乾媽

See also: 干妈

Chinese

		dry; clean; male dry; clean; male; strong; one of the Eight Trigrams; surname	mother; mama
trad. (乾媽)		乾	媽
simp. (干妈)		干	妈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): gānmā

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢ ㄇㄚ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ганма (ganma, I-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gon¹ maa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gānmā
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢ ㄇㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ganma
    • Wade–Giles: kan¹-ma¹
    • Yale: gān-mā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ganmha
    • Palladius: ганьма (ganʹma)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵ mä⁵⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ганма (ganma, I-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kæ̃²⁴ ma²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gon¹ maa¹
    • Yale: gōn mā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gon¹ maa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gon¹ ma¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːn⁵⁵ maː⁵⁵/

Noun

乾媽

1. (colloquial) adoptive mother
2. (neologism) sugar mama

Synonyms

• 乾娘／干娘 (gānniáng)
• (Cantonese) 契媽／契妈
• (Hakka) 相認哀／相认哀
• (Northern Min) 老奶
• (Eastern Min) 義奶／义奶, 義娘奶／义娘奶
• (Hokkien, Teochew) 契母, 契哀