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娘

娘

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See also: 孃 and 嬢
娘 U+5A18, 娘
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A18
← 娗
[U+5A17] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 娙 →
[U+5A19]

Translingual

Stroke order
10 strokes

Han character

娘 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女戈日女 (VIAV), four-corner 43432, composition ⿰女良)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 262, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6304
  • Dae Jaweon: page 529, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1054, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+5A18

Chinese

trad. 娘/孃*
simp. 娘
孃: “mother”

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (良) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
剆 *raːl, *raːlʔ
郎 *raːŋ
稂 *raːŋ
桹 *raːŋ
鋃 *raːŋ
硠 *raːŋ
浪 *raːŋ, *raːŋs
蜋 *raːŋ, *raŋ
琅 *raːŋ
狼 *raːŋ
欴 *raːŋ
踉 *raːŋ, *raŋ, *raŋs
莨 *raːŋ, *raːŋs
艆 *raːŋ
駺 *raːŋ
躴 *raːŋ
筤 *raːŋ
閬 *raːŋ, *raːŋs
哴 *raːŋ, *raŋs
蓈 *raːŋ
廊 *raːŋ
榔 *raːŋ, *raːŋʔ
螂 *raːŋ
瑯 *raːŋ
朗 *raːŋʔ
朖 *raːŋʔ
誏 *raːŋʔ
俍 *raːŋʔ
崀 *raːŋʔ
埌 *raːŋs
蒗 *raːŋs
娘 *naŋ
良 *raŋ
粮 *raŋ
悢 *raŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *naŋ) : semantic 女 + phonetic 良 (OC *raŋ).

Etymology 1

Not attested in pre-Tang texts. It may ultimately have been a fusion of 女郎 (MC nrjoX lang, “lady”) (Coblin, 1994).

Alternatively, from 女 (OC *naʔ, *nas, “woman”) with an attached suffix *-ŋ also found in 卬 (OC *ŋaːŋ, *ŋaŋʔ, “I for my part”) as against 我 (OC *ŋaːlʔ, “I”) (Sagart, 1999: 134). However, evidence for this suffix is sparse; Sagart only adduces these two pairs of words.

As yet another suggestion, it may be a loan from Proto-Turkic *ana ~ *eńe (“mother”); compare Turkish ana and Uyghur ئانا (ana) (Vovin and McCraw, 2011).

Pronunciation

Note: nion3 - used in words meaning “maternal grandmother”, e.g. 娘娘, 姥娘.
Note:
  • nòng - vernacular;
  • niòng - literary.
Note:
  • niû/niô͘/niâu - vernacular;
  • niâ - vernacular (“mother”);
  • liông/liâng - literary.
Note:
  • nion5 - vernacular (Shantou, Chaoyang, Jieyang, Raoping);
  • niên5 - vernacular (Chaozhou, Chenghai, Bangkok);
  • niang5 - literary.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 娘
Mandarin Beijing /niɑŋ³⁵/
Harbin /niaŋ²⁴/
Tianjin /niɑŋ⁴⁵/
Jinan /ȵiaŋ⁴²/
Qingdao /niaŋ⁴²/
Zhengzhou /niaŋ⁴²/
Xi'an /niaŋ²⁴/
Xining /ȵiɔ̃²⁴/
Yinchuan /niɑŋ⁵³/
Lanzhou /ȵiɑ̃⁵³/
Ürümqi /ȵiɑŋ⁵¹/
Wuhan /niaŋ²¹³/
Chengdu /ȵiaŋ³¹/
Guiyang /niaŋ²¹/
Kunming /niã̠³¹/
Nanjing /liaŋ²⁴/ 爹～
/liaŋ³¹/ 姑姑
Hefei /liɑ̃⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /niɒ̃¹¹/ ～家
/niɒ̃⁴⁵/ 姥姥
Pingyao /ȵiɑŋ¹³/
/ȵyə¹³/ ～～廟
Hohhot /niɑ̃³¹/
Wu Shanghai /ȵiã²³/
Suzhou /ȵiã¹³/
Hangzhou /ȵiɑŋ²¹³/
Wenzhou /ȵi³¹/
Hui Shexian /nia⁴⁴/
Tunxi /ȵiau⁴⁴/
Xiang Changsha /ȵian¹³/
Xiangtan /ȵian¹²/
Gan Nanchang /ȵiɔŋ⁴⁵/
Hakka Meixian /ŋioŋ¹¹/
Taoyuan /ŋioŋ¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /nœŋ²¹/
Nanning /nɛŋ⁵⁵/
/nœŋ²¹/
Hong Kong /nœŋ²¹/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /liɔŋ³⁵/
/niu³⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /nuoŋ⁵³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /niɔŋ³³/
/niɔŋ²¹/
Shantou (Teochew) /niõ⁵⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /niaŋ³¹/
/nio³¹/
Rime
Character 娘
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 娘 (12)
Final (韻) 陽 (105)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 女良切
Baxter nrjang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɳɨɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɳiɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/niɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɳɨaŋ/
Li
Rong 		/niaŋ/
Wang
Li 		/nĭaŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ni̯aŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		niáng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		noeng4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 娘
Reading # 1/1
No. 8045
Phonetic
component 		良
Rime
group 		陽
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		孃
Old
Chinese 		/*naŋ/
Notes 女郎合音

