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姑媽

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See also: 姑妈

Chinese

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paternal aunt mother; mama
trad. (姑媽) 姑 媽
simp. (姑妈) 姑 妈

Pronunciation

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Noun

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姑媽

  1. (Mandarin, colloquial) father's sister (indicating married status)
  2. (Cantonese) father's elder sister
  3. (Philippine Hokkien) paternal grandaunt (paternal grandfather's sister)

Synonyms

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Dialectal synonyms of 姑姑 (“paternal aunt (father's sister)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 姑母
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 姑媽 §, 姑姑, 姑兒, 娘兒
Taiwan 姑姑
Harbin 姑, 姑姑
Shenyang 姑姑
Singapore 姑姑
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 姑姑, 姑
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 姑
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 姑
Wanrong 姑
Wanrong (Ronghe) 姑
Xi'an 姑媽 †, 姑 ‡
Xining 娘娘
Xuzhou 姑娘, 姑姑, 姑兒
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 姑媽
Lanzhou 娘娘
Ürümqi 姑媽 †, 姑姑 ‡
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 姑媽 §, 娘娘
Wuhan 姑媽 §, 娘娘, 葉葉, 小爹 dated
Guiyang 姑媽 §, 娘娘 ‡≠
Kunming 姑媽 §, 娘 ≠
Liuzhou 姑媽 †, 姑 ‡, 阿姑 ‡
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 姑媽 †, 娘娘 ‡
Yangzhou 娘娘, 大姑子 † eldest
Nantong 姑媽 †
Hefei 姑佬, 佬佬, 佬
Cantonese Guangzhou 姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
Hong Kong 姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 大姑 †, 姑仔 ‡
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 大姑 †, 阿姑 ‡
Macau 姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
Guangzhou (Panyu) 姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 姑母 †, 娘仔 ‡
Guangzhou (Conghua) 阿娘 †, 阿姑 ‡
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 大姑 †, 姑媽 †, 阿姑 ‡, 姑姐 ‡
Foshan 姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 姑姐
Foshan (Shunde) 姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
Foshan (Sanshui) 姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 阿姑
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 阿姑
Zhuhai (Doumen) 阿姑
Jiangmen (Baisha) 阿姑 †, 姑仔 ‡
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 阿姑
Taishan 阿姑, 大姑 †, 姑 ‡, 姑仔 ‡
Kaiping (Chikan) 阿姑
Enping (Niujiang) 阿姑
Heshan (Yayao) 姑媽 †, 阿姑 ‡
Dongguan 阿姑, 姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 大姑 †, 姑媽 †, 阿姑 ‡, 姑姐 ‡
Shaoguan 姑媽, 姑姐
Yunfu 阿姑
Yangjiang 大姑 †, 阿姑 ‡
Xinyi 阿姑
Lianjiang 𡜵奶 †, 姑 ‡, 姑仔 ‡, 阿姑 ‡
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 姑媽, 姑姐 ≠
Singapore (Guangfu) 姑媽
Gan Nanchang 姑娘, 姑姑, 姑, 大娘, 大姑娘
Lichuan 姑
Pingxiang 姑娘
Hakka Meixian 阿姑
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 阿姑
Dongguan (Qingxi) 大姑 †, 阿姑 ‡
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 大姑 †, 細姑 ‡
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 大姑 †, 姑仔 ‡
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 阿姑
Yudu 姑姑, 姑姊
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 阿姑
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 阿姑
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 阿姑
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 阿姑
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 阿姑
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 阿姑
Hong Kong 大姑 †, 姑仔 ‡
Senai (Huiyang) 阿姑
Huizhou Jixi 姑, 姑姑
Jin Taiyuan 姑姑, 姑媽
Xinzhou 姑姑 ∅, 姑姑啊
Northern Min Jian'ou 姑姑
Eastern Min Fuzhou 大細姑, 姑媽 †, 姑 ‡, 依姑 ‡
Fuqing 姑姐 †, 大姐 †, 姑 ‡, 阿姑 ‡
Matsu 依姑
Singapore (Fuqing) 姑姑
Southern Min Xiamen 阿姑
Quanzhou 阿姑
Zhangzhou 阿姑
Kaohsiung 阿姑
Yilan 阿姑
Changhua (Lukang) 阿姑
Taichung 阿姑
Taichung (Wuqi) 阿姑
Tainan 阿姑
Taitung 阿姑
Hsinchu 阿姑
Penghu (Magong) 阿姑
Penang (Hokkien) 阿姑
Singapore (Hokkien) 阿姑
Manila (Hokkien) 阿姑, 姑姑
Chaozhou 阿姑
Shantou 阿姑
Bangkok (Teochew) 阿姑
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 阿姑
Singapore (Teochew) 阿姑
Leizhou 姑母, 尼姑 ‡, ∅, 姑 ‡, ¶, 父姑 ‡
Wenchang 姆 †, 姑㜥 ‡, 㜥 ‡
Haikou 姑母 ∅, 阿姑
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 姑母 †, 姑 ‡
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 姑母 †, 姑 ‡
Wu Shanghai 娘娘, 姑母, 姑媽 ‡
Shanghai (Chongming) 姑娘
Suzhou 嬤嬤 †, 娘娘 ‡
Danyang 親嫚
Hangzhou 乾娘
Ningbo 姑嬤 †, 阿姑 ‡
Wenzhou 阿娘
Jinhua 娘娘, 姑 ∅
Xiang Changsha 姑媽 §, 姑子 ≠, 大姑子 †, 細姑子 ‡
Loudi 大唧 †, 嫚嫚 ‡
Shuangfeng 大基 †, 嫚嫚 ‡
Hengyang 姑伯娘 †, 姑唧 ‡, 嫚嫚 ‡
Note † - father's elder sister; ‡ - father's younger sister; § - married; ≠ - unmarried; ¶ - face-to-face; ∅ - non-face-to-face
Dialectal synonyms of 姑奶奶 (“paternal grandaunt (paternal grandfather's sister)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
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

Coordinate terms

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  • 姑父 (gūfu), 姑丈 (gūzhàng)
  • (Cantonese) 姑姐 (gu1 ze1, “father's younger sister”)
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