| Ulanhot
|
姥姥, 姥兒
|
| Tongliao
|
姥姥, 姥兒
|
| Chifeng
|
姥姥
|
| Bayanhot
|
外奶奶, 姥姥
|
| Hulunbuir (Hailar)
|
姥姥, 姥兒
|
| Harbin
|
姥兒, 姥姥
|
| Shenyang
|
姥娘
|
| Yantai (Muping)
|
姥, 姥母
|
| Qingdao
|
姥娘
|
| Jinan
|
姥娘
|
| Luoyang
|
姥姥, 婆兒婆兒
|
| Wanrong
|
舅廈娘
|
| Zhengzhou
|
姥娘, 姥姥
|
| Xi'an
|
外奶, 舅家奶, 舅奶, 外婆 suburbs, 外拿 Hui
|
| Yinchuan
|
奶奶, 外奶奶, 姥姥
|
| Lanzhou
|
奶奶, 外奶奶
|
| Xining
|
外奶奶
|
| Ürümqi
|
外奶奶
|
| Wuhan
|
家家
|
| Huanggang
|
家婆
|
| Chengdu
|
外婆, 家婆, 家家
|
| Guiyang
|
婆婆, 外婆
|
| Kunming
|
婆婆, 外婆
|
| Guilin
|
婆婆
|
| Liuzhou
|
外婆, 婆, 阿婆
|
| Xuzhou
|
外奶奶
|
| Yangzhou
|
婆婆
|
| Nanjing
|
婆婆
|
| Hefei
|
外奶奶
|
| Nantong
|
外婆奶奶
|
| Singapore
|
外婆, 婆婆
|
| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
|
舅奶, 舅奶奶, 外奶, 外奶奶
|
| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
阿婆 face-to-face, 婆婆, 外婆 non-face-to-face
|
| Hong Kong
|
阿婆, 婆婆
|
| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
|
阿婆
|
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
|
外婆 non-face-to-face, 阿婆 face-to-face
|
| Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
|
姐婆
|
| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
|
姐婆
|
| Macau
|
阿婆
|
| Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
阿婆
|
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
阿婆
|
| Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
遠婆
|
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
阿婆
|
| Foshan
|
婆婆
|
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
阿婆
|
| Foshan (Shunde)
|
阿婆
|
| Foshan (Sanshui)
|
阿婆
|
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
外婆
|
| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
阿婆
|
| Zhuhai (Qianshan)
|
阿婆
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)
|
祖婆
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
子婆
|
| Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
祖婆
|
| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
祖婆
|
| Taishan
|
阿婆, 外婆, 婆
|
| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
阿婆
|
| Enping (Niujiang)
|
婆大
|
| Heshan (Yayao)
|
阿婆
|
| Dongguan
|
阿婆, 婆婆
|
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
阿婆
|
| Shaoguan
|
外婆
|
| Yunfu
|
阿婆
|
| Yangjiang
|
外婆
|
| Xinyi
|
外婆
|
| Lianjiang
|
姊婆, 阿婆
|
| Nanning
|
阿婆, 婆婆, 外婆
|
| Wuzhou
|
阿婆, 婆婆
|
| Yulin
|
外婆
|
| Hepu (Lianzhou)
|
外嫲
|
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
外婆
|
| Singapore (Guangfu)
|
外婆, 婆婆
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
阿婆
|
| Lichuan
|
阿婆
|
| Pingxiang
|
外婆
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
外阿婆, 外婆, 姐婆
|
| Xingning
|
姐婆
|
| Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
|
姐婆
|
| Huidong (Daling)
|
姐婆
|
| Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
姐婆
|
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
姐婆
|
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
姐婆
|
| Wuhua (Shuizhai)
|
姐婆
|
| Wuhua (Huacheng)
|
姐婆
|
| Wuhua (Changbu)
|
姐婆
|
| Wuhua (Mianyang)
|
姐婆
|
| Wuhua (Meilin)
|
姐婆
|
| Heyuan (Bendihua)
|
姐婆
|
| Wengyuan
|
姐婆
|
| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
姐婆
|
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
|
小婆
|
| Liannan
|
姐婆
|
| Conghua (Lütian)
|
姐婆
|
| Jiexi
|
姐婆
|
| Luhe
|
姐婆
|
| Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
|
外媽
|
| Changting
|
婆則
|
| Wuping
|
外娭姐
|
| Wuping (Yanqian)
|
外娭姐
|
| Wuping (Pingyu)
|
外阿婆
|
| Liancheng
|
外子媽
|
| Ninghua
|
婆婆
|
| Yudu
|
外婆
|
| Ningdu
|
外婆
|
| Ruijin
|
外婆
|
| Shicheng
|
外婆
|
| Shangyou (Shexi)
|
外婆
|
| Tonggu (Sandu)
|
外婆
|
