先生媽
Chinese
[edit]| mother; mama | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (先生媽) | 先生 | 媽 | |
| simp. (先生妈) | 先生 | 妈 | |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-siⁿ-má
- Tâi-lô: sian-sinn-má
- Phofsit Daibuun: siensvimar
- IPA (Xiamen): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² sĩ⁴⁴⁻²² mã⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ sĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ mã⁴¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ sĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ mã⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn³³ sĩ³³ mã⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-seⁿ-má
- Tâi-lô: sin-senn-má
- Phofsit Daibuun: sinsvemar
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² sɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² mã⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
Noun
[edit]先生媽
- (Mainland China Hokkien) female doctor (usually middle-aged)
- (Mainland China Hokkien) midwife (female only)
- (Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) mother of one's teacher or doctor
Synonyms
[edit]- (midwife):