使媽

使媽

Chinese

		to make; to cause; to enable to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger	mother; mama
trad. (使媽)		使	媽
simp. (使妈)		使	妈

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai² ma¹, sai² ma^1-2

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai² ma¹, sai² ma^1-2
    • Yale: sái mā, sái má
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai² ma¹, sai² ma^1-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei² me¹, sei² me²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³⁵ mɐ⁵⁵/, /sɐi̯³⁵ mɐ⁵⁵⁻³⁵/

Noun

使媽

1. (Guangzhou Cantonese, dated) female servant; maid; maidservant

Synonyms

• 女傭／女佣 (nǚyōng)
• 女僕／女仆 (nǚpú)
• 侍女 (shìnǚ)
• (Min Nan) 婆仔, 母仔
• (Wu) 保姆, 娘姨