Definitions

娘

  1. woman, especially a young girl
    姑娘  ―  gūniang  ―  girl
  2. (colloquial) mother; ma
  3. wife of another person
    三伯、三伯娘 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    saam1 baak3, saam1 baak3 noeng4 [Jyutping]
    father's third elder brother; wife of a father's third elder brother
  4. elderly lady
  5. (religion) "The Lady" (an epithet of the Fujianese sea goddess Mazu (媽祖／妈祖 (Māzǔ))
  6. (usually derogatory, of a man or a boy) girly; effeminate; feminine
    娘炮  ―  niángpào  ―  sissy
  7. (～母) (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 娘 (MC nrjang)
Usage notes
Synonyms
  • (mum):
Dialectal synonyms of 媽媽 (“mum; mother”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 母, 娘
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 母親
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 媽媽, 媽, 娘, 母親
Taiwan 媽媽, 媽
Chengde 母親, 媽媽
Chifeng 媽媽
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 媽, 媽媽
Heihe 母親, 媽媽
Qiqihar 媽媽
Harbin 媽, 媽媽, 母親
Jiamusi 母親, 媽媽
Baicheng 母親, 媽媽, 娘
Changchun 媽媽, 媽, 娘
Tonghua 媽媽, 媽
Shenyang 媽媽, 母親, 額娘 dated, Manchus
Jinzhou 母親, 媽媽, 媽
Malaysia 媽媽, 媽
Singapore 媽媽, 媽, 老媽 <>
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 媽媽, 娘
Tangshan 母親, 媽媽
Cangzhou 母親, 媽媽, 娘, 𫰎
Baoding 母親, 媽媽, 媽
Shijiazhuang 母親, 媽媽, 娘
Lijin 媽
Jinan 媽, 媽媽, 娘
Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian 媽媽
Dandong 母親, 媽媽
Yantai 媽
Yantai (Muping) 媽
Qingdao 媽, 娘
Zhucheng 媽媽, 媽, 娘
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 媽, 媽兒
Lingbao 媽, 娘
Jining 媽媽, 娘
Wanrong 嬤
Wanrong (Ronghe) 媽
Linfen 媽
Shangqiu 母親, 媽媽, 娘
Yuanyang 母親, 媽媽, 娘
Zhengzhou 媽, 娘
Baihe 母親, 媽媽
Xi'an 媽
Baoji 母親, 媽, 娘
Xining 阿媽, 媽媽, 姆媽
Xuzhou 媽媽, 娘, 大兒, 母親
Fuyang 母親, 媽媽, 媽, 娘
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 媽, 母親, 媽媽
Lanzhou 媽, 媽媽, 老媽 <>, 母親
Dunhuang 媽媽, 媽
Hami 媽媽
Ürümqi 媽媽, 媽, 老娘 <>, 阿娘 Hui, 阿娘子 used with minorities, 母親
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 媽媽, 媽
Nanchong 母親, 媽媽
Dazhou 媽
Hanyuan 母親, 媽媽
Xichang 母親, 媽媽
Zigong 母親, 媽媽, 娘
Chongqing 媽媽, 媽
Wuhan 姆媽, 媽媽, 老娘 <>, 黎山老 slang, 孟子見 dated slang, 娘
Yichang 母親, 媽媽, 媽, 娘, 大老
Xiangyang 母親, 媽媽, 娘
Tianmen 母親, 媽媽, 娘, 姆媽
Guiyang 媽, 老媽 <>, humorous
Zunyi 母兒, 媽
Bijie 媽
Liping 媽
Zhaotong 媽媽, 嬸嬸
Dali 阿媽
Kunming 媽, 媽媽, 母親
Mengzi 媽媽
Guilin 媽媽
Liuzhou 阿媽, 媽, 娘老 <>, 老媽子 <>, 娘, 母親
Jishou 母親, 媽媽, 媽, 娘
Changde 姆媽
Hanzhong 母親, 媽媽, 媽, 娘
Mae Salong (Lancang) 阿媽, 媽媽
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 媽
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 媽, 姆媽, 娘
Yangzhou 媽媽, 姆媽, 老娘 <>, 母親
