先生娘

先生娘

Chinese

		one who was born earlier; mister; sir one who was born earlier; mister; sir; gentleman	mother; young lady
simp. and trad. (先生娘)		先生	娘

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): sian-siⁿ-niû / sian-siⁿ-niô͘

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-siⁿ-niû
    • Tâi-lô: sian-sinn-niû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siensviniuu
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ niũ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ɕĩ⁴⁴⁻²² niũ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ niũ²³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɛn³³ ɕĩ³³ niũ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-siⁿ-niô͘
    • Tâi-lô: sian-sinn-niôo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ɕĩ⁴⁴⁻²² niɔ̃¹³/

Noun

先生娘

1. (Min Nan) wife of one's teacher or doctor
2. (Mainland China Hokkien) wife of a middle-aged man (or older)

Synonyms

• 師母／师母 (shīmǔ)