乾娘

See also: 干娘

Chinese

		dry; clean; male dry; clean; male; strong; one of the Eight Trigrams; surname	mother; young lady
trad. (乾娘)		乾	娘
simp. (干娘)		干	娘

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gānniáng

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄢㄋㄧㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gon¹ noeng⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: gānniáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄢㄋㄧㄤˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ganniang
  - IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵ ni̯ɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gon¹ noeng⁴
  - Yale: gōn nèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gon¹ noeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gon¹ nêng⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /kɔːn⁵⁵ nœ̽ːŋ²¹/

Noun

乾娘

(colloquial) godmother

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