Lianyungang 母親, 媽媽
Lianshui 母親, 媽
Nantong 姆媽, 娘嬭 dated, 母親
Anqing 母親, 媽媽
Wuhu 媽媽, 姆媽
Hefei 媽, 媽爺
Hong'an 母親, 媽媽, 媽, 大, 娘
Cantonese Guangzhou 阿媽, 媽媽, 老母 <>
Hong Kong 媽咪, 阿媽, 媽媽, 媽打, 老母 <>, 老媽子 <>
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 阿媽, 阿奶, 老母 <>
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 媽, 阿媽
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 阿奶, 阿仔
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 阿奶
Macau 阿媽, 媽咪, 老母 <>
Guangzhou (Xinjiao, Haizhu) 媽媽, 阿媽
Guangzhou (Longxi, Liwan) 阿媽, 阿嫂
Guangzhou (Huangpu) 阿媽, 阿娘, 阿大, 阿嬸
Guangzhou (Xinshi, Baiyun) 阿媽, 阿嫂
Guangzhou (Shijing, Baiyun) 阿媽, 阿嬸, 阿嫂
Guangzhou (Jiangcun, Baiyun) 阿大
Guangzhou (Longgui, Baiyun) 阿大
Guangzhou (Renhe, Baiyun) 阿大
Guangzhou (Zhuliao, Baiyun) 阿大
Guangzhou (Zhongluotan, Baiyun) 阿大
Guangzhou (Jiufo, Huangpu) 阿大
Guangzhou (Panyu) 阿媽, 媽媽, 老母 <>
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 媽媽, 老母 <>
Guangzhou (Conghua) 阿奶, 阿嬸, 老母 <>
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 阿奶, 阿嫂, 阿嬸, 媽媽, 老母 <>
Foshan 阿媽, 老母 <>
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 阿嬸, 阿媽, 老母 <>
Foshan (Shunde) 阿娘, 老母 <>
Foshan (Sanshui) 阿媽, 阿家, 老母 <>
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 阿媽, 老母 <>, 母親 <>
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 阿媽, 老母 <>
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 阿媽, 老母 <>
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 阿媽, 老母 <>
Zhuhai (Doumen) 阿媽, 老母 <>
Jiangmen (Baisha) 阿媽, 老母 <>
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 阿媽, 老母 <>
Taishan 阿媽, 媽, 老母 <>
Kaiping (Chikan) 阿媽, 老母 <>
Enping (Niujiang) 阿媽, 老母 <>
Heshan (Yayao) 阿媽, 老母 <>
Dongguan 阿媽, 阿奶, 阿姐, 媽媽 childish, 媽咪 childish, 老母 <>, 老乸 <>, Changping
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 阿大, 阿媽, 媽媽, 老母 <>
Shaoguan 阿媽, 老母
Yunfu 老母, 阿媽
Yangjiang 阿媽, 阿娘, 阿奶 <>
Xinyi 阿媽, 老母 <>
Lianjiang 阿媽, 老母, 媽媽
Lianjiang (Cheban) 阿奶
Wuchuan (Wuyang) 阿媽, 阿奶
Wuchuan (Meilu) 老母
Nanning 媽媽, 阿媽, 媽, 老乸 <>, 老娘 <>, 老媽子 <>
Hepu (Lianzhou) 媽媽, 阿奶, 阿嬸, 俺乸 <>
Hepu (Shatian) 媽媽
Beihai 媽媽, 老奶 <>
Beihai (Nankang) 阿媽, 阿奶, 阿娘 <>
Beihai (Yingpan) 媽媽, 阿媽, 阿嬸, 老媽 <>
Danzhou 母
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 阿媽, 媽咪, 老媽子 <>
Singapore (Guangfu) 阿媽, 媽媽, 老母 <>
Gan Nanchang 姆媽, 娘 <>
Lichuan 姆媽, 娘 <>
Pingxiang 姆媽, 娘老子 <>
Hakka Meixian 阿姆, 阿嫲, 哀仔 <>
Xingning 阿媽, 哀哩 <>
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 阿媽, 阿奶 <>
Huidong (Daling) 阿姆, 媽
Dongguan (Qingxi) 阿媽, 阿姆 <>
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 阿媽, 阿姆 <>
