姑奶奶

Chinese

		paternal aunt	paternal grandmother; gramma; granny
trad. (姑奶奶)		姑	奶奶
simp. #(姑奶奶)		姑	奶奶

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gūnǎinai

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨ ㄋㄞˇ ˙ㄋㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu¹ naai^5-4 naai^5-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gūnǎinai
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨ ㄋㄞˇ ˙ㄋㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gunǎinåi
    • Wade–Giles: ku¹-nai³-nai⁵
    • Yale: gū-nǎi-nai
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gunae.nai
    • Palladius: гунайнай (gunajnaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵⁵ naɪ̯²¹⁴ naɪ̯⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu¹ naai^5-4 naai^5-2
    • Yale: gū nàaih náai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu¹ naai^5-4 naai^5-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu¹ nai^5-4 nai^5-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː⁵⁵ naːi̯¹³⁻²¹ naːi̯¹³⁻³⁵/

Noun

姑奶奶

1. (chiefly Mandarin, Jin, Huizhou) paternal grandaunt (paternal grandfather's sister)
2. (Cantonese) husband's paternal aunt (sister of a woman's father-in-law)
3. (chiefly Mandarin, colloquial, honorific) one's married daughter
4. (Beijing Mandarin, Catholicism) nun
5. (Mandarin, colloquial, derogatory or endearing) Term of address for a girl or woman who is putting on airs or seems hard to please.
6. (Mandarin, colloquial, women's speech) A conceited term of address for oneself when quarreling.

Synonyms

• (paternal grandaunt):

Dialectal synonyms of 姑奶奶 (“paternal grandaunt (paternal grandfather's sister)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		姑奶奶
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	姑奶奶
	Taiwan	姑婆
	Chengde	姑奶奶
	Chifeng	姑奶奶
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	姑奶奶
	Heihe	姑奶
	Qiqihar	姑奶奶
	Harbin	姑奶奶
	Jiamusi	姑奶
	Baicheng	姑奶
	Changchun	姑奶
	Tonghua	姑奶
	Shenyang	姑奶
	Jinzhou	姑奶
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	姑奶奶
	Tangshan	姑奶
	Cangzhou	姑奶奶
	Baoding	姑奶奶
	Shijiazhuang	老姑姑, 老姑
	Lijin	老姑
	Jinan	姑奶奶
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	姑奶奶
	Dandong	姑奶奶, 姑奶
	Yantai	姑婆
	Yantai (Muping)	姑婆
	Qingdao	老姑
	Zhucheng	姑嬤嬤
Central Plains Mandarin	Lingbao	姑奶, 老姑
	Jining	姑奶奶
	Wanrong	老姑
	Linfen	老姑
	Shangqiu	姑奶奶
	Yuanyang	姑奶
	Zhengzhou	姑奶
	Xinyang	姑奶
	Baihe	姑奶
	Xi'an	姑奶奶, 姑奶, 姑婆, 姑拿 Hui
	Baoji	婆
	Tianshui	姑娃婆
	Xining	姑奶奶
	Xuzhou	姑奶奶
	Fuyang	姑奶奶
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	姑奶奶
	Lanzhou	姑奶奶, 姑奶
	Dunhuang	姑奶奶
	Hami	姑奶奶
	Ürümqi	姑奶奶, 姑奶
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	姑奶奶
	Nanchong	姑婆
	Dazhou	姑婆
	Hanyuan	姑奶, 姑婆
	Xichang	婆婆
	Zigong	姑婆
	Chongqing	姑婆, 婆婆
	Wuhan	姑太
	Yichang	姑婆
	Xiangyang	姑奶奶, 姑奶
	Tianmen	姑婆
	Guiyang	姑太, 姑奶奶
	Zunyi	姑婆, 太娘娘
	Bijie	老瓜
	Liping	姑婆
	Zhaotong	姑奶奶
	Dali	姑奶
	Kunming	姑奶, 姑老太
	Mengzi	姑奶
	Guilin	姑奶
	Liuzhou	姑奶, 姑婆
	Jishou	姑婆
	Changde	姑奶奶
	Hanzhong	姑婆
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	姑奶奶, 姑奶
	Yangzhou	姑奶奶, 姑太太
	Lianyungang	姑奶
	Lianshui	姑奶
	Nantong	姑奶奶
	Anqing	姑奶奶
	Wuhu	姑奶奶
	Hefei	姑奶
	Hong'an	姑奶
Cantonese	Guangzhou	姑婆
	Hong Kong	姑婆
	Dongguan	姑婆
Gan	Nanchang	姑婆
	Lichuan	姑婆
	Pingxiang	姑婆
Hakka	Meixian	姑婆
	Yudu	姑婆
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	姑婆
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	姑婆
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	姑婆
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	姑婆
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	姑婆
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	姑婆
Huizhou	Jixi	姑婆
	Shexian	姑奶奶, 姑婆
Jin	Taiyuan	姑奶奶, 姑奶
	Yangyuan	姑奶奶, 姑奶
	Datong	姑奶奶
	Xinzhou	老姑姑
	Lüliang (Lishi)	老姑兒
	Changzhi	姑奶奶
	Linhe	老姑姑, 老姑
	Jining	姑奶奶
	Hohhot	姑奶奶
	Erenhot	姥姥
	Pingshan	老姑姑, 老姑
	Zhangjiakou	姑奶奶, 姑奶
	Handan	老姑
	Linzhou	姑奶奶
	Suide	老姑
Northern Min	Jian'ou	姑嫲婆
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	姑婆
Southern Min	Xiamen	姑婆
	Quanzhou	姑婆
	Zhangzhou	姑婆
	Taipei	姑婆
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	姑婆
	Kaohsiung	姑婆
	Yilan	姑婆
	Changhua (Lukang)	姑婆
	Taichung	姑婆
	Tainan	姑婆
	Hsinchu	姑婆
	Kinmen	姑婆
	Penghu (Magong)	姑婆
	Manila (Hokkien)	姑媽, 姑婆
	Shantou	老姑
	Jieyang	老姑
	Leizhou	姑嬭, 姑婆
	Haikou	姑婆
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	姑太
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	姑婆
	Danyang	姑嫚嫚
	Hangzhou	姑婆奶奶
	Ningbo	姑婆
	Wenzhou	姑婆娘, 姑婆
	Jinhua	姑婆
Xiang	Changsha	姑娭毑
	Loudi	大𱙦 >, 嫚𱙦 <
Note	> - older than paternal grandfather; < - younger than paternal grandfather

• (husband's paternal aunt):

Dialectal synonyms of 姑婆 (“husband's paternal aunt (sister of a woman's father-in-law)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	姑婆
Cantonese	Guangzhou	姑奶奶, 姑太
Hakka	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	姑婆
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	姑婆
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	姑婆
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	姑婆
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	姑婆
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	姑太
Wu	Ningbo	姑婆

• (nun):

Dialectal synonyms of 修女 (“Catholic nun”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		修女
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	姑奶奶
	Taiwan	修女
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	嬤嬤
Cantonese	Hong Kong	修女
Jin	Taiyuan	修女
Southern Min	Xiamen	姑娘
	Quanzhou	姑娘
	Zhangzhou	姑娘
	Tainan	姑婆 GT
Wu	Shanghai	童身姑娘, 洋尼姑
	Shanghai (Chongming)	姆姆
	Ningbo	嬤嬤

Derived terms

• 小姑奶奶 (xiǎogūnǎinai)