老媽子

See also: 老妈子

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
trad. (老媽子)		老	媽子
simp. (老妈子)		老	妈子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎomāzi

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄇㄚ ˙ㄗ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ maa¹ zi²
Gan (Wiktionary): lau³ ma¹ zi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎomāzi
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄇㄚ ˙ㄗ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎomazi̊h
  - Wade–Giles: lao³-ma¹-tzŭ⁵
  - Yale: lǎu-mā-dz
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laomha.tzy
  - Palladius: лаомацзы (laomaczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ mä⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ maa¹ zi²
  - Yale: lóuh mā jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ maa¹ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ ma¹ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ maː⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: lau³ ma¹ zi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lau²¹³⁻¹³ ma⁴² t͡sz̩²/

Noun

老媽子

amah; maidservant
(humorous, self-address) housewife
(Cantonese, Liuzhou Mandarin, endearing) mom; old lady
(Xuzhou Mandarin, Xinzhou Jin, Yudu Hakka) procuress; female brothel-keeper

Synonyms

老媽兒／老妈儿 (lǎomār)
(maidservant): 女僕／女仆 (nǚpú), 女傭／女佣 (nǚyōng), 侍女 (shìnǚ); (Gan) 寄娘; (Hokkien) 婆仔, 母仔
(mom):

Dialectal synonyms of 媽媽 (“mum (non-face-to-face)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		母, 娘
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		母親
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	媽媽, 媽, 娘
	Taiwan	媽媽, 媽
	Harbin	媽, 媽媽
	Shenyang	媽媽
	Singapore	媽媽, 老媽, 媽
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	媽媽
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	媽, 媽媽, 娘
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	媽
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	嬤
	Wanrong (Ronghe)	媽
	Xi'an	媽
	Xining	阿媽, 媽媽, 姆媽
	Xuzhou	媽媽, 娘, 大兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	媽
	Lanzhou	媽, 老媽
	Ürümqi	老娘
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	媽媽, 媽
	Wuhan	姆媽, 媽媽, 老娘, 黎山老 slang, 孟子見 dated slang
	Guiyang	媽, 老媽 humorous
	Kunming	媽媽
	Liuzhou	媽, 阿媽, 娘老, 老媽子
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	阿媽, 媽媽
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	媽
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	媽, 姆媽, 娘, 吾媽
	Yangzhou	媽媽, 姆媽, 老娘
	Nantong	娘嬭
	Hefei	媽, 媽爺
Cantonese	Guangzhou	老母, 阿媽
	Hong Kong	老母, 老媽子, 阿媽, 媽咪, 媽媽, 媽打
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	老母, 阿奶
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	阿媽, 媽
	Macau	老母
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	老母
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	老母
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	老母
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	老母
	Foshan	老母
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	老母
	Foshan (Shunde)	老母
	Foshan (Sanshui)	老母
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	老母, 母親
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	老母
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	老母
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	老母
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	老母
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	老母
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	老母
	Taishan	老母, 媽
	Kaiping (Chikan)	老母
	Enping (Niujiang)	老母
	Heshan (Yayao)	老母
	Dongguan	阿媽, 阿奶, 阿姐, 老母, 老乸 Changping, 媽媽 childish, 媽咪 childish
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	老母
	Shaoguan	老母
	Yunfu	老母
	Yangjiang	阿奶
	Xinyi	老母
	Nanning	媽, 老乸
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	俺乸
	Beihai	老奶
	Beihai (Nankang)	阿娘
	Beihai (Yingpan)	老媽, 阿嬸
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	老媽子
	Singapore (Guangfu)	老母, 阿媽
Gan	Nanchang	姆媽, 娘
	Lichuan	娘, 家母
	Pingxiang	姆媽, 娘老子
Hakka	Meixian	阿姆, 阿媽, 哀仔
	Xingning	哀哩, 阿媽
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	阿奶
	Huidong (Daling)	阿姆, 媽
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	阿姆
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	阿姆
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	阿姆
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	阿嫲, 阿娘, 阿姆
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	阿嫲, 阿娘, 阿姆, 哀哩
	Wuhua (Changbu)	阿媽, 阿姆
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	阿娘
	Wuhua (Meilin)	阿嫲
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	哀子
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	阿姆
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	阿姆
	Changting	哀哩
	Wuping	哀哩
	Wuping (Pingyu)	哀子
	Liancheng	哀
	Ninghua	姆媽
	Ruijin	哀, 乳子
	Shicheng	哀
	Shangyou (Shexi)	姐佬
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	哀仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	哀仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	哀仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	哀
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	哀仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	哀
	Hong Kong	阿姆
	Singkawang	哀
Huizhou	Jixi	姆, 娘
Jin	Taiyuan	媽媽, 媽
Jin	Xinzhou	波, 波波
Northern Min	Jian'ou	奶
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	娘嬭
	Fuqing	娘嬭
	Matsu	娘嬭
Southern Min	Xiamen	老母, 娘嬭, 阿娘
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	老母
	Quanzhou	老母, 阿娘
	Jinjiang	老母
	Zhangzhou	老母, 娘嬭, 豬母 humorous
	Taipei	老母
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	老母
	Kaohsiung	老母
	Yilan	老母
	Changhua (Lukang)	老母
	Taichung	老母, 媽媽
	Tainan	老母
	Hsinchu	老母
	Kinmen	老母, 俺母
	Penghu (Magong)	老母
	Penang (Hokkien)	老母
	Singapore (Hokkien)	老母
	Manila (Hokkien)	老母
	Chaozhou	阿嬡
	Shantou	嬡, 母, 阿嬡, 阿姈, 阿母
	Shantou (Chenghai)	嬡, 母
	Haifeng	媽, 媽媽
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	阿媽, 媽
	Singapore (Teochew)	母, 老母
	Leizhou	嬭, 母, 尼母, 尼姨 dated, 尼嫂 dated
	Haikou	母
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	老母, 媽媽, 媽咪
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	媽, 老娘, 嫂, 嬸, 阿媼 dated
Southern Pinghua	Binyang	母親, 嬸
Wu	Shanghai	娘
	Shanghai (Chongming)	娘
	Suzhou	娘, 姆媽
	Danyang	媽, 娘
	Hangzhou	姆媽, 媽媽, 娘
	Ningbo	阿娘, 老娘
	Wenzhou	阿媽, 阿奶, 奶
	Jinhua	娘
Xiang	Changsha	媽媽, 娘, 姆媽, 娘老子
	Loudi	依爺, 姆媽, 娘, 娘老子
	Shuangfeng	姆媽, 娘
	Hengyang	娘, 娘老倌, 娘老倌子

