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嫲 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女戈木木 (VIDD), composition ⿰女麻)
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 270, character 31
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 8 (in addendum), page 18, character 13
- Unihan data for U+5AF2
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 麻 (OC *mraːl).
Cognate with 媽/妈 (mā, “mother”) (Schuessler, 2007).
嫲
- (Cantonese) paternal grandmother
- (Hakka, Northern Min, suffix) female
- Antonym: 牯 (Hakka)
- (Hakka) Suffix for certain nouns, often indicating a large size.
- 勺嫲 [Sixian Hakka] ― so̍k-mà [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ] ― ladle
Dialectal synonyms of
祖母 (“paternal grandmother”)
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Variety
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Location
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Words
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Classical Chinese
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祖母
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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祖母
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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奶奶, 奶
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Taiwan
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奶奶, 阿嬤
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Harbin
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奶奶, 奶
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Shenyang
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奶奶
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Singapore
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奶奶
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Jilu Mandarin
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Tianjin
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奶奶
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Jinan
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奶奶
|
Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Yantai (Muping)
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婆, 婆婆
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Qingdao
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奶奶
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
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奶奶, 奶
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Wanrong
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娘
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Zhengzhou
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奶奶, 奶
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Xi'an
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奶, 婆 suburbs, 拿拿 Hui
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Xining
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奶奶
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Xuzhou
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奶奶
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Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
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奶奶, 阿奶
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Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)
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拿拿
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Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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奶奶
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Lanzhou
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奶奶
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Ürümqi
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奶奶, 阿奶 Hui
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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婆婆, 奶奶
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Wuhan
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太, 奶奶, 婆婆 dated
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Guiyang
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太太, 奶奶, 老太太
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Kunming
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奶, 奶奶
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Guilin
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奶奶
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Liuzhou
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婆, 奶, 阿奶
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Shanglin (Sanli)
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婆
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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奶奶, 奶, 吾奶
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Yangzhou
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奶奶, 太太 dated
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Nantong
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奶奶
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Hefei
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奶奶
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Huanggang
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婆婆
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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阿嫲
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Hong Kong
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阿嫲, 嫲嫲
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Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
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阿婆, 阿嫲
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Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
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阿嫲, 嫲
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Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
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阿婆
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Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
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阿婆
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Macau
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阿嫲
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Guangzhou (Xinjiao, Haizhu)
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阿嫲
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Guangzhou (Longxi, Liwan)
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阿嫲
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Guangzhou (Huangpu)
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阿嫲
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Guangzhou (Xinshi, Baiyun)
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阿嫲
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Guangzhou (Shijing, Baiyun)
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阿嫲
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Guangzhou (Jiangcun, Baiyun)
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阿嫲
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Guangzhou (Longgui, Baiyun)
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阿嫲
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Guangzhou (Renhe, Baiyun)
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阿嫲
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Guangzhou (Zhuliao, Baiyun)
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阿嫲
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Guangzhou (Zhongluotan, Baiyun)
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阿嫲
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Guangzhou (Jiufo, Huangpu)
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阿嫲
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Guangzhou (Panyu)
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阿嫲
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Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
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阿嫲
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Guangzhou (Conghua)
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阿嫲
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Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
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阿婆, 阿嫲
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Foshan
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阿嫲
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Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
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阿人
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Foshan (Shunde)
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阿人
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Foshan (Sanshui)
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阿嫲
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Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
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阿婆
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Zhongshan (Shiqi)
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阿婆
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Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
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阿婆
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Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
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阿婆
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Zhuhai (Doumen)
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阿婆
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Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
阿婆
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Jiangmen (Xinhui)
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阿婆
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Taishan
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阿人
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Kaiping (Chikan)
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阿人
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Enping (Niujiang)
|
阿人
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Heshan (Yayao)
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阿嫲
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Dongguan
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阿嫲, 嫲嫲, 阿婆
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Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
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阿媽, 阿嫲
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Shenzhen (Dapeng)
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阿婆
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Qingyuan
|
阿婆
|
Fogang
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阿嫲
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Yingde (Hanguang)
|
阿嫲
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Yangshan
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阿婆
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Lianshan (Butian)
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吾妣
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Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)
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阿婆
|
Shaoguan
|
阿婆, 阿嫲
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Shaoguan (Qujiang)
