阿姆
Chinese
phonetic; (final part.); (interj.) phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people |
governess | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (阿姆) | 阿 | 姆 | |
| simp. #(阿姆) | 阿 | 姆 | |
| alternative forms | 阿母 Taishanese 阿㜷／阿𡝠 Hakka | ||
Pronunciation
Noun
阿姆
- (dialectal Cantonese, dialectal Gan, Hakka, Chaoyang Teochew, dialectal Wu) mother
- (Nanping Mandarin, dialectal Cantonese, dialectal Hakka, dialectal Eastern Min, Southern Min, Puxian Min, Zhejiang Wu) paternal aunt (wife of father's elder brother)
- (Zhangzhou Hokkien) paternal aunt (wife of father's younger brother)
- (Southern Min, honorific) a term of address for a woman of the same generation as but older than one's mother
- (Singapore Hokkien) elderly woman
- (dialectal Mandarin, Zhejiang Wu) co-sister-in-law (wife of husband's elder brother)
- (Zhejiang Wu) maidservant
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 媽媽 (“mum; mother”) [map]
Dialectal synonyms of 媽媽 (“mum (non-face-to-face)”) [map]
Dialectal synonyms of 伯母 (“paternal aunt (wife of father's elder brother)”) [map]
Dialectal synonyms of 嬸母 (“paternal aunt (wife of father's younger brother)”) [map]
Derived terms
Descendants
- → English: Ah Mm
Further reading
- “Entry #4570”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
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