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大娘

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Chinese

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big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
 
mother; young lady
trad. (大娘)
simp. #(大娘)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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大娘

  1. (dialectal, chiefly northern China) paternal aunt (wife of father's eldest brother)
  2. (Gan) paternal aunt (father's sister)
  3. (Hengyang Xiang) maternal aunt (one's mother's elder sister)
  4. (Hengyang Xiang) one's husband's elder brother's wife
  5. (dialectal, polite) A term of address to an elderly woman, usually older than one's mother.
  6. (dated) A term of address from a concubine to the primary wife of her husband, or from a child of a concubine to the primary wife of their father.

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