額娘

額娘

Chinese

		volume; amount; quantity volume; amount; quantity; forehead; quota	mother; young lady
trad. (額娘)		額	娘
simp. (额娘)		额	娘

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Manchu ᡝᠨᡳᠶᡝ (eniye).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): éniáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄜˊ ㄋㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaak⁶ noeng⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: éniáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄜˊ ㄋㄧㄤˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: erniang
    • IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ³⁵ ni̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaak⁶ noeng⁴
    • Yale: ngaahk nèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaak⁹ noeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngag⁶ nêng⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋäːk̚² nœ̽ːŋ²¹/

Noun

額娘

1. (used by the Manchu people, archaic) mother

Derived terms

皇額娘／皇额娘 (huáng'éniáng)