阿姆
Chinese
(phonetic character); (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people |
governess | ||
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阿 | 姆 | |
Pronunciation
Noun
阿姆
- (dialectal Cantonese, dialectal Gan, Hakka, Chaoyang Teochew, dialectal Wu) mother
- (Nanping Mandarin, dialectal Cantonese, dialectal Hakka, dialectal Min Dong, Min Nan, Puxian Min, Zhejiang Wu) paternal aunt (wife of father's elder brother)
- (Min Nan, honorific) a term of address for a woman of the same generation as but older than one's mother
- (dialectal Mandarin, Zhejiang Wu) wife of husband's elder brother
- (Zhejiang Wu) maidservant
Synonyms
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Further reading
- “Entry #4570”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
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