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阿婆, 阿嫲
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Renhua
|
阿婆, 阿嫲
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Lechang
|
阿嫲
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Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
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阿嫲, 阿奶
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Sihui
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阿婆
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Guangning
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阿婆
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Deqing
|
阿婆, 阿奶
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Huaiji
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阿婆
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Fengkai (Nanfeng)
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婆
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Yunfu
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阿奶
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Xinxing
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阿娘
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Luoding
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阿嫲
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Yunan (Pingtai)
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阿嫲
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Yangjiang
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阿婆, 阿嫲
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Xinyi
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阿婆
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Maoming (Xinpo)
|
阿婆
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Lianjiang
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阿嫲
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Wuchuan (Wuyang)
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奶, 阿奶
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Nanning
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阿婆, 婆, 奶奶
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Wuzhou
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阿嫲
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Yulin
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阿婆
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Hepu (Lianzhou)
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阿嫲
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Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
阿嫲
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Singapore (Guangfu)
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阿嫲, 嫲嫲
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Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
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阿嫲
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Gan
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Nanchang
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婆婆, 奶奶
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Lichuan
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姆媽
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Pingxiang
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婆婆
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Hakka
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Meixian
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阿婆
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Xingning
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阿婆
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Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
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阿婆, 阿嫲
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Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua)
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阿婆
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Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua)
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阿婆
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Huiyang
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阿婆
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Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua)
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阿嫲, 阿婆
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Huidong (Daling)
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阿婆
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Dongguan (Qingxi)
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阿婆
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Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua)
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阿婆
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Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua)
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阿嫲
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Boluo (Bendihua)
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阿婆, 阿嫲
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Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
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阿婆
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Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng)
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阿婆
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Zhongshan (Wuguishan)
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阿婆
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Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
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阿婆
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Wuhua (Shuizhai)
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阿婆
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Wuhua (Huacheng)
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阿婆
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Wuhua (Changbu)
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阿婆
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Wuhua (Mianyang)
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阿婆
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Heyuan (Bendihua)
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阿婆, 祖婆
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Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua)
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阿嫲
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Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)
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阿婆
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Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua)
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阿濟
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Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua)
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阿濟
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Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua)
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阿嫲
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Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua)
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阿嫲
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Wengyuan
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阿婆
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Shaoguan (Qujiang)
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娭姐
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Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua)
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阿嫲
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Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua)
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阿嫲
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Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
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阿婆
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Liannan
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阿婆
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Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
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阿婆
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Jiexi
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阿婆
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Luhe
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阿婆
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Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
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阿嬤
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Changting
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娭姐
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Wuping
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娭姐
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Wuping (Yanqian)
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娭姐
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Wuping (Pingyu)
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阿婆
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Liancheng
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阿姐, 媽
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Ninghua
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媽媽
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Yudu
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婆婆, 婆, 婆奶
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Ningdu
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婆婆
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Ruijin
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奶奶, 奶
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Shicheng
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婆
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Shangyou (Shexi)
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奶奶, 阿奶
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Tonggu (Sandu)
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姐姐
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Ganzhou (Panlong)
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奶奶
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Dayu
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奶奶
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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阿婆
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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阿婆, 阿嬤
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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阿婆
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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阿婆, 阿奶
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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阿嬤, 阿婆
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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阿媽
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Hong Kong
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阿婆
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Yangxi (Tangkou)
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阿婆
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Yangchun (Sanjia)
