老大媽

See also: 老大妈

Chinese

		old; eldest among the siblings	mother; mama
trad. (老大媽)		老大	媽
simp. (老大妈)		老大	妈

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎodàmā

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄇㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ daai⁶ maa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎodàmā
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄇㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎodàma
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-ta⁴-ma¹
    • Yale: lǎu-dà-mā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laodahmha
    • Palladius: лаодама (laodama)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹ mä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ daai⁶ maa¹
    • Yale: lóuh daaih mā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ daai⁶ maa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ dai⁶ ma¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ taːi̯²² maː⁵⁵/

Noun

老大媽

1. madam (affectionate term for an elderly lady)

Synonyms

• 老大娘 (lǎodàniáng)

Related terms

• 老大爺／老大爷 (lǎodàye)
• 老大姐 (lǎodàjiě)
• 老大哥 (lǎodàgē)

Pronunciation 2

• Eastern Min (BUC): lō̤-*duâi-mā

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• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lō̤-*duâi-mā
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃o³³⁻²¹ tuai²⁴²⁻⁵³ ma³³/

Noun

老大媽

1. (Eastern Min) great-great-grandmother (grandparent's grandmother)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 高祖母 (“great-great-grandmother (mother of one's paternal great-grandfather)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		高祖母
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	高祖母
Cantonese	Hong Kong	太太嫲
	Taishan	阿卓
Hakka	Meixian	婆白, 阿白
	Xingning	婆白
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	婆白
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	婆白
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	婆白
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	婆太太, 祖婆太
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	太太嬤
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	太太嬤
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	老太媽
Jin	Taiyuan	祖奶
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	老大媽