額娘

Chinese

		phonetic	mother; young lady
trad. (額娘)		額	娘
simp. (额娘)		额	娘

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Manchu ᡝᠨᡳᠶᡝ (eniye).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): éniáng, èniang, èning

  (Zhuyin): ㄜˊ ㄋㄧㄤˊ, ㄜˋ ˙ㄋㄧㄤ, ㄜˋ ˙ㄋㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaak⁶ noeng⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: éniáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄜˊ ㄋㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: éniáng
    • Wade–Giles: o²-niang²
    • Yale: é-nyáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: erniang
    • Palladius: энян (enjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ³⁵ ni̯ɑŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Beijing dialect)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: èniang
    • Zhuyin: ㄜˋ ˙ㄋㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: èniång
    • Wade–Giles: o⁴-niang⁵
    • Yale: è-nyang
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eh.niang
    • Palladius: энян (enjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ⁵¹ ni̯ɑŋ¹/
      
  • (Beijing dialect)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: èning
    • Zhuyin: ㄜˋ ˙ㄋㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: èni̊ng
    • Wade–Giles: o⁴-ning⁵
    • Yale: è-ning
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eh.ning
    • Palladius: энин (enin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ⁵¹ niŋ¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaak⁶ noeng⁴
    • Yale: ngaahk nèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaak⁹ noeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngag⁶ nêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːk̚² nœːŋ²¹/

Noun

額娘

1. (used by the Manchu people, archaic) mother

Coordinate terms

• 阿瑪 / 阿玛 (àma)

Derived terms

• 皇額娘 / 皇额娘 (huáng'éniáng)