媽姐

See also: 媽祖 and 妈姐

Chinese

		mother; mama	older sister
trad. (媽姐)		媽	姐
simp. (妈姐)		妈	姐
alternative forms		馬姐／马姐 嫲姐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mājiě

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚ ㄐㄧㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa² ze² / maa⁵ ze²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mājiě
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚ ㄐㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: majiě
    • Wade–Giles: ma¹-chieh³
    • Yale: mā-jyě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhajiee
    • Palladius: мацзе (macze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa² ze² / maa⁵ ze²
    • Yale: má jé / máh jé
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa² dze² / maa⁵ dze²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma² zé² / ma⁵ zé²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː³⁵ t͡sɛː³⁵/, /maː¹³ t͡sɛː³⁵/

Noun

媽姐

1. (Cantonese) maidservant of Shunde origin during the early 20th century who had taken vows of celibacy