乾媽

See also: 干妈

Chinese

		dry; clean; male dry; clean; male; strong; one of the Eight Trigrams; surname	mother; mama
trad. (乾媽)		乾	媽
simp. (干妈)		干	妈

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): gānmā

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢ ㄇㄚ

  (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): gánmǎ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ганма (ganma, I-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gon¹ maa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gānmā
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢ ㄇㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ganma
    • Wade–Giles: kan¹-ma¹
    • Yale: gān-mā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ganmha
    • Palladius: ганьма (ganʹma)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵ mä⁵⁵/
  • (Xi'an)
    • Guanzhong Pinyin: gánmǎ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kã²⁴ ma²¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ганма (ganma, I-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kæ̃²⁴ ma²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gon¹ maa¹
    • Yale: gōn mā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gon¹ maa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gon¹ ma¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːn⁵⁵ maː⁵⁵/

Noun

乾媽

1. (colloquial) godmother; (nominally) adoptive mother
2. (neologism) sugar mama

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 乾媽 (“godmother; (nominally) adoptive mother”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		乾媽, 乾娘, 義母
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	乾媽, 乾娘
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	乾娘
	Wanrong	乾媽
	Xi'an	乾媽
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	乾媽
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	乾媽
	Liuzhou	乾媽, 契媽
Cantonese	Guangzhou	契媽
	Hong Kong	契媽
	Dongguan	契媽
Gan	Nanchang	乾娘
	Lichuan	契娘
	Pingxiang	乾娘
Hakka	Meixian	相認哀
	Yudu	契姐, 奶媽
Northern Min	Jian'ou	老奶
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	義奶, 義娘奶
Southern Min	Xiamen	契母
	Quanzhou	契母
	Jinjiang	契母
	Zhangzhou	契母
	Tainan	契母 GT
	Manila (Hokkien)	契母
	Shantou	契母, 契哀
	Jieyang	契哀
	Leizhou	契嬭
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	契媽, 契娘
Wu	Suzhou	乾娘
	Hangzhou	乾娘
Xiang	Hengyang	乾娘
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)