丈母

丈母

Chinese

		husband; wife	female; mother
simp. and trad. (丈母)		丈	母

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhàngmǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄤˋ ㄇㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng⁶ mou⁵
• Min Bei (KCR): diōng-mǔ
• Min Nan (Teochew, Peng'im): diên⁶ m² / dion⁶ m²
• Wu (Wiktionary): zan mm (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhàngmǔ → zhàngmu (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄤˋ ㄇㄨˇ → ㄓㄤˋ ˙ㄇㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhàngmů
    • Wade–Giles: chang⁴-mu⁵
    • Yale: jàng-mu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: janq.muu
    • Palladius: чжанму (čžanmu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹ mu¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoeng⁶ mou⁵
    • Yale: jeuhng móuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng⁶ mou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng⁶ mou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃœːŋ²² mou̯¹³/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: diōng-mǔ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiɔŋ⁵⁵ mu²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: diên⁶ m² / dion⁶ m²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tiĕⁿ ḿ / tiŏⁿ ḿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tĩẽ³⁵⁻¹¹ m⁵²/, /tĩõ³⁵⁻¹¹ m⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: zan mm (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /z̥ã²² m̩⁴⁴/

Noun

丈母

1. mother-in-law (wife's mother)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 岳母 (“mother-in-law (wife's mother)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		岳母
Mandarin	Beijing	丈母娘
	Taiwan	丈母娘, 岳母
	Ulanhot	丈母娘
	Tongliao	丈母娘
	Chifeng	岳母, 丈母娘
	Bayanhot	外母
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	丈母娘
	Harbin	老丈母娘
	Shenyang	丈母娘
	Yantai (Muping)	丈母娘子, 丈母娘兒
	Jinan	丈母娘, 岳母
	Luoyang	丈母娘, 丈母
	Wanrong	丈母
	Zhengzhou	丈母娘
	Xi'an	丈姑娘, 丈母娘
	Yinchuan	外母
	Lanzhou	丈母
	Xining	丈母娘, 丈母媽
	Ürümqi	外母娘, 外母, 丈母娘
	Wuhan	親娘, 老親娘, 丈母娘
	Huanggang	親娘
	Chengdu	老丈母, 丈母娘, 岳母
	Guiyang	老丈母, 親媽
	Kunming	老丈母
	Liuzhou	丈母娘, 岳母娘
	Yangzhou	丈母
	Nanjing	丈母, 丈母娘
	Hefei	丈嫫娘
	Nantong	丈母娘, 丈母
	Singapore	岳母
Cantonese	Guangzhou	外母, 丈人婆, 岳母
	Hong Kong	外母, 岳母
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	外母, 岳母, 主人婆
	Foshan	外母
	Foshan (Shunde)	外母
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	外母
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	外母
	Taishan	外母
	Kaiping (Chikan)	外母
	Dongguan	丈人婆
	Shaoguan	外母, 外母乸
	Yunfu	外母乸
	Yangjiang	外母
	Xinyi	外母乸
	Lianjiang	外母乸
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	外母
	Singapore (Guangfu)	岳母
Gan	Nanchang	丈母娘
	Lichuan	丈兒婆
	Pingxiang	丈姨娘
Hakka	Meixian	丈里婆, 岳母, 丈母哀
	Xingning	丈婆
	Huidong (Daling)	丈人婆
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	丈人婆
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	丈人哀
	Changting	丈門婆
	Wuping	丈姆婆
	Wuping (Pingyu)	丈母哀
	Liancheng	丈母哀
	Ninghua	丈媽
	Yudu	丈母, 丈母娘
	Ruijin	丈哀
	Shicheng	丈人哀
	Shangyou (Shexi)	丈人婆
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	丈人哀
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	丈人哀
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	丈人哀, 岳母
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	丈人哀
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	丈人哀
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	丈㜷哀
	Hong Kong	丈人婆
	Sabah (Longchuan)	丈人婆
	Senai (Huiyang)	丈人婆
	Singkawang	丈人哀
Huizhou	Jixi	丈母, 丈母娘
Jin	Taiyuan	丈母娘
	Xinzhou	丈母, 老丈母, 外母
	Taibus (Baochang)	外母娘
	Linhe	外母娘
	Jining	外母娘
	Hohhot	外母娘
	Baotou	外母娘
	Dongsheng	外母娘
	Haibowan	丈母娘
Min Bei	Jian'ou	丈母
Min Dong	Fuzhou	丈奶
	Changle	丈奶
	Fuqing	丈奶
	Yongtai	丈奶
	Gutian	丈奶
	Fu'an	丈奶
	Ningde	丈奶
	Shouning	丈母
	Zhouning	丈母奶
	Fuding	丈面奶
Min Nan	Xiamen	丈姆, 丈姆婆
	Quanzhou	丈姆, 丈姆婆
	Zhangzhou	丈姆, 丈姆婆
	Taipei	丈姆
	Kaohsiung	丈姆
	Yilan	丈姆
	Changhua (Lukang)	丈姆
	Taichung	丈姆
	Taichung (Wuqi)	丈姆
	Tainan	丈姆
	Taitung	丈姆
	Hsinchu	丈姆
	Penghu (Magong)	丈姆
	Penang (Hokkien)	丈姆
	Singapore (Hokkien)	丈姆
	Manila (Hokkien)	丈姆, 丈姆婆
	Chaozhou	丈姆
	Shantou	丈姆, 丈姆婆
	Haifeng	丈儂母
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	丈姆
	Singapore (Teochew)	丈姆
	Leizhou	外家婆奶, 外家婆
	Wenchang	外家母
	Haikou	外家母
Puxian Min	Putian	丈母
	Xianyou	丈母
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	外母, 外母娘, 外娘, 岳母
Wu	Shanghai	丈母娘, 丈母
	Shanghai (Chongming)	丈母娘, 丈母
	Suzhou	丈姆娘, 丈姆
	Danyang	丈母娘, 丈母
	Hangzhou	丈姆娘
	Ningbo	丈姆娘, 丈姆
	Wenzhou	丈母娘, 丈母
	Jinhua	丈母, 丈母娘
Xiang	Changsha	岳母娘, 丈人婆
	Xiangtan	岳母娘
	Loudi	丈人婆
	Shuangfeng	丈人婆, 乾娘

See also

• 丈人 (zhàngren)