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 阿媽, 阿姆 <>
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 阿嫲, 阿娘, 阿姆
Wuhua (Huacheng) 阿嫲, 阿娘, 阿姆, 哀哩
Wuhua (Changbu) 阿媽, 阿姆
Wuhua (Mianyang) 阿娘
Wuhua (Meilin) 嫲, 阿嫲
Heyuan (Bendihua) 阿媽
Wengyuan 哀子, 阿姆
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 阿姆, 哀子 <>
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 阿姆, 阿嬸
Liannan 姆, 媽
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 阿姆
Jiexi 阿姆
Raoping (Xinfeng) 阿姨, 阿禾 <>
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 阿奶
Changting 姆媽, 姆娓, 哀哩 <>
Wuping 姆姆, 依呀, 哀哩 <>
Wuping (Yanqian) 哀哩
Wuping (Pingyu) 姆, 哀子 <>
Liancheng 姆, 哀 <>
Ninghua 姆媽, 母
Yudu 姆, 媽媽, 媽
Ningdu 姐
Ruijin 姆媽, 哀 <>, 乳子 <>
Shicheng 姆媽, 哀 <>
Shangyou (Shexi) 嫫, 姐佬 <>
Tonggu (Sandu) 姆㜷
Ganzhou (Panlong) 嬤
Dayu 姐佬, 姆姆
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 阿姆, 哀仔 <>
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 阿姆, 唔媽, 哀仔 <>
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 阿姆, 哀仔 <>
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 阿姆, 哀 <>
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 阿姆, 哀仔 <>
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 阿依, 哀仔 <>
Hong Kong 阿媽, 阿姆 <>
Yangxi (Tangkou) 奶
Yangchun (Sanjia) 阿媽
Xinyi (Sihe) 老母, 老哀, 阿媽
Xinyi (Qianpai) 阿媽, 哀子
Gaozhou (Xindong) 阿媽
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 阿嬸, 阿奶, 阿嫂, 阿媽
Huazhou (Xin'an) 哀子
Lianjiang (Shijiao) 阿媽, 哀子, 阿奶
Lianjiang (Qingping) 阿媽, 哀
Mengshan (Xihe) 娘, 嫂
Luchuan 阿姆
Sabah (Longchuan) 阿姆
Senai (Huiyang) 阿媽
Singkawang 阿姆
Huizhou Jixi 姆, 娘 <>
Shexian 姆媽, 媽媽, 阿姨
Jin Taiyuan 媽, 媽媽
Yangyuan 母親, 媽媽, 媽, 娘
Datong 母親, 媽
Xinzhou 波哇, 波波呀, 呀波呀, 波, 波波
Lüliang (Lishi) 母親, 媽
Changzhi 娘, 媽
Linhe 母親, 媽媽, 媽
Jining 媽媽
Hohhot 母親, 媽媽
Erenhot 母親, 媽媽
Pingshan 母親, 娘
Zhangjiakou 母親, 媽媽, 媽, 娘
Handan 母親, 娘
Linzhou 娘
Suide 媽
Northern Min Jian'ou 依呀, 媽媽, 奶 <>
Eastern Min Fuzhou 依媽, 依奶, 娘嬭 <>
Fuqing 奶, 依奶, 媽媽, 依娜, 娘嬭 <>
Matsu 依奶, 娘嬭 <>
Singapore (Fuqing) 媽媽
Southern Min Xiamen 阿母, 阿母仔, 母仔, 阿媽, 阿娘, 老母 <>, 娘嬭 <>
Xiamen (Tong'an) 老母 <>, 俺母仔
Quanzhou 阿母, 母仔, 阿娘, 老母 <>
Hui'an 阿娘
Zhangzhou 阿母, 母仔, 咉奶, 嘔傴 euphemistic, 老母 <>, 娘嬭 <>
Taipei 阿母, 阿娘, 媽媽, 老母 <>
New Taipei (Sanxia) 阿母, 阿娘, 姨仔, 老母 <>
Kaohsiung 卡桑, 阿母仔, 老母 <>
Yilan 阿母, 阿娘, 老母 <>
Changhua (Lukang) 阿母, 阿娘, 姨仔, 老母 <>
Taichung 媽媽, 阿母, 老母 <>
Tainan 歐卡桑, 阿母, 俺娘仔, 娘嬭, 老母 <>
Hsinchu 媽媽, 阿娘, 阿母, 老母 <>
Kinmen 俺娘仔, 老母 <>, 俺母 <>
Penghu (Magong) 阿母, 老母 <>
Penang (Hokkien) 阿母, 阿媽, 媽媽, 媽, 老母 <>
Singapore (Hokkien) 阿母, 老母 <>
Manila (Hokkien) 媽媽, 媽, 阿母, 母仔, 老母 <>
Chaozhou 阿媽, 阿娘, 阿姈, 阿嬡 <>
