契母

Chinese

		contract	female; mother
trad. (契母)		契	母
simp. #(契母)		契	母

Pronunciation

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khòe-bú / khè-bú

  (Teochew, Peng'im): koi³ bho²

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòe-bú
    • Tâi-lô: khuè-bú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoea'buo
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /kʰue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰue²¹⁻⁵³ bu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰue¹¹⁻⁵³ bu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khè-bú
    • Tâi-lô: khè-bú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qea'buo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰe²¹⁻⁴¹ bu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰe²¹⁻⁵³ bu⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: koi³ bho²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khòi bó
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoi²¹³⁻⁵⁵ bo⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

契母

1. (Southern Min) adoptive mother

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)