娘嬭囝

Chinese

		mother	child
trad. (娘嬭囝)		娘嬭	囝
simp. (娘妳囝)		娘妳	囝
alternative forms		娘奶囝

Pronunciation

• Eastern Min (BUC): niòng-nā̤-giāng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): nieo² le³ gyo³ / niu² le³ gyaⁿ³

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• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: niòng-nā̤-giāng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡuoŋ⁵³⁻²¹ nˡɛ³³⁻³⁵ ^(k-)iaŋ³³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: nieo² le³ gyo³ [Phonetic: nieo⁵ le⁵ yo³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nieu¹³⁻²¹ le⁴⁵³⁻²¹ ^(k-)yɒ⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: niu² le³ gyaⁿ³ [Phonetic: niu⁵ ne⁵ yaⁿ³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niu¹³⁻²¹ ^(l-)ne³³²⁻²¹ ^(k-)ỹã³³²/

Noun

娘嬭囝

1. (Eastern Min, Puxian Min) mother and child

Synonyms

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• 仔乸 (zai² naa²) (Cantonese)
• 兩仔乸 / 两仔乸 (loeng⁵ zai² naa²) (Cantonese)
• 兩娘崽 / 两娘崽 (lian³ nyian² zai³) (Xiang)
• 兩子哀 / 两子哀 (Hakka)
• 兩母囝 / 两母囝 (no⁶ bho² gian²) (Teochew)
• 娘兒 / 娘儿
• 娘兒們 / 娘儿们 (niángrmen)
• 娘兒倆 / 娘儿俩 (niángrliǎ)
• 子哀 (Hakka)
• 母仔囝 (Hokkien)
• 母囝 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 母子 (mǔzǐ)

 

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “娘奶囝”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 412.