嬸媽

嬸媽

Chinese

		wife of father's younger brother	mother; mama
trad. (嬸媽)		嬸	媽
simp. (婶妈)		婶	妈

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): chím-má

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chím-má
    • Tâi-lô: tsím-má
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cymmar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mã⁵³/

Noun

嬸媽

1. (Xiamen Hokkien) great-aunt (grandfather's younger brother's wife)

Synonyms

• 叔祖母 (shūzǔmǔ)
• (dialectal) 叔婆 (shūpó)
• (Min Nan, Taiwanese Mandarin) 嬸婆／婶婆 (shěnpó)
• (Xiang) 叔娭毑, 叔外婆