契媽

Chinese

		contract	mother; mama
trad. (契媽)		契	媽
simp. (契妈)		契	妈

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kai³ maa¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kai³ maa¹
    • Yale: kai mā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kai³ maa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kei³ ma¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐi̯³³ maː⁵⁵/

Noun

契媽

1. (Cantonese) adoptive mother

Synonyms

• 乾媽／干妈 (gānmā)
• 乾娘／干娘 (gānniáng)
• (Hakka) 相認哀／相认哀
• (Northern Min) 老奶
• (Eastern Min) 義奶／义奶, 義娘奶／义娘奶
• (Hokkien, Teochew) 契母, 契哀