奶婆

Chinese

		breast; lady; milk	grandmother; matron; mother-in-law
trad. (奶婆)		奶	婆
simp. #(奶婆)		奶	婆

Pronunciation

• Northern Min (KCR): nǎi-bǒ̤

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• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: nǎi-bǒ̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nai²¹ pɔ²¹/

Noun

奶婆

1. (Northern Min) servant girl; maid; young female slave
2. (Dongguan Cantonese, Huicheng dialect, Danyang Wu) wet nurse

Synonyms

• (servant girl):

• 丫頭／丫头 (yātou)
• 丫鬟 (yāhuan)
• 使女 (shǐnǚ)
• 女侍 (nǚshì)
• 女奴 (nǚnú)
• 女婢 (nǚbì)
• 女招待 (nǚzhāodài)
• 妮子 (nīzi) (obsolete)
• 婢女 (bìnǚ)
• 小妮子 (xiǎonīzi) (obsolete)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 婢女 (“servant girl”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		婢
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		婢女, 女婢, 丫鬟, 丫頭, 使女
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	丫鬟, 丫鬟兒, 丫頭子
	Harbin	丫鬟
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	支使丫頭
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	丫鬟兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	丫頭
	Wanrong	丫鬟
	Xi'an	丫頭子
	Xining	丫鬟, 丫頭
	Xuzhou	使用丫頭子, 使用丫頭
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	使喚丫頭, 使喚
	Lanzhou	丫鬟, 丫頭
	Ürümqi	使喚丫頭, 丫鬟
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	丫頭兒, 丫頭子, 丫鬟
	Wuhan	丫頭
	Guiyang	丫頭
	Liuzhou	丫頭, 妹崽
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	丫頭兒, 小丫頭兒
	Yangzhou	丫頭
Cantonese	Guangzhou	妹仔
	Hong Kong	妹仔
	Dongguan	妹仔
Gan	Nanchang	丫頭
	Lichuan	姨婆
	Pingxiang	丫鬟
Hakka	Meixian	細老婢, 老婢仔
	Yudu	婢婆
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	使女
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	使婢
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	使女
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	使女
Huizhou	Jixi	丫頭
Jin	Taiyuan	蠻妮子, 妮子
	Xinzhou	丫花
Northern Min	Jian'ou	奶婆
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	丫頭, 丫鬟, 丫頭囝, 義女
Southern Min	Xiamen	查某𡢃仔, 查某𡢃, 𡢃婢
	Quanzhou	查某𡢃, 𡢃婢
	Zhangzhou	查某𡢃仔, 查某𡢃, 𡢃婢, 撽作
	Taipei	查某𡢃
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	查某𡢃仔
	Kaohsiung	查某𡢃
	Yilan	查某𡢃
	Changhua (Lukang)	查某𡢃
	Taichung	查某𡢃仔
	Tainan	查某𡢃仔
	Hsinchu	查某𡢃仔
	Kinmen	娘𡢃
	Penghu (Magong)	查某𡢃
	Manila (Hokkien)	番仔婆, 查某𡢃, 番婆
	Longyan	跤作, 跤作仔
	Shantou	赤跤囝, 花囝
	Leizhou	妹囝
	Haikou	儂囝
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	妹囝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	妹崽, 丫鬟
Wu	Shanghai	丫頭, 使女
	Suzhou	丫頭
	Danyang	丫鬟
	Hangzhou	丫頭
	Ningbo	丫頭, 丫頭屄
	Wenzhou	細奶兒, 丫頭, 丫鬟
	Jinhua	囡女
Xiang	Changsha	丫鬟, 丫頭

• (wet nurse):

Dialectal synonyms of 奶媽 (“wet nurse”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		奶媽, 乳母, 乳娘, 奶娘
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	奶媽子, 奶子, 㜷媽, 㜷㜷
	Taiwan	奶媽
	Harbin	奶媽子
	Singapore	奶媽
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	奶媽子, 奶母
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	奶媽子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	奶媽兒
	Wanrong	奶母
	Xi'an	奶媽
	Xining	奶媽子
	Xuzhou	奶媽子, 奶媽
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	奶媽子
	Lanzhou	奶媽 face-to-face, 奶媽子 non-face-to-face
	Ürümqi	奶媽子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	奶媽兒, 奶媽, 奶子
	Wuhan	奶媽
	Guiyang	奶媽
	Guilin (Lingui)	奶媽
	Liuzhou	奶媽
	Liuzhou (Luorong)	奶媽
	Nanning (Wuming)	奶媽
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	奶媽
Cantonese	Guangzhou	奶媽, 濕腰
	Hong Kong	奶媽
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	奶媽
	Macau	奶媽
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	奶媽
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	奶媽
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	奶媽
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	奶媽
	Foshan	奶媽
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	奶媽
	Foshan (Shunde)	奶媽
	Foshan (Sanshui)	奶媽
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	奶媽
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	奶媽
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	奶媽
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	奶媽
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	奶媽
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	奶媽
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	奶媽
	Taishan	奶媽
	Kaiping (Chikan)	奶媽
	Enping (Niujiang)	奶媽
	Heshan (Yayao)	奶媽
	Dongguan	奶媽, 奶婆
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	奶母
	Nanning	奶媽
	Guiping	奶媽
	Mengshan (Xihe)	奶媽
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	奶媽
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	奶媽
	Baise	奶媽
	Bobai	奶媽
	Lingshan	奶媽
	Pubei	奶媽
	Qinzhou	奶媽
	Beihai	奶媽
	Ningming	奶媽
	Hengzhou	奶媽
	Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)	𢆡媽
Gan	Nanchang	奶娘
	Lichuan	奶娘
	Pingxiang	奶娘
Hakka	Meixian	奶媽, 奶哀
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	奶婆
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	奶媽
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	契媽
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	奶媽
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	奶媽
	Yudu	奶媽, 契姐
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	奶哀
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	奶哀
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	奶哀
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	奶哀
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	奶哀
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	奶哀
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	奶媽
	Mashan (Pianlian)	奶媽
Huizhou	Jixi	奶娘, 妹姨, 妹娘
Jin	Taiyuan	奶媽
	Xinzhou	奶巴子 non-face-to-face, 巴子 non-face-to-face, 奶波 non-face-to-face, 巴子啊 face-to-face
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	奶媽, 依奶 face-to-face
Southern Min	Xiamen	奶母, 邀奶, 邀奶的, 邀奶母
	Quanzhou	奶母, 邀奶母
	Zhangzhou	奶母, 邀奶, 邀奶的
	Tainan	奶母
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	奶媽
	Singapore (Teochew)	奶母
	Haikou	奶媽
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	奶媽
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	奶母
	Nanning (Shajing)	奶媽
	Binyang	奶媽
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Chaoyang)	奶媽
	Guilin (Zhuyuan)	奶娘
Wu	Shanghai	奶媽, 奶嬸嬸 dated
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	奶娘, 奶嫲
	Shanghai (Chongming)	奶娘
	Suzhou	奶嬸嬸
	Danyang	奶娘, 奶婆, 帶奶個
	Hangzhou	奶娘
	Ningbo	阿伴, 阿奶, 奶嬸
	Wenzhou	奶嫂
	Jinhua	奶娘
Xiang	Changsha	奶媽
	Loudi	奶婆娘
	Quanzhou	奶媽
	Guanyang (Wenshi)	奶媽