老母

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	female; mother
simp. and trad. (老母)		老	母

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎomǔ
(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄇㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ mou^5-2
Min Nan (POJ): lāu-bú / lǎu-bú / lāu-bó

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: lǎomǔ [Phonetic: láomǔ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄇㄨˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laomuu
  - IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ mou^5-2
  - Yale: lóuh móu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ mou^5-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ mou²
  - IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ mou̯¹³⁻³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Taichung, Hsinchu, Sanxia, Kinmen, Magong)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-bú
  - Tâi-lô: lāu-bú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lauxbuo
  - IPA (Kinmen): /laʊ²²⁻¹² bu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /laʊ³³⁻¹¹ bu⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /laʊ²²⁻²¹ bu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Lukang, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lǎu-bú
  - Tâi-lô: lǎu-bú
  - IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /laʊ³³⁻²² bu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /laʊ²² bu⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Tong'an, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-bó
  - Tâi-lô: lāu-bó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lauxboir
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /laʊ³³⁻²¹ bɤ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Tong'an): /laʊ²²⁻¹¹ bo³¹/

Noun

老母

(chiefly Cantonese, Min Nan, informal, non-face-to-face) mom; mother

Usage notes

In Cantonese, it may be considered offensive or crude.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 媽媽 (“mum (non-face-to-face)”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		母親
Mandarin	Beijing	媽媽、媽、娘
	Taiwan	媽媽、媽
	Tianjin	媽媽、媽
	Harbin	媽、媽媽
	Shenyang	媽媽
	Jinan	媽、媽媽、娘
	Muping	媽
	Jiedian	嬤
	Ronghe	媽
	Xi'an	媽
	Xining	阿媽、媽媽、姆媽
	Xuzhou	媽媽、娘、大兒
	Yinchuan	媽
	Lanzhou	媽、老媽
	Ürümqi	老娘
	Wuhan	姆媽、媽媽、老娘、黎山老 slang、孟子見 dated slang
	Chengdu	媽媽、媽
	Guiyang	媽、老媽 humorous
	Liuzhou	媽、阿媽、娘老、老媽子
	Kunming	媽媽
	Yangzhou	媽媽、姆媽、老娘
	Nanjing	媽、姆媽、娘
	Hefei	媽、媽爺
	Nantong	娘嬭
Cantonese	Guangzhou	老母
	Hong Kong	老母、老媽子、阿媽、媽咪
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	老母、阿奶
	Taishan	媽
	Dongguan	阿媽、阿奶、阿姐、老母、老乸 Changping、媽媽 childish、媽咪 childish
	Yunfu	老母
	Yangjiang	阿奶
	Xinyi	老母
	Nanning	老乸
	Kuala Lumpur	老媽子
Gan	Nanchang	姆媽、娘
	Lichuan	娘、家母
	Pingxiang	姆媽、娘老子
Hakka	Meixian	哀仔
	Xingning	哀哩、阿媽
	Huidong	阿姆、媽
	Qujiang	哀子
	Xiaosanjiang	阿姆
	Changting	哀哩
	Pingyu	哀子
	Wuping	哀哩
	Liancheng	哀
	Ninghua	姆媽
	Ruijin	哀、乳子
	Shicheng	哀
	Shangyou	姐佬
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	哀仔
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	哀仔
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	哀仔
	Dongshi (Dabu)	哀
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	哀仔
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	哀
	Hong Kong	阿姆
	Senai	吾媽
	Singkawang	哀
Huizhou	Jixi	姆、娘
Jin	Taiyuan	媽媽、媽
Jin	Xinzhou	波、波波
Min Bei	Jian'ou	奶
Min Dong	Fuzhou	娘嬭
	Fuqing	娘嬭
	Matsu	娘嬭
Min Nan	Xiamen	老母、娘嬭、阿娘
	Quanzhou	老母、阿娘
	Zhangzhou	老母、娘嬭
	Taipei	老母
	Kaohsiung	老母
	Tainan	老母
	Taichung	老母、媽媽
	Hsinchu	老母
	Lukang	老母
	Sanxia	老母
	Yilan	老母
	Kinmen	老母、俺母
	Magong	老母
	Penang	老母
	Singapore	老母
	Chaozhou	阿嬡
	Shantou	嬡
	Haifeng	媽、媽媽
	Johor Bahru	我媽
	Haikou	母
	Leizhou	嬭、母、尼母、尼姨 dated
Pinghua	Nanning	媽、老娘、阿媼 dated
Wu	Shanghai	娘
	Suzhou	娘、姆媽
	Hangzhou	姆媽、媽媽、娘
	Wenzhou	阿媽、阿奶、奶
	Chongming	娘
	Danyang	媽、娘
	Jinhua	娘
	Ningbo	阿娘
Xiang	Changsha	媽媽、娘、姆媽、娘老子
	Shuangfeng	姆媽、娘
	Loudi	依爺、姆媽、娘、娘老子

Derived terms

你老母
佢老母

屌你老母
激死老母搵山拜／激死老母揾山拜

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎomǔ
(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄇㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ mou⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: lǎomǔ [Phonetic: láomǔ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄇㄨˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laomuu
  - IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ mou⁵
  - Yale: lóuh móuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ mou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ mou⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ mou̯¹³/

Noun

老母

(literary) one's aging mother
(literary) old woman