嫲嫲
Chinese
| simp. and trad. (嫲嫲) | 嫲 | 嫲 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| variant forms | 媽媽／妈妈 rare | ||
Pronunciation
Noun
嫲嫲
- (Cantonese, Min Bei) paternal grandmother
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 祖母 (“paternal grandmother”) [map] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Words edit |
| Classical Chinese | 祖母 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 祖母 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 奶奶, 奶 |
| Taiwan | 奶奶 | |
| Harbin | 奶奶, 奶 | |
| Shenyang | 奶奶 | |
| Jinan | 奶奶 | |
| Muping | 婆, 婆婆 | |
| Luoyang | 奶奶, 奶 | |
| Wanrong | 娘 | |
| Xi'an | 奶, 婆 suburbs, 拿拿 Hui | |
| Qingdao | 奶奶 | |
| Zhengzhou | 奶奶, 奶 | |
| Xining | 奶奶 | |
| Xuzhou | 奶奶 | |
| Yinchuan | 奶奶 | |
| Lanzhou | 奶奶 | |
| Ürümqi | 奶奶, 阿奶 Hui | |
| Wuhan | 太, 奶奶, 婆婆 dated | |
| Chengdu | 婆婆, 奶奶 | |
| Guiyang | 太太, 奶奶, 老太太 | |
| Liuzhou | 奶, 阿奶, 婆 | |
| Kunming | 奶, 奶奶 | |
| Yangzhou | 奶奶, 太太 dated | |
| Nanjing | 奶奶, 奶 | |
| Hefei | 奶奶 | |
| Nantong | 奶奶 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 阿嫲 |
| Hong Kong | 阿嫲, 嫲嫲 | |
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 阿嫲 | |
| Macau | 阿嫲 | |
| Panyu | 阿嫲 | |
| Huadu (Huashan) | 阿嫲 | |
| Conghua | 阿嫲 | |
| Zengcheng | 阿婆, 阿嫲 | |
| Foshan | 阿嫲 | |
| Nanhai (Shatou) | 阿人 | |
| Shunde | 阿人 | |
| Sanshui | 阿嫲 | |
| Gaoming (Mingcheng) | 阿婆 | |
| Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 阿婆 | |
| Zhuhai (Qianshan) | 阿婆 | |
| Doumen (Shangheng Tanka) | 阿婆 | |
| Doumen | 阿婆 | |
| Jiangmen (Baisha) | 阿婆 | |
| Xinhui | 阿婆 | |
| Taishan | 阿人 | |
| Kaiping (Chikan) | 阿人 | |
| Enping (Niujiang) | 阿人 | |
| Heshan (Yayao) | 阿嫲 | |
| Dongguan | 阿婆, 阿嫲 | |
| Bao'an (Shajing) | 阿婆, 阿嫲 | |
| Shaoguan | 阿婆, 阿嫲 | |
| Yunfu | 阿奶 | |
| Yangjiang | 阿婆, 阿嫲 | |
| Xinyi | 阿婆 | |
| Lianjiang | 阿嫲 | |
| Nanning | 婆 | |
| Kuala Lumpur | 阿嫲 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 婆婆, 奶奶, 奶子 |
| Lichuan | 姆媽 | |
| Pingxiang | 婆婆 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 阿婆 |
| Xingning | 阿婆 | |
| Huidong (Daling) | 阿婆 | |
| Qujiang | 娭姐 | |
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 阿婆 | |
| Luchuan | 阿婆 | |
| Changting | 娭姐 | |
| Pingyu | 阿婆 | |
| Wuping | 娭姐 | |
| Liancheng | 阿姐, 媽 | |
| Ninghua | 媽媽 | |
| Yudu | 婆婆, 婆, 婆奶 | |
| Ruijin | 奶奶 | |
| Shicheng | 婆 | |
| Shangyou | 奶奶 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 阿婆 | |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 阿婆, 阿嬤 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 阿婆 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 阿婆, 阿奶 | |
| Hsinchu (Raoping) | 阿嬤, 阿婆 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 阿媽 | |
| Hong Kong | 阿婆 | |
| Sabah | 阿婆 | |
| Senai | 阿婆 | |
| Singkawang | 阿婆 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 婦, 阿婦 |
| Shexian | 奶奶, 老姨 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 奶奶 |
| Pingyao | 娘娘 | |
| Xinzhou | 娘娘啊, 呀娘, 娘娘 | |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 奶奶, 嫲嫲 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 依媽 |
| Fuqing | 媽, 阿媽 | |
| Matsu | 依媽 | |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 阿媽, 俺媽, 內媽 |
| Quanzhou | 媽仔, 俺媽, 內媽 | |
| Zhangzhou | 阿媽, 咉媽, 內媽 | |
| Taipei | 阿媽, 內媽 mT | |
| Kaohsiung | 阿媽 | |
| Tainan | 阿媽 | |
| Taichung | 阿媽 | |
| Wuqi | 阿媽 | |
| Hsinchu | 阿媽 | |
| Taitung | 阿媽 | |
| Lukang | 阿媽, 俺媽 | |
| Sanxia | 阿媽 | |
| Yilan | 阿媽 | |
| Kinmen | 俺媽 | |
| Magong | 阿媽 | |
| Penang | 阿媽, 媽 | |
| Singapore | 俺媽, 阿媽 | |
| Pingnan | 媽 | |
| Chaozhou | 阿媽 | |
| Shantou | 阿媽 | |
| Haifeng | 媽, 阿媽 | |
| Johor Bahru | 阿媽 | |
| Haikou | 阿媽, 媽, 婆 | |
| Leizhou | 媽, 嬭, 尼媽, 尼嬭 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 阿媽 |
| Xianyou | 阿媽 | |
| Pinghua | Nanning | 奶, 太婆 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 爾奶, 阿奶, 奶奶 |
| Suzhou | 好婆, 好親婆, 親婆 | |
| Hangzhou | 奶奶 | |
| Wenzhou | 娘娘, 祖婆, 祖婆娘 | |
| Chongming | 裡婆, 親婆, 婆, 阿婆, 婆阿 | |
| Danyang | 嫚嫚 | |
| Jinhua | 媽媽 | |
| Ningbo | 阿娘 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 娭毑 |
| Shuangfeng | 奶奶 | |
| Xiangtan | 娭毑 | |
| Loudi | 佳婆, 奶奶 | |
| Quanzhou | 奶奶 | |
| Note | mT - mainstream Taiwan (no particular region identified) | |