媽媽
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See also: 妈妈
Chinese
[edit]mother; mama | mother; mama | ||
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trad. (媽媽) | 媽 | 媽 | |
simp. (妈妈) | 妈 | 妈 | |
alternative forms | 馬麻/马麻 mǎmá; eye dialect |
Etymology 1
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ma1 ma1
- (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): мама (mama, I-I)
- Cantonese (Jyutping): maa1-4 maa1 / maa1 maa1
- Jin (Wiktionary): ma1 ma1-3
- Northern Min (KCR): mā-mā
- Eastern Min (BUC): mă-mă
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): má-mah / ma-ma / ma-mah / mâ-mâ
- Wu (Northern, Wugniu): 1ma-ma / 1ma-ma1
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ma1 ma
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄚ ˙ㄇㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: mamå
- Wade–Giles: ma1-ma5
- Yale: mā-ma
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mha.ma
- Palladius: мама (mama)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mä⁵⁵ mä²/
- Homophones:
[Show/Hide] 媽媽 / 妈妈
嬤嬤 / 嬷嬷
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄇㄚˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: mǎmá
- Wade–Giles: ma3-ma2
- Yale: mǎ-má
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maama
- Palladius: мама (mama)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ mä³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: ma1 ma1
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: mama
- Sinological IPA (key): /ma⁵⁵ ma⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
- Cyrillic and Wiktionary: мама (mama, I-I)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ma²⁴ ma²⁴/
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: maa1-4 maa1 / maa1 maa1
- Yale: màh mā / mā mā
- Cantonese Pinyin: maa1-4 maa1 / maa1 maa1
- Guangdong Romanization: ma1-4 ma1 / ma1 ma1
- Sinological IPA (key): /maː⁵⁵⁻²¹ maː⁵⁵/, /maː⁵⁵ maː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Note:
- maa1-4 maa1 - vernacular;
- maa1 maa1 - literary.
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: ma1 ma1-3
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /ma¹¹ ma¹¹⁻⁴⁵/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mā-mā
- Sinological IPA (key): /ma⁵⁵ ma⁵⁵/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: mă-mă
- Sinological IPA (key): /ma⁵⁵ ma⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Hsinchu, Taichung)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: má-mah
- Tâi-lô: má-mah
- Phofsit Daibuun: mafmaq
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Taipei)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ma-ma
- Tâi-lô: ma-ma
- Phofsit Daibuun: mamaf
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /mã⁴⁴⁻²² mã⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /mã⁴⁴⁻³³ mã⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taichung)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ma-mah
- Tâi-lô: ma-mah
- Phofsit Daibuun: mamaq
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mâ-mâ
- Tâi-lô: mâ-mâ
- Phofsit Daibuun: mamaa
- IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /mã²⁴⁻²² mã²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Hsinchu, Taichung)
- Wu
- Xiang
- (Changsha)
- Wiktionary: ma1 ma
- Sinological IPA (key): /ma̠³³ ma̠³/
- (Changsha)
Noun
[edit]媽媽
- (informal) mum (mom); mama
- (dialectal, colloquial) breast
- (ACG, figurative) character designer (female)
Synonyms
[edit]Dialectal synonyms of 媽媽 (“mum; mother”) [map]
Dialectal synonyms of 媽媽 (“mum (non-face-to-face)”) [map]
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]mother; mama | mother; mama | ||
---|---|---|---|
trad. (媽媽) | 媽 | 媽 | |
simp. (妈妈) | 妈 | 妈 | |
alternative forms | 嫲嫲 Northern Min |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Northern Min (KCR): mâ-mǎ
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mâ-mǎ
- Sinological IPA (key): /ma³³ ma²¹/
- (Jian'ou)
Noun
[edit]媽媽
- (Northern Min, Ninghua Hakka, dialectal Wu, Fuliang Huizhou) paternal grandmother
Synonyms
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]mother; mama | mother; mama | ||
---|---|---|---|
trad. (媽媽) | 媽 | 媽 | |
simp. (妈妈) | 妈 | 妈 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Northern Min (KCR): mǎ-mǎ
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mǎ-mǎ
- Sinological IPA (key): /ma²¹ ma²¹/
- (Jian'ou)
Noun
[edit]媽媽
Synonyms
[edit]Korean
[edit]Hanja in this term | |
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媽 | 媽 |
Noun
[edit]- hanja form? of 마마 (“(honorific) Your Majesty, His Majesty, Her Majesty”)
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