Shantou 阿媽, 阿嬡, 阿姈, 阿母, 嬡 <>, 母 <>
Shantou (Chenghai) 阿媽, 嬡 <>, 母 <>
Jieyang 阿媽, 阿嬡, 阿娘, 阿姈
Haifeng 媽, 媽媽, 阿媽
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 阿媽, 媽媽, 媽 <>
Singapore (Teochew) 阿媽, 阿嬡, 母 <>
Leizhou 嬭, 嫂 dated, 姨 dated, 母 <>, 尼母 <>, 尼姨 <>, dated, 尼嫂 <>, dated
Haikou 阿媽, 阿姐, 阿娘 dated, 阿嫂 dated, 母 <>
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 媽媽, 媽, 老母 <>
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 媽, 阿嫂, 阿嬸, 阿媼 dated, 老娘 <>
Binyang 母親, 嬸
Wu Shanghai 媽媽, 姆媽, 娘 <>
Shanghai (Chongming) 姆媽, 娘 <>
Suzhou 姆媽, 娘 <>
Danyang 媽, 娘
Hangzhou 姆媽, 媽媽, 娘 <>
Ningbo 阿姆, 姆媽, 阿娘 <>, 老娘 <>
Wenzhou 阿媽, 阿奶, 奶
Jinhua 姆媽, 娘 <>
Xiang Changsha 媽媽, 姆媽, 娘老子, 娘 <>
Loudi 依爺, 姆媽, 娘老子, 娘 <>
Shuangfeng 姆媽, 娘 <>
Hengyang 姆媽 new-style, 娭毑 old-style, 娘 <>, 娘老倌 <>, 娘老倌子 <>
Note <> - non-face-to-face
Dialectal synonyms of 媽媽 (“mum (non-face-to-face)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 母, 娘
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 母親
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 媽媽, 媽, 娘
Taiwan 媽媽, 媽
Harbin 媽, 媽媽
Shenyang 媽媽
Singapore 媽媽, 老媽, 媽
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 媽媽
Jinan 媽, 媽媽, 娘
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 媽
Central Plains Mandarin Wanrong 嬤
Wanrong (Ronghe) 媽
Xi'an 媽
Xining 阿媽, 媽媽, 姆媽
Xuzhou 媽媽, 娘, 大兒
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 媽
Lanzhou 媽, 老媽
Ürümqi 老娘
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 媽媽, 媽
Wuhan 姆媽, 媽媽, 老娘, 黎山老 slang, 孟子見 dated slang
Guiyang 媽, 老媽 humorous
Kunming 媽媽
Liuzhou 媽, 阿媽, 娘老, 老媽子
Mae Salong (Lancang) 阿媽, 媽媽
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 媽
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 媽, 姆媽, 娘, 吾媽
Yangzhou 媽媽, 姆媽, 老娘
Nantong 娘嬭
Hefei 媽, 媽爺
Cantonese Guangzhou 老母, 阿媽
Hong Kong 老母, 老媽子, 阿媽, 媽咪, 媽媽, 媽打
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 老母, 阿奶
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 阿媽, 媽
Macau 老母
Guangzhou (Panyu) 老母
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 老母
Guangzhou (Conghua) 老母
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 老母
Foshan 老母
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 老母
Foshan (Shunde) 老母
Foshan (Sanshui) 老母
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 老母, 母親
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 老母
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 老母
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 老母
Zhuhai (Doumen) 老母
Jiangmen (Baisha) 老母
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 老母
