二奶

Chinese

		two	(Cantonese) lady
trad. (二奶)		二	奶
simp. #(二奶)		二	奶

Etymology

Originally Cantonese.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): èrnǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˋ ㄋㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ naai^5-1

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: èrnǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˋ ㄋㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: èrnǎi
    • Wade–Giles: êrh⁴-nai³
    • Yale: èr-nǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ellnae
    • Palladius: эрнай (ernaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ⁵¹ naɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁶ naai^5-1
    • Yale: yih nāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ naai^5-1
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ nai^5-1
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² naːi̯¹³⁻⁵⁵/

Noun

二奶

1. (slang) mistress; unofficial concubine

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 情婦 (“mistress; paramour; the other woman”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		姘婦, 情婦
Cantonese	Guangzhou	契家婆
	Dongguan	契家婆, 情婦
	Singapore (Guangfu)	二奶
Gan	Nanchang	野老婆
	Pingxiang	野老婆
Southern Min	Xiamen	契兄婆, 婊婆
	Taipei	夥計
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	夥計
	Kaohsiung	夥計
	Yilan	夥計
	Changhua (Lukang)	夥計
	Taichung	夥計仔
	Tainan	夥計, 契兄婆 GT, 包飼的 GT
	Hsinchu	夥計
	Kinmen	鬥頭
	Penghu (Magong)	鬥頭
	Leizhou	契家婆
Xiang	Changsha	野老婆
	Loudi	野老婆
	Hengyang	野老婆

Derived terms

• 二奶專家 / 二奶专家 (èrnǎi zhuānjiā)
• 包二奶 (bāo èrnǎi)