| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
姑母
|
| Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
姑媽 §, 姑姑, 姑兒, 娘兒
|
| Taiwan
|
姑姑
|
| Harbin
|
姑, 姑姑
|
| Shenyang
|
姑姑
|
| Singapore
|
姑姑
|
| Jilu Mandarin
|
Jinan
|
姑姑, 姑
|
| Jiaoliao Mandarin
|
Yantai (Muping)
|
姑
|
| Central Plains Mandarin
|
Luoyang
|
姑
|
| Wanrong
|
姑
|
| Wanrong (Ronghe)
|
姑
|
| Xi'an
|
姑媽 †, 姑 ‡
|
| Xining
|
娘娘
|
| Xuzhou
|
姑娘, 姑姑, 姑兒
|
| Lanyin Mandarin
|
Yinchuan
|
姑媽
|
| Lanzhou
|
娘娘
|
| Ürümqi
|
姑媽 †, 姑姑 ‡
|
| Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
|
姑媽 §, 娘娘
|
| Wuhan
|
姑媽 §, 娘娘, 葉葉, 小爹 dated
|
| Guiyang
|
姑媽 §, 娘娘 ‡≠
|
| Kunming
|
姑媽 §, 娘 ≠
|
| Liuzhou
|
姑媽 †, 姑 ‡, 阿姑 ‡
|
| Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Nanjing
|
姑媽 †, 娘娘 ‡
|
| Yangzhou
|
娘娘, 大姑子 † eldest
|
| Nantong
|
姑媽 †
|
| Hefei
|
姑佬, 佬佬, 佬
|
| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
|
| Hong Kong
|
姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
|
| Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
|
大姑 †, 姑仔 ‡
|
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
|
大姑 †, 阿姑 ‡
|
| Macau
|
姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
|
| Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
|
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
姑母 †, 娘仔 ‡
|
| Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
阿娘 †, 阿姑 ‡
|
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
大姑 †, 姑媽 †, 阿姑 ‡, 姑姐 ‡
|
| Foshan
|
姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
|
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
姑姐
|
| Foshan (Shunde)
|
姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
|
| Foshan (Sanshui)
|
姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
|
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
阿姑
|
| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
|
| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
|
姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
|
| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
|
阿姑
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
阿姑
|
| Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
阿姑 †, 姑仔 ‡
|
| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
阿姑
|
| Taishan
|
阿姑, 大姑 †, 姑 ‡, 姑仔 ‡
|
| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
阿姑
|
| Enping (Niujiang)
|
阿姑
|
| Heshan (Yayao)
|
姑媽 †, 阿姑 ‡
|
| Dongguan
|
阿姑, 姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
|
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
大姑 †, 姑媽 †, 阿姑 ‡, 姑姐 ‡
|
| Shaoguan
|
姑媽, 姑姐
|
| Yunfu
|
阿姑
|
| Yangjiang
|
大姑 †, 阿姑 ‡
|
| Xinyi
|
阿姑
|
| Lianjiang
|
𡜵奶 †, 姑 ‡, 姑仔 ‡, 阿姑 ‡
|
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
姑媽, 姑姐 ≠
|
| Singapore (Guangfu)
|
姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
姑娘, 姑姑, 姑, 大娘, 大姑娘
|
| Lichuan
|
姑, 大姑 †
|
| Pingxiang
|
姑娘
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
阿姑
|
| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
|
阿姑
|
| Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
大姑 †, 阿姑 ‡
|
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
大姑 †, 細姑 ‡
|
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
大姑 †, 姑仔 ‡
|
| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
|
阿姑
|
| Yudu
|
姑姑, 姑姊
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
阿姑
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
阿姑
|
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
阿姑
|
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
阿姑
|
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
阿姑
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
阿姑
|
| Hong Kong
|
大姑 †, 姑仔 ‡
|
| Senai (Huiyang)
|
阿姑
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
姑, 姑姑
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
姑姑, 姑媽
|
| Xinzhou
|
姑姑 ∅, 姑姑啊 ¶
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
姑姑
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
大細姑, 姑媽 †, 姑 ‡, 依姑 ‡
|
| Fuqing
|
姑姐 †, 大姐 †, 姑 ‡, 阿姑 ‡
|
| Matsu
|
依姑
|
| Singapore (Fuqing)
|
姑姑
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
阿姑
|
| Quanzhou
|
阿姑
|
| Zhangzhou
|
阿姑
|
| Kaohsiung
|
阿姑
|
| Yilan
|
阿姑
|
| Changhua (Lukang)
|
阿姑
|
| Taichung
|
阿姑
|
| Taichung (Wuqi)
|
阿姑
|
| Tainan
|
阿姑
|
| Taitung
|
阿姑
|
| Hsinchu
|
阿姑
|
| Penghu (Magong)
|
阿姑
|
| Penang (Hokkien)
|
阿姑
|
| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
阿姑
|
| Manila (Hokkien)
|
阿姑, 姑姑 honorific
|
| Chaozhou
|
阿姑
|
| Shantou
|
阿姑
|
| Bangkok (Teochew)
|
阿姑
|
| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
阿姑
|
| Singapore (Teochew)
|
阿姑
|
| Leizhou
|
姑母, 尼姑 ‡, ∅, 姑 ‡, ¶, 父姑 ‡
|
| Wenchang
|
姆 †, 姑㜥 ‡, 㜥 ‡
|
| Haikou
|
姑母 ∅, 阿姑 ¶
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
|
姑母 †, 姑 ‡
|
| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
姑母 †, 姑 ‡
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
娘娘, 姑母, 姑媽 ‡
|
| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
姑娘
|
| Suzhou
|
嬤嬤 †, 娘娘 ‡
|
| Danyang
|
親嫚
|
| Hangzhou
|
乾娘
|
| Ningbo
|
姑嬤 †, 阿姑 ‡
|
| Wenzhou
|
阿娘
|
| Jinhua
|
娘娘, 姑 ∅
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
姑媽 §, 姑子 ≠, 大姑子 †, 細姑子 ‡
|
| Loudi
|
大唧 †, 嫚嫚 ‡
|
| Shuangfeng
|
大基 †, 嫚嫚 ‡
|
| Hengyang
|
姑伯娘 †, 姑唧 ‡, 嫚嫚 ‡
|
| Note
|
† - father's elder sister; ‡ - father's younger sister; § - married; ≠ - unmarried; ¶ - face-to-face; ∅ - non-face-to-face
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