(procuress):

Dialectal synonyms of 鴇母 (“procuress; female brothel-keeper; bawd”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鴇母, 老鴇, 老鴇子, 鴇兒
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	老鴇, 鴇母
Central Plains Mandarin	Xuzhou	老媽子
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	龜婆
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	龜頭兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	龜婆
	Hong Kong	龜婆, 媽媽生
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	龜婆
	Macau	雞婆
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	龜婆
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	龜婆
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	龜婆
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	龜婆
	Foshan	龜婆
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	龜婆
	Foshan (Shunde)	雞婆
	Foshan (Sanshui)	龜婆
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	龜婆
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	雞婆
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	雞婆
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	龜婆
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	龜婆
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	龜婆
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	龜婆
	Taishan	雞頭
	Kaiping (Chikan)	龜婆
	Enping (Niujiang)	龜婆
	Heshan (Yayao)	龜婆
	Dongguan	老舉頭
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	老舉頭
Hakka	Meixian	龜婆
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	龜婆
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	老舉頭
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	契婆
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	雞婆
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	索頭婆
	Yudu	老媽子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	老娼頭
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	老娼頭
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	老娼頭
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	老娼頭
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	老娼頭
Jin	Taiyuan	老鴇
Jin	Xinzhou	老媽子
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	依大, 依大頭, 依厝
Southern Min	Xiamen	媌母, 媌頭, 婊頭, 老媌
	Quanzhou	媌母, 婊頭
	Zhangzhou	媌母, 媌頭, 老媌, 雞母
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	老娼個
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	老娼頭
	Kaohsiung	老娼頭
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	老娼頭
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	老娼頭
	Yilan (Toucheng)	老娼頭
	Tainan	婊頭, 媌頭, 媌母, 老娼
	Tainan (Anping)	老娼頭
	Penghu (Xiyu)	老娼頭
	Singapore (Hokkien)	烏龜婆, 媌頭 dated
	Leizhou	龜婆
	Haikou	龜婆
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	雞婆
Wu	Shanghai	老鴇
	Suzhou	老鴇
	Hangzhou	鴇兒
	Ningbo	老鴇, 王婆