阿罵

Chinese

		phonetic; (final part.); (interj.) phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people	phonetic
trad. (阿罵)		阿	罵
simp. (阿骂)		阿	骂

Etymology

From Hokkien 阿媽／阿妈 (a-má).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): āmà

  (Zhuyin): ㄚ ㄇㄚˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: āmà
    • Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄇㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: amà
    • Wade–Giles: a¹-ma⁴
    • Yale: ā-mà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: amah
    • Palladius: ама (ama)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ mä⁵¹/

Noun

阿罵

1. (Taiwanese Mandarin, eye dialect) Alternative form of 阿媽／阿妈 (āmà, “grandmother; elderly woman”)