Taishan 老母, 媽
Kaiping (Chikan) 老母
Enping (Niujiang) 老母
Heshan (Yayao) 老母
Dongguan 阿媽, 阿奶, 阿姐, 老母, 老乸 Changping, 媽媽 childish, 媽咪 childish
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 老母
Shaoguan 老母
Yunfu 老母
Yangjiang 阿奶
Xinyi 老母
Nanning 媽, 老乸
Hepu (Lianzhou) 俺乸
Beihai 老奶
Beihai (Nankang) 阿娘
Beihai (Yingpan) 老媽, 阿嬸
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 老媽子
Singapore (Guangfu) 老母, 阿媽
Gan Nanchang 姆媽, 娘
Lichuan 娘, 家母
Pingxiang 姆媽, 娘老子
Hakka Meixian 阿姆, 阿媽, 哀仔
Xingning 哀哩, 阿媽
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 阿奶
Huidong (Daling) 阿姆, 媽
Dongguan (Qingxi) 阿姆
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 阿姆
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 阿姆
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 阿嫲, 阿娘, 阿姆
Wuhua (Huacheng) 阿嫲, 阿娘, 阿姆, 哀哩
Wuhua (Changbu) 阿媽, 阿姆
Wuhua (Mianyang) 阿娘
Wuhua (Meilin) 阿嫲
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 哀子
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 阿姆
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 阿姆
Changting 哀哩
Wuping 哀哩
Wuping (Pingyu) 哀子
Liancheng 哀
Ninghua 姆媽
Ruijin 哀, 乳子
Shicheng 哀
Shangyou (Shexi) 姐佬
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 哀仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 哀仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 哀仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 哀
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 哀仔
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 哀
Hong Kong 阿姆
Singkawang 哀
Huizhou Jixi 姆, 娘
Jin Taiyuan 媽媽, 媽
Xinzhou 波, 波波
Northern Min Jian'ou 奶
Eastern Min Fuzhou 娘嬭
Fuqing 娘嬭
Matsu 娘嬭
Southern Min Xiamen 老母, 娘嬭, 阿娘
Xiamen (Tong'an) 老母
Quanzhou 老母, 阿娘
Jinjiang 老母
Zhangzhou 老母, 娘嬭, 豬母 humorous
Taipei 老母
New Taipei (Sanxia) 老母
Kaohsiung 老母
Yilan 老母
Changhua (Lukang) 老母
Taichung 老母, 媽媽
Tainan 老母
Hsinchu 老母
Kinmen 老母, 俺母
Penghu (Magong) 老母
Penang (Hokkien) 老母
Singapore (Hokkien) 老母
Manila (Hokkien) 老母
Chaozhou 阿嬡
Shantou 嬡, 母, 阿嬡, 阿姈, 阿母
Shantou (Chenghai) 嬡, 母
Haifeng 媽, 媽媽
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 阿媽, 媽
Singapore (Teochew) 母, 老母
Leizhou 嬭, 母, 尼母, 尼姨 dated, 尼嫂 dated
Haikou 母
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 老母, 媽媽, 媽咪
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 媽, 老娘, 嫂, 嬸, 阿媼 dated
Binyang 母親, 嬸
Wu Shanghai 娘
Shanghai (Chongming) 娘
Suzhou 娘, 姆媽
Danyang 媽, 娘
Hangzhou 姆媽, 媽媽, 娘
Ningbo 阿娘, 老娘
Wenzhou 阿媽, 阿奶, 奶
Jinhua 娘
Xiang Changsha 媽媽, 娘, 姆媽, 娘老子
Loudi 依爺, 姆媽, 娘, 娘老子
Shuangfeng 姆媽, 娘
Hengyang 娘, 娘老倌, 娘老倌子

