奶母

Chinese

		breast; lady; milk	female; mother
trad. (奶母)		奶	母
simp. #(奶母)		奶	母
alternative forms		乳母 Hokkien
anagram		母奶

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǎimǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄞˇ ㄇㄨˇ

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ni-bú / leng-bú / lin-bú / leng-bó / ni-bó

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ni¹ bho²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǎimǔ [Phonetic: náimǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄞˇ ㄇㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nǎimǔ
    • Wade–Giles: nai³-mu³
    • Yale: nǎi-mǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: naemuu
    • Palladius: найму (najmu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ni-bú
    • Tâi-lô: ni-bú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ni'buo
    • IPA (Taipei, Tainan): /nĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ bu⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /nĩ⁴⁴⁻²² bu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: leng-bú
    • Tâi-lô: ling-bú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lengbuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ bu⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lin-bú
    • Tâi-lô: lin-bú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: linbuo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lin³³ bu⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: leng-bó
    • Tâi-lô: ling-bó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lengboir
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ bɤ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bo⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ni-bó
    • Tâi-lô: ni-bó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ni'boir
    • IPA (Tainan): /nĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ bɤ⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ni¹ bho²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ni bó
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³³⁻²³ bo⁵²/

Noun

奶母

1. (dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Cantonese, Hokkien, Teochew, Pinghua) wet nurse

Synonyms

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

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		奶媽, 乳母, 乳娘, 奶娘
Mandarin	Beijing	奶媽子, 奶子, 㜷媽, 㜷㜷
	Taiwan	奶媽
	Harbin	奶媽子
	Yantai (Muping)	奶媽子
	Jinan	奶媽子, 奶母
	Luoyang	奶媽兒
	Wanrong	奶母
	Xi'an	奶媽
	Yinchuan	奶媽子
	Lanzhou	奶媽 face-to-face, 奶媽子 non-face-to-face
	Xining	奶媽子
	Ürümqi	奶媽子
	Wuhan	奶媽
	Chengdu	奶媽兒, 奶媽, 奶子
	Guiyang	奶媽
	Guilin (Lingui)	奶媽
	Liuzhou	奶媽
	Liuzhou (Luorong)	奶媽
	Nanning (Wuming)	奶媽
	Xuzhou	奶媽子, 奶媽
	Yangzhou	奶媽
	Singapore	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)	奶媽
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng 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)	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
	Conghua (Lütian)	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	Shaxi (Longdu)	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 (Chongming)	奶娘
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	奶娘, 奶嫲
	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

Derived terms

• 奶母車／奶母车