鴨母

Chinese

	duck	female; mother
trad. (鴨母)	鴨	母
simp. (鸭母)	鸭	母
anagram	母鴨／母鸭

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Pronunciation

Eastern Min (BUC): ák-mō̤
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ah-bú / ah-bó

(Teochew, Peng'im): ah⁴ bho²

Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ák-mō̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /aʔ²⁴⁻³⁵ mo³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ah-bú
  - Tâi-lô: ah-bú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ahbuo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /a(ʔ)⁵ bu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /a(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ bu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ah-bó
  - Tâi-lô: ah-bó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ahboir
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /a(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ bɤ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Penang): /a(ʔ)³⁻⁴ bo⁴⁴⁵/
  - IPA (Taipei, Zhangzhou): /a(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ bo⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ah⁴ bho²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ah bó
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /aʔ²⁻⁴ bo⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

鴨母

(Chongqing Sichuanese, Coastal Min) female duck

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 母鴨 (“female duck”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		母鴨, 雌鴨
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	母鴨
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	母鴨
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	母鴨
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	母鴨巴子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	母鴨
	Xi'an	母鴨子, 鴨僆 has never laid eggs
	Xining	母鴨子
	Xuzhou	母鴨子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	母鴨子
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	母鴨子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	母鴨子, 鴨婆
	Chongqing	母鴨子, 鴨母, 鴨母兒
	Wuhan	母鴨子
	Guiyang	母鴨
	Liuzhou	母鴨
	Nanning (Wuming)	母鴨
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	母鴨
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	母鴨, 母鴨子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鴨乸
	Hong Kong	鴨乸
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	鴨乸
	Macau	鴨乸
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	鴨乸
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	鴨乸
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	鴨乸
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	鴨乸
	Foshan	鴨乸
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	鴨乸
	Foshan (Shunde)	鴨乸
	Foshan (Sanshui)	鴨乸
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	鴨乸
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	鴨乸
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	鴨乸
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	鴨乸
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	鴨乸
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	鴨乸
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	鴨乸
	Taishan	鴨乸
	Kaiping (Chikan)	鴨乸
	Enping (Niujiang)	鴨乸
	Heshan (Yayao)	鴨乸
	Dongguan	鴨乸 has laid eggs, 鴨蘭 has never laid eggs
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	鴨乸
	Qingyuan	鴨乸
	Fogang	鴨乸
	Yingde (Hanguang)	鴨乸
	Yangshan	鴨乸
	Lianshan (Butian)	鴨婆
	Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	鴨乸
	Shaoguan	鴨乸
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	鴨乸
	Renhua	鴨乸
	Lechang	鴨乸
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	鴨乸
	Sihui	鴨乸
	Guangning	鴨乸
	Deqing	鴨乸
	Huaiji	鴨乸
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	鴨婆, 鴨乸
	Yunfu	鴨乸
	Xinxing	鴨乸
	Luoding	鴨乸
	Yunan (Pingtai)	鴨乸
	Xinyi	鴨乸
	Lianjiang	鴨乸
	Nanning	鴨乸
	Nanning (Tanka)	母鴨
	Yulin	鴨乸
Gan	Nanchang	鴨婆
	Lichuan	鴨𡡉兒
	Pingxiang	鴨婆
Hakka	Meixian	鴨嫲
	Xingning	鴨嫲
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	鴨乸
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	鴨嫲
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	鴨嫲
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	鴨嫲
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	鴨嫲
	Changting	鴨嫲
	Yudu	鴨婆
	Ruijin	鴨婆
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鴨嫲
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鴨嫲
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	鴨嫲
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	鴨嫲
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	鴨嫲
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鴨嫲
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	鴨嫲
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鴨嫲
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鴨嫲
	Chengdu (Hexingchang)	鴨嫲
	Weiyuan (Guanyingtan)	鴨嫲
	Yilong (Ma'an)	鴨嫲
	Xichang (Huanglianguan)	鴨嫲
Huizhou	Fuliang	磨鴨兒
Jin	Taiyuan	母鴨子
Jin	Xinzhou	母鴨子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鴨嫲
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鴨母
Eastern Min	Fuqing	鴨母
Southern Min	Xiamen	鴨母
	Quanzhou	鴨母
	Jinjiang	鴨母
	Zhangzhou	鴨母
	Zhao'an	鴨母
	Taipei	鴨婆仔, 鴨母
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	鴨母
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	鴨母
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	鴨母
	Kaohsiung	鴨母
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	鴨母
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	鴨母
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	鴨母
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	鴨母
	Yilan (Luodong)	鴨母
	Yilan (Toucheng)	鴨母
	Changhua (Yongjing)	鴨母
	Tainan (Anping)	鴨母
	Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	鴨母仔
	Kinmen	鴨母
	Penghu (Magong)	鴨母
	Penghu (Xiyu)	鴨母
	Penang (Hokkien)	鴨母
	Manila (Hokkien)	鴨母
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	鴨母
	Chaozhou	鴨母
	Jieyang	鴨母
	Leizhou	鴨母, 鴨僆 has never laid eggs
	Haikou	鴨母
Puxian Min	Putian	鴨母
Puxian Min	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	鴨母
Central Min	Yong'an	鴨嫲
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	鴨母
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	鴨母
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	母鴨
Wu	Shanghai	雌鴨
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	雌鴨
	Shanghai (Jiading)	雌鴨
	Shanghai (Chongming)	子鴨
	Danyang	母鴨
	Wenzhou	草鴨
Xiang	Changsha	鴨婆, 鴨婆子
Xiang	Loudi	鴨婆

Derived terms

References

“鴨母”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.