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阿姆

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Chinese

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phonetic; (final part.); (interj.)
phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people
 
governess
trad. (阿姆)
simp. #(阿姆)
alternative forms 阿母 Taishanese
阿㜷阿𡝠 Hakka

Pronunciation

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Noun

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阿姆

  1. (dialectal Cantonese, dialectal Gan, Hakka, Chaoyang Teochew, dialectal Wu) mother
  2. (Nanping Mandarin, dialectal Cantonese, dialectal Hakka, dialectal Eastern Min, Southern Min, Puxian Min, Zhejiang Wu) paternal aunt (wife of father's elder brother)
  3. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) paternal aunt (wife of father's younger brother)
  4. (Southern Min, honorific) a term of address for a woman of the same generation as but older than one's mother
  5. (Singapore Hokkien) elderly woman
  6. (dialectal Mandarin, Zhejiang Wu) co-sister-in-law (wife of husband's elder brother)
  7. (Zhejiang Wu) maidservant

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Descendants

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  • English: Ah Mm

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