娘嬭囝

Chinese

		mother	child
trad. (娘嬭囝)		娘嬭	囝
simp. (娘妳囝)		娘妳	囝
alternative forms		娘奶囝

Pronunciation

Eastern Min (BUC): niòng-nā̤-giāng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): nieo² le³ gyor³ / niu² le³ gyann³

Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: niòng-nā̤-giāng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡuoŋ⁵³⁻²¹ nˡɛ³³⁻³⁵ ^(k-)iaŋ³³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: nieo² le³ gyor³ [Phonetic: nieo⁵ le⁵ yor³]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ná̤u-lâ̤-giô̤ⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nieu¹³⁻¹¹ le⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ ^(k-)yɒ⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: niu² le³ gyann³ [Phonetic: niu⁵ ne⁵ yann³]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /niu²⁴⁻²¹ ^(l-)ne³³²⁻²¹ ^(k-)ỹã³³²/

Noun

娘嬭囝

(Eastern Min, Puxian Min) mother and child

Synonyms

仔乸 (zai² naa²) (Cantonese)
兩仔乸 / 两仔乸 (loeng⁵ zai² naa²) (Cantonese)
兩娘崽 / 两娘崽 (lian³ nyian² zai³) (Xiang)
兩子哀 / 两子哀 (Hakka)
兩母囝 / 两母囝 (no⁶ bho² gian²) (Teochew)
娘兒 / 娘儿
娘兒們 / 娘儿们 (niángrmen)
娘兒倆 / 娘儿俩 (niángrliǎ)
子哀 (Hakka)
母仔囝 (Hokkien)
母囝 (Hokkien, Teochew)
母子 (mǔzǐ)

References

莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “娘奶囝”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 412.