大媽

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Chinese[edit]

 
big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
mother; mama
trad. (大媽)
simp. (大妈)
alternative forms 大馬大马 Eastern Min
大嬤大嬷 Eastern Min

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Noun[edit]

大媽

  1. (colloquial) paternal aunt (father's elder brother's wife)
  2. An affectionate term of address for an elderly woman.
  3. (Northern Min, Eastern Min, Puxian Min) great-grandmother
  4. (Cantonese) term of address for one's father's first wife, used by children of the father's concubines
  5. (Hong Kong Cantonese, derogatory) (elderly) woman, especially one from Mainland China

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