大娘
Chinese
big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor |
mother; young lady | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (大娘) | 大 | 娘 | |
| simp. #(大娘) | 大 | 娘 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): daai6 noeng4
- Gan (Wiktionary): 'to5 nyiong4
- Jin (Wiktionary): da3 nion1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-niû / tōa-niô͘
- Xiang (Hengyang, Wiktionary): dai5 nian2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: dàniáng
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄋㄧㄤˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dàniáng
- Wade–Giles: ta4-niang2
- Yale: dà-nyáng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahniang
- Palladius: данян (danjan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tä⁵¹ ni̯ɑŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: daai6 noeng4
- Yale: daaih nèuhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: daai6 noeng4
- Guangdong Romanization: dai6 nêng4
- Sinological IPA (key): /taːi̯²² nœːŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Gan
- Jin
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-niû
- Tâi-lô: tuā-niû
- Phofsit Daibuun: doaxniuu
- IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ niũ²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² niũ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-niô͘
- Tâi-lô: tuā-niôo
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ niɔ̃¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
- Xiang
Noun
大娘
- (dialectal, chiefly northern China) paternal aunt (wife of father's eldest brother)
- (Gan) paternal aunt (father's sister)
- (Hengyang Xiang) maternal aunt (one's mother's elder sister)
- (Hengyang Xiang) one's husband's elder brother's wife
- (dialectal, polite) A term of address to an elderly woman, usually older than one's mother.
- (dated) A term of address from a concubine to the primary wife of her husband, or from a child of a concubine to the primary wife of their father.
- 到明日，討他大娘和五娘的腳樣兒來，奴親自做兩雙鞋兒過去，以表奴情。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Plum in the Golden Vase, circa 1610 CE
- Dào míngrì, tǎo tā dàniáng hé wǔ niáng de jiǎoyàngr lái, nú qīnzì zuò liǎng shuāng xiér guòqù, yǐ biǎo nú qíng. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
到明日，讨他大娘和五娘的脚样儿来，奴亲自做两双鞋儿过去，以表奴情。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]- 我死了值得什麼；大娘若有些長短，他爺少不得又娶個大娘。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
- From: Wu Jingzi, The Scholars, 1750 CE
- Wǒ sǐle zhídé shénme; dàniáng ruò yǒu xiē chángduǎn, tā yé shàobùdé yòu qǔ ge dàniáng. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
我死了值得什么；大娘若有些长短，他爷少不得又娶个大娘。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 伯母 (“paternal aunt (wife of father's elder brother)”) [map]
Dialectal synonyms of 姑姑 (“paternal aunt (father's sister)”) [map]
Dialectal synonyms of 姨母 (“maternal aunt (mother's sister)”) [map]