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阿婆
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Xinyi (Sihe)
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阿婆
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Xinyi (Qianpai)
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阿婆
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Gaozhou (Xindong)
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阿婆
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Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)
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阿婆
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Huazhou (Xin'an)
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阿婆
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Lianjiang (Shijiao)
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阿婆
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Lianjiang (Qingping)
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阿婆, 阿媽
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Mengshan (Xihe)
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婆
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Luchuan
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阿婆
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Luchuan (Daqiao)
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阿婆
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Sabah (Longchuan)
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阿婆
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Senai (Huiyang)
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阿婆
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Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)
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阿媽
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Singkawang
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阿婆
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Huizhou
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Jixi
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婦, 阿婦
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Shexian
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奶奶, 老姨
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Huangshan (Tunxi)
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老婄, 婄
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Xiuning
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阿婄, 婄, 奶兒, 阿奶
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Yixian
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老婦兒
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Qimen
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嫗兒, 娪娭
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Wuyuan
|
婆婆
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Fuliang
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媽媽
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Dexing
|
娘
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Jingde
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奶奶
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Shitai (Xianyu)
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奶奶
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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奶奶
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Pingyao
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娘娘
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Xinzhou
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娘娘啊, 呀娘, 娘娘
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Linhe
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娘娘
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Hohhot
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奶奶
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Dongsheng
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娘娘
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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奶奶, 媽媽
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Jian'ou (Dikou)
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阿媽
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Songxi
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嫲老
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Zhenghe
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媽老
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Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
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阿老
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Jianyang
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媽媽
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Wuyishan
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媽媽
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Pucheng (Shibei)
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媽媽, 阿大
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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依媽
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Fuzhou (Changle)
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依媽
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Fuqing
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阿媽, 媽
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Yongtai
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依媽
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Gutian
|
媽
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Fu'an
|
婆
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Ningde
|
婆
|
Shouning
|
阿婆
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Zhouning
|
阿婆
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Fuding
|
阿媽
|
Matsu
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依媽
|
Singapore (Fuqing)
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阿媽
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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阿媽, 俺媽, 內媽
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Xiamen (Tong'an)
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俺媽, 阿媽
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Quanzhou
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阿媽, 引媽, 媽仔, 內媽
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Jinjiang
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俺媽, 引媽
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Yongchun
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阿媽, 媽
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Zhangzhou
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阿媽, 咉媽, 內媽
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Zhangzhou (Changtai)
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媽
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Zhao'an
|
媽
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Dongshan
|
阿媽
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Taipei
|
阿媽
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New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
阿媽
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Kaohsiung
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阿媽
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Yilan
|
阿媽
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Changhua (Lukang)
|
阿媽, 俺媽
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Taichung
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阿媽
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Taichung (Wuqi)
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阿媽
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Tainan
|
阿媽, 內媽
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Taitung
|
阿媽
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Hsinchu
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阿媽
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Kinmen
|
俺媽
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Penghu (Magong)
|
阿媽
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Penang (Hokkien)
|
阿媽, 媽
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Singapore (Hokkien)
|
阿媽, 俺媽, 內媽
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Manila (Hokkien)
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俺媽, 阿媽, 引媽
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Longyan
|
媽
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Zhangping
|
媽
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Zhangping (Yongfu)
|
俺媽
|
Datian
|
阿媽
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Pingnan (Shangdu)
|
阿媽, 媽
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Chaozhou
|
阿媽
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Shantou
|
阿媽
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Shantou (Chenghai)
|
阿媽
|
Jieyang
|
阿媽
|
Haifeng
|
媽, 阿媽
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Bangkok (Teochew)
|
阿媽
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Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)
|
內媽
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Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
阿媽
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Singapore (Teochew)
|
阿媽
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Leizhou
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尼奶, 尼媽, 奶, 媽
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Wenchang
|
奶, 婆
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Haikou
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阿媽 face-to-face, 阿婆 face-to-face, 媽 non-face-to-face, 婆 non-face-to-face
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Singapore (Hainanese)
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阿婆
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Puxian Min
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Putian
|
阿媽
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Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)
|
阿媽
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Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)
|
阿媽
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Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)
|
阿媽
|
Xianyou
|
阿媽
|
Xianyou (Fengting)
|
阿媽
|
Xianyou (Youyang)
|
阿媽
|
Central Min
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Yong'an
|
俺媽
|
Sanming (Sanyuan)
|
婆媽
|
Sanming (Shaxian)
|
俺媽
|
Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
|
婆
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Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
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婆, 阿婆
|
Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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奶, 阿奶, 奶奶, 太婆
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Northern Pinghua
|
Guilin (Dahe)
|
奶奶
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Shehua
|
Fu'an
|
阿婆
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Fuding
|
阿嫲
|
Luoyuan
|
阿嫲
|
Sanming
|
阿嫲
|
Shunchang
|
阿婆
|
Hua'an
|
阿婆
|
Guixi (Zhangping)
|
阿婆
|
Cangnan
|
嫲
|
Jingning (Hexi)
|
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
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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
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Jinhua
|
媽媽
|
Jinhua (Tangxi)
|
媽媽
|
Xiang
|
Changsha
|
娭毑
|
Xiangtan
|
娭毑
|
Loudi
|
佳婆, 奶奶
|
Shuangfeng
|
奶奶
|
Hengyang
|
奶奶
|
Quanzhou
|
奶奶
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