執媽
Chinese
| execute (a plan); grasp | mother; mama | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (執媽) | 執 | 媽 | |
| simp. (执妈) | 执 | 妈 | |
Pronunciation
Noun
執媽
- (Cantonese) midwife (female only)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 助產士 (“midwife”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words edit |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 穩婆, 產婆 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 助產士 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 接生婆, 收生婆, 姥姥 |
| Harbin | 老牛婆, 老娘婆 | |
| Yantai (Muping) | 接生婆兒 | |
| Jinan | 接生員, 老娘婆, 接生婆 | |
| Luoyang | 收生婆, 老娘婆 | |
| Wanrong | 接生員, 拾娃的 | |
| Xi'an | 包娃的 | |
| Yinchuan | 老娘婆 | |
| Lanzhou | 老娘婆 | |
| Ürümqi | 接生婆 | |
| Wuhan | 撿生婆 | |
| Chengdu | 接生婆, 撿生婆 | |
| Guiyang | 撿生奶, 接生奶 | |
| Liuzhou | 收生婆, 接生婆 | |
| Xuzhou | 收生婆兒, 收生婆, 接生婆兒, 接生婆 | |
| Yangzhou | 收生婆子, 姥姥, 老娘 dated | |
| Nanjing | 接生婆, 姥姥 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 執媽, 執仔婆 |
| Hong Kong | 執媽, 執仔婆 | |
| Taishan | 伴生婆 | |
| Dongguan | 執仔婆, 生仔婆, 撿仔婆 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 阿婆 |
| Lichuan | 撿伢崽娘 | |
| Pingxiang | 接生娘 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 看輕個, 看輕婆, 看輕人 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 產婆, 接生婆 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 輕身婆 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 產婆 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 產婆, 助產士 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 產婆, 接生婆 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 產婆 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 接生婆 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 老娘婆 |
| Xinzhou | 收生婆 | |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 拾洗奶 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 拾囝婆 |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 抾囝姐 dated, 抾姐 dated, 抾姐母, 抾姐婆, 先生媽 |
| Quanzhou | 抾囝母, 先生媽 | |
| Zhangzhou | 抾姐 dated, 抾姐婆, 先生媽 | |
| Taipei | 產婆 | |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) | 產婆 | |
| Kaohsiung | 助產士, 抾囝母, 產婆 | |
| Yilan | 產婆 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 產婆 | |
| Taichung | 產婆 | |
| Tainan | 助產士, 抾囝母, 產婆 | |
| Hsinchu | 產婆 | |
| Kinmen | 產婆 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 產婆 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 抾囝母 | |
| Haikou | 生囝婆 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 接生婆 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 助產士, 守生婆, 老娘 dated |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 老娘婆 | |
| Suzhou | 老娘 | |
| Danyang | 收生婆, 接生格 | |
| Hangzhou | 收生婆 | |
| Ningbo | 接生老娘, 接生婆 | |
| Wenzhou | 洗生婆 | |
| Jinhua | 接生娘, 洗生娘 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 接生婆 |
| Loudi | 收生婆, 接生員 | |
| Note | Most of the terms are only used for female midwives. | |