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奶奶
奶奶
Chinese
| breast; lady; milk | breast; lady; milk | ||
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simp. and trad. (奶奶) |
奶 | 奶 | |
Noun
奶奶
- (chiefly Mandarin, Jin, Min Bei, informal, affectionate) paternal grandmother, gramma, granny
- (Cantonese, dialectal Hakka) mother-in-law (husband's mother)
- (Cantonese, Min Nan) lady; madam
Synonyms
- (paternal grandmother):
| Dialectal synonyms of 祖母 (“paternal grandmother”) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | 祖母 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 祖母 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 奶奶、奶 |
| Taiwan | 奶奶 | |
| Jinan | 奶奶 | |
| Xi'an | 奶 | |
| Wuhan | 婆婆、奶奶、太 | |
| Chengdu | 婆婆、奶奶 | |
| Yangzhou | 奶奶 | |
| Hefei | 奶奶 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 嫲嫲、阿嫲 |
| Hong Kong | 嫲嫲、阿嫲 | |
| Taishan | 阿人、人 | |
| Yangjiang | 阿婆、阿嫲 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 奶奶、婆婆 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 阿婆 |
| Xingning | 阿婆 | |
| Huidong (Huizhou) | 阿婆 | |
| Qujiang | 娭姐 | |
| Xiaosanjiang | 阿婆 | |
| Changting | 娭姐 | |
| Pingyu | 阿婆 | |
| Ruijin | 奶奶 | |
| Shicheng | 婆 | |
| Shangyou | 奶奶 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 阿婆 | |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 阿婆、阿嬤 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 阿婆 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 阿婆、阿奶 | |
| Zhuolan (Raoping) | 阿嬤、阿婆 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 阿媽 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 奶奶 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 嫲嫲、奶奶 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 依嫲 |
| Min Nan | Quanzhou | 媽仔、俺媽、內媽 |
| Xiamen | 阿媽、俺媽、內媽 | |
| Zhangzhou | 阿媽、姆媽、內媽 | |
| Taipei | 阿媽、內媽 | |
| Kaohsiung | 阿媽、內媽 | |
| Tainan | 阿媽、內媽 | |
| Taichung | 阿媽、內媽 | |
| Yilan | 阿媽、內媽 | |
| Lukang | 阿媽、俺媽、內媽 | |
| Sanxia | 阿媽、內媽 | |
| Kinmen | 俺媽、內媽 | |
| Magong | 阿媽、內媽 | |
| Hsinchu | 阿媽、內媽 | |
| Malaysia | 阿媽、媽、內媽 | |
| Chaozhou | 阿媽 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 阿婆 |
| Suzhou | 好婆、好親婆、親婆 | |
| Wenzhou | 祖婆娘、祖婆、娘娘 | |
| Chongming | 阿婆 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 娭毑 |
| Shuangfeng | 奶奶 | |
- (mother-in-law):
| Dialectal synonyms of 婆婆 (“husband's mother; mother-in-law”) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 婆婆 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 婆婆 |
| Taiwan | 婆婆 | |
| Jinan | 婆婆 | |
| Xi'an | 婆 | |
| Wuhan | 婆婆 | |
| Chengdu | 老人婆 | |
| Yangzhou | 婆 | |
| Hefei | 婆婆、老婆婆 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 家婆、奶奶 |
| Hong Kong | 家婆、奶奶 | |
| Taishan | 家婆 | |
| Yangjiang | 家婆 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 婆、婆子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 家娘 |
| Xingning | 家娘 | |
| Huidong (Huizhou) | 家娘 | |
| Qujiang | 家娘婆 | |
| Xiaosanjiang | 家婆 | |
| Changting | 家娘 | |
| Pingyu | 家娘 | |
| Wuping | 家娘 | |
| Liancheng | 家娘 | |
| Ninghua | 家婆 | |
| Ruijin | 家婆、奶奶 | |
| Shicheng | 家婆 | |
| Shangyou | 家婆 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 家娘 | |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 家娘 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 家娘 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 家娘 | |
| Zhuolan (Raoping) | 家娘 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 家婆 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 婆婆 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 嫲嫲 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 大家 |
| Min Nan | Quanzhou | 大家 |
| Xiamen | 大家 | |
| Zhangzhou | 大家 | |
| Taipei | 大家 | |
| Kaohsiung | 大家 | |
| Tainan | 大家 | |
| Taichung | 大家 | |
| Yilan | 大家仔 | |
| Lukang | 大家 | |
| Sanxia | 大家 | |
| Kinmen | 親姆 | |
| Magong | 大家 | |
| Hsinchu | 大家 | |
| Malaysia | 娘 | |
| Chaozhou | 大家 | |
| Wu | Suzhou | 阿婆 |
| Wenzhou | 大家娘 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 家娘 |
| Shuangfeng | 家娘 | |
- (madam): 夫人 (fūrén)
See also
Pronunciation 2
Noun
奶奶
Derived terms
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Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄞˇ ㄋㄞ˙
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nae.nhai
- IPA (key): /naɪ̯²¹⁴ naɪ̯⁴/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: naai5-4 naai5-2
- Yale: nàaih náai
- Cantonese Pinyin: naai5-4 naai5-2
- IPA (key): /nɑːi̯¹³⁻²¹ nɑːi̯¹³⁻³⁵/
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- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jin
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nái-nái
- Tâi-lô: nái-nái
- Phofsit Daibuun: naynae
- IPA (Xiamen): /naɪ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ naɪ⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /naɪ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ naɪ⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /naɪ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ naɪ⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /naɪ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ naɪ⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /naɪ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ naɪ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: naai5-1 naai5-1
- Yale: nāai nāai
- Cantonese Pinyin: naai5-1 naai5-1
- IPA (key): /nɑːi̯¹³⁻⁵⁵ nɑːi̯¹³⁻⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+