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (娘):

Others:

  • → Khmer: នាង (niəng, “young woman; girl”)
  • → Lao: ນາງ (nāng, “woman; girl; lady; Mrs.”)
  • → Thai: นาง (naang, “woman; wife; female lover”)
  • → Vietnamese: nàng (“lady; young woman; she”)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Definitions

娘

  1. (Cantonese) old-fashioned
Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

娘

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
娘
むすめ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese.[1][2][3] First cited to the Nihon Shoki of 720.[1]

Analyzed as a compound of 生す (musu, “to beget”) +‎ 女 (me, “female”).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

Noun

娘(むすめ) • (musume)  (counter 人)

  1. (humble) a daughter
    • 2007 October 20, Izawa, Hiroshi with Yamada, Kotaro, “最(さい)終(しゅう)話(わ)：それぞれの道(みち)へ (Saishūwa: Sorezore no Michi e, “Final Chapter: Epilog”)”, in ファイアーエムブレム：覇(は)者(しゃ)の剣(つるぎ) (Faiā Emuburemu: Hasha no Tsurugi, “Fire Emblem: Sword of Champions”), Jump Remix edition, volume 5 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 352:
      王(おう)国(こく)の『娘(むすめ)』セシリア
      Ōkoku no ‘Musume’ Seshiria
      Cecilia, ‘Daughter’ of the Kingdom
Synonyms
See also

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
娘
こ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling. See 子 (ko).

Noun

娘(こ) • (ko) 

  1. Alternative spelling of 子 (“girl”)
    • 1996 February 20 [1988 February 15], Mitsuru Adachi, “テイク・オフ (Teiku Ofu, “Take Off”)”, in ショートプログラム (漫(まん)画(が)) (Shōto Puroguramu (manga), “Short Program (manga)”), 25th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 107:
      自(じ)分(ぶん)で自(じ)分(ぶん)の行(こう)動(どう)に条(じょう)件(けん)をつけちゃうんだよ、この娘(こ)—— 例(たと)えば、毎(まい)年(とし)初(はつ)雪(ゆき)が降(ふ)るまでモチは食(く)わないとか、霊(れい)柩(きゅう)車(しゃ)が通(とお)るまで道(みち)を渡(わた)らないとか、ネコがあくびするまでコタツを出(で)ないとか。
      Jibun de jibun no kōdō ni jōken o tsukechaun da yo, kono ko—— Tatoeba, maitoshi hatsuyuki ga furu made mochi wa kuwanai toka, reikyūsha ga tōru made michi o wataranai toka, neko ga akubisuru made kotatsu o denai toka.
      This girl, I’m telling you, she sets terms for every of her own actions— Like, not eating mochi until the first snowfall of each year, not crossing the street until the hearse passes by, or not leaving the kotatsu until her cat yawns.
Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “娘”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 “娘”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 娘 (MC nrjang). Recorded as Middle Korean 냐ᇰ (nyang) (Yale: nyang) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

娘 (eumhun 아가씨 낭 (agassi nang))
娘 (eumhun 아가씨 랑 (agassi rang))

  1. hanja form? of 낭/랑 (“woman”)

Compounds

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [3]

Tày

Noun

娘 (nàng)

  1. Nôm form of nàng.

References

  • Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎[4] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

Vietnamese

Han character

娘: Hán Nôm readings: nương, nàng, nường

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