大媽
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor |
mother; mama | ||
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trad. (大媽) | 大 | 媽 | |
simp. (大妈) | 大 | 妈 | |
alternative forms | 大馬/大马 Eastern Min 大嬤/大嬷 Eastern Min |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄇㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dàma
- Wade–Giles: ta4-ma1
- Yale: dà-mā
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahmha
- Palladius: дама (dama)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tä⁵¹ mä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: daai6 maa1
- Yale: daaih mā
- Cantonese Pinyin: daai6 maa1
- Guangdong Romanization: dai6 ma1
- Sinological IPA (key): /taːi̯²² maː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: duâi-mā
- Sinological IPA (key): /tuai²⁴²⁻⁵³ ma³³/
- (Fuzhou)
Noun
[edit]大媽
- (colloquial) paternal aunt (father's elder brother's wife)
- An affectionate term of address for an elderly woman.
- (Northern Min, Eastern Min, Puxian Min) great-grandmother
- (Cantonese) term of address for one's father's first wife, used by children of the father's concubines
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, derogatory) (elderly) woman, especially one from Mainland China
Synonyms
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- Chinese terms spelled with 媽
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- Cantonese Chinese
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