| Ganzhou (Panlong)
|
外婆
|
| Dayu
|
外婆
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
姐婆
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
外阿婆, 阿婆
|
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
姐婆
|
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
外阿婆
|
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
姐嬤
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
外媽
|
| Hong Kong
|
姐婆
|
| Yangxi (Tangkou)
|
姐婆
|
| Yangchun (Sanjia)
|
姐婆
|
| Xinyi (Sihe)
|
姐婆
|
| Xinyi (Qianpai)
|
姐婆
|
| Gaozhou (Xindong)
|
外婆
|
| Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)
|
外婆
|
| Lianjiang (Shijiao)
|
姐婆
|
| Mengshan (Xihe)
|
姐婆
|
| Luchuan
|
姐婆
|
| Luchuan (Daqiao)
|
姐婆
|
| Sabah (Longchuan)
|
姐婆
|
| Senai (Huiyang)
|
姐婆
|
| Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)
|
姐婆
|
| Singkawang
|
姐婆
|
| Singapore (Dabu)
|
阿姐
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
外婆
|
| Shexian
|
外婆
|
| Tunxi
|
外婆
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
娘娘, 姥娘, 姥姥
|
| Pingyao
|
婆婆
|
| Xinzhou
|
姥姥啊, 呀姥, 姥姥
|
| Taibus (Baochang)
|
姥姥
|
| Linhe
|
姥娘
|
| Jining
|
姥姥
|
| Hohhot
|
姥姥
|
| Baotou
|
姥姥
|
| Dongsheng
|
姥姥
|
| Haibowan
|
姥姥, 姥娘
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
畲嫲, 嫲嫲, 外婆
|
| Jian'ou (Dikou)
|
畲嫲
|
| Songxi
|
婆
|
| Zhenghe
|
婆奶
|
| Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
|
外婆
|
| Jianyang
|
婆婆
|
| Wuyishan
|
外婆
|
| Pucheng (Shibei)
|
阿婆, 畲嫲
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
外媽
|
| Changle
|
外媽
|
| Fuqing
|
外媽
|
| Yongtai
|
外媽
|
| Gutian
|
外媽
|
| Fu'an
|
外婆
|
| Ningde
|
外婆
|
| Shouning
|
外婆
|
| Zhouning
|
娘婆
|
| Fuding
|
外婆
|
| Matsu
|
外媽
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
阿媽, 俺媽, 外媽
|
| Quanzhou
|
媽仔, 俺媽, 外媽
|
| Jinjiang
|
外家媽
|
| Zhangzhou
|
阿媽, 咉媽, 外媽
|
| Taipei
|
外媽, 阿媽 GT
|
| New Taipei (Tamsui)
|
外媽
|
| New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
外媽
|
| New Taipei (Pingxi)
|
外媽
|
| Kaohsiung
|
外媽
|
| Kaohsiung (Cijin)
|
外媽
|
| Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)
|
外媽
|
| Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)
|
外媽
|
| Yilan
|
外媽
|
| Yilan (Toucheng)
|
外媽
|
| Tainan
|
外媽
|
| Tainan (Anping)
|
外媽, 俺媽
|
| Kinmen
|
外媽
|
| Penghu (Magong)
|
外媽
|
| Penghu (Xiyu)
|
外媽
|
| Penang (Hokkien)
|
阿媽, 媽, 外媽
|
| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
俺媽, 阿媽, 外媽
|
| Manila (Hokkien)
|
外媽
|
| Pingnan (Shangdu)
|
外媽
|
| Chaozhou
|
外媽
|
| Shantou
|
外媽
|
| Jieyang
|
外媽
|
| Haifeng
|
外婆
|
| Bangkok (Teochew)
|
外媽
|
| Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)
|
外媽
|
| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
外媽
|
| Singapore (Teochew)
|
阿媽, 外媽
|
| Leizhou
|
外家祖婆
|
| Wenchang
|
外婆
|
| Haikou
|
媽, 阿媽, 婆, 外家媽, 外家婆, 外媽
|
| Singapore (Hainanese)
|
阿婆
|
| Puxian Min
|
Putian
|
外頭媽
|
| Xianyou
|
外頭媽
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Shaxi (Longdu)
|
婆 face-to-face, 外家婆 non-face-to-face
|
| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
阿婆, 外婆
|
| Northern Pinghua
|
Guilin (Dahe)
|
外婆, 婆婆
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
外婆, 外婆爾奶, 爾奶
|
| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
親婆, 外婆, 阿婆
|
| Suzhou
|
外婆
|
| Wuxi
|
舅婆
|
| Danyang
|
婆婆
|
| Hangzhou
|
外婆
|
| Ningbo
|
外婆
|
| Wenzhou
|
外婆娘, 外婆
|
| Jinhua
|
外婆, 婆婆
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
外婆
|
| Xiangtan
|
外婆
|
| Loudi
|
外婆
|
| Shuangfeng
|
外婆
|
| Quanzhou
|
外婆
|
| Note
|
GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)
|
