姑母

Chinese

		paternal aunt	female; mother
trad. (姑母)		姑	母
simp. #(姑母)		姑	母

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gūmǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨ ㄇㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu¹ mou⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gūmǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨ ㄇㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gumǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ku¹-mu³
    • Yale: gū-mǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gumuu
    • Palladius: гуму (gumu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu¹ mou⁵
    • Yale: gū móuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu¹ mou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu¹ mou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː⁵⁵ mou̯¹³/

Noun

姑母

1. father's sister; paternal aunt

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 姑姑 (“paternal aunt (father's sister)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		姑母
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	姑媽 §, 姑姑, 姑兒, 娘兒
	Taiwan	姑姑
	Harbin	姑, 姑姑
	Shenyang	姑姑
	Singapore	姑姑
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	姑姑, 姑
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	姑
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	姑
	Wanrong	姑
	Wanrong (Ronghe)	姑
	Xi'an	姑媽 †, 姑 ‡
	Xining	娘娘
	Xuzhou	姑娘, 姑姑, 姑兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	姑媽
	Lanzhou	娘娘
	Ürümqi	姑媽 †, 姑姑 ‡
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	姑媽 §, 娘娘
	Wuhan	姑媽 §, 娘娘, 葉葉, 小爹 dated
	Guiyang	姑媽 §, 娘娘 ‡≠
	Kunming	姑媽 §, 娘 ≠
	Liuzhou	姑媽 †, 姑 ‡, 阿姑 ‡
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	姑媽 †, 娘娘 ‡
	Yangzhou	娘娘, 大姑子 † eldest
	Nantong	姑媽 †
	Hefei	姑佬, 佬佬, 佬
Cantonese	Guangzhou	姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
	Hong Kong	姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	大姑 †, 姑仔 ‡
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	大姑 †, 阿姑 ‡
	Macau	姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	姑母 †, 娘仔 ‡
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	阿娘 †, 阿姑 ‡
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	大姑 †, 姑媽 †, 阿姑 ‡, 姑姐 ‡
	Foshan	姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	姑姐
	Foshan (Shunde)	姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
	Foshan (Sanshui)	姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	阿姑
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	阿姑
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	阿姑
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	阿姑 †, 姑仔 ‡
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	阿姑
	Taishan	阿姑, 大姑 †, 姑 ‡, 姑仔 ‡
	Kaiping (Chikan)	阿姑
	Enping (Niujiang)	阿姑
	Heshan (Yayao)	姑媽 †, 阿姑 ‡
	Dongguan	阿姑, 姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	大姑 †, 姑媽 †, 阿姑 ‡, 姑姐 ‡
	Shaoguan	姑媽, 姑姐
	Yunfu	阿姑
	Yangjiang	大姑 †, 阿姑 ‡
	Xinyi	阿姑
	Lianjiang	𡜵奶 †, 姑 ‡, 姑仔 ‡, 阿姑 ‡
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	姑媽, 姑姐 ≠
	Singapore (Guangfu)	姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡
Gan	Nanchang	姑娘, 姑姑, 姑, 大娘, 大姑娘
	Lichuan	姑, 大姑 †
	Pingxiang	姑娘
Hakka	Meixian	阿姑
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	阿姑
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	大姑 †, 阿姑 ‡
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	大姑 †, 細姑 ‡
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	大姑 †, 姑仔 ‡
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	阿姑
	Yudu	姑姑, 姑姊
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	阿姑
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	阿姑
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	阿姑
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	阿姑
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	阿姑
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	阿姑
	Hong Kong	大姑 †, 姑仔 ‡
	Senai (Huiyang)	阿姑
Huizhou	Jixi	姑, 姑姑
Jin	Taiyuan	姑姑, 姑媽
	Xinzhou	姑姑 ∅, 姑姑啊 ¶
Northern Min	Jian'ou	姑姑
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	大細姑, 姑媽 †, 姑 ‡, 依姑 ‡
	Fuqing	姑姐 †, 大姐 †, 姑 ‡, 阿姑 ‡
	Matsu	依姑
	Singapore (Fuqing)	姑姑
Southern Min	Xiamen	阿姑
	Quanzhou	阿姑
	Zhangzhou	阿姑
	Kaohsiung	阿姑
	Yilan	阿姑
	Changhua (Lukang)	阿姑
	Taichung	阿姑
	Taichung (Wuqi)	阿姑
	Tainan	阿姑
	Taitung	阿姑
	Hsinchu	阿姑
	Penghu (Magong)	阿姑
	Penang (Hokkien)	阿姑
	Singapore (Hokkien)	阿姑
	Manila (Hokkien)	阿姑, 姑姑 honorific
	Chaozhou	阿姑
	Shantou	阿姑
	Bangkok (Teochew)	阿姑
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	阿姑
	Singapore (Teochew)	阿姑
	Leizhou	姑母, 尼姑 ‡, ∅, 姑 ‡, ¶, 父姑 ‡
	Wenchang	姆 †, 姑㜥 ‡, 㜥 ‡
	Haikou	姑母 ∅, 阿姑 ¶
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	姑母 †, 姑 ‡
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	姑母 †, 姑 ‡
Wu	Shanghai	娘娘, 姑母, 姑媽 ‡
	Shanghai (Chongming)	姑娘
	Suzhou	嬤嬤 †, 娘娘 ‡
	Danyang	親嫚
	Hangzhou	乾娘
	Ningbo	姑嬤 †, 阿姑 ‡
	Wenzhou	阿娘
	Jinhua	娘娘, 姑 ∅
Xiang	Changsha	姑媽 §, 姑子 ≠, 大姑子 †, 細姑子 ‡
	Loudi	大唧 †, 嫚嫚 ‡
	Shuangfeng	大基 †, 嫚嫚 ‡
	Hengyang	姑伯娘 †, 姑唧 ‡, 嫚嫚 ‡
Note	† - father's elder sister; ‡ - father's younger sister; § - married; ≠ - unmarried; ¶ - face-to-face; ∅ - non-face-to-face

Related terms

• 姑父 (gūfu)