阿媽

See also: 阿妈

Chinese

Pronunciation 1

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Mandarin
(Pinyin): āmā

(Zhuyin): ㄚㄇㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ maa¹
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): a-mâ

(Teochew, Peng'im): a¹ ma⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: āmā
  - Zhuyin: ㄚㄇㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ama
  - Wade–Giles: a¹-ma¹
  - Yale: ā-mā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: amha
  - Palladius: ама (ama)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ mä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: aa³ maa¹
  - Yale: a mā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ maa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: a³ ma¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ maː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-mâ
  - Tâi-lô: a-mâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: amaa
  - IPA (Xiamen): /a⁴⁴⁻²² mã²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /a³³ mã²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /a⁴⁴⁻²² mã¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ mã²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ mã²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: a¹ ma⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: a mâ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /a³³⁻²³ ma⁵⁵/

Noun

阿媽

(regional) mom; mum; mummy
(regional) woman servant, amah

Synonyms

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

Pronunciation 2

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Noun

阿媽

(chiefly Min Nan, Puxian Min, dialectal Min Dong, Yunlin Hakka) grandmother
(Min Nan) elderly woman

Hyponyms

(grandmother):

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Proper noun

阿媽

(Hong Kong, chiefly Tanka, Weitou, Hakka, religion) An epithet of the Fujianese sea goddess Mazu - 媽祖／妈祖 (Māzǔ).

Etymology 2

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) From Jurchen [Term?] or Manchu ᠠᠮᠠ (ama).

Pronunciation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Noun

阿媽

(historical) Alternative form of 阿瑪／阿玛 (àma, “dad, daddy, father in Mongolian, Jurchen or Manchu contexts”)

References

"阿媽" at Moedict.tw
周樹佳 (2009) 香港諸神——起源、廟宇與崇拜, page 49.

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