| Variety
| Location
| Words |
| Classical Chinese |
祖母 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) |
祖母 |
| Northeastern Mandarin |
Beijing |
奶奶, 奶 |
| Taiwan |
奶奶, 阿嬤 |
| Harbin |
奶奶, 奶 |
| Shenyang |
奶奶 |
| Singapore |
奶奶 |
| Jilu Mandarin |
Tianjin |
奶奶 |
| Jinan |
奶奶 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin |
Yantai (Muping) |
婆, 婆婆 |
| Qingdao |
奶奶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin |
Luoyang |
奶奶, 奶 |
| Wanrong |
娘 |
| Zhengzhou |
奶奶, 奶 |
| Xi'an |
奶, 婆 suburbs, 拿拿 Hui |
| Xining |
奶奶 |
| Xuzhou |
奶奶 |
| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) |
奶奶, 阿奶 |
| Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) |
拿拿 |
| Lanyin Mandarin |
Yinchuan |
奶奶 |
| Lanzhou |
奶奶 |
| Ürümqi |
奶奶, 阿奶 Hui |
| Southwestern Mandarin |
Chengdu |
婆婆, 奶奶 |
| Wuhan |
太, 奶奶, 婆婆 dated |
| Guiyang |
太太, 奶奶, 老太太 |
| Kunming |
奶, 奶奶 |
| Guilin |
奶奶 |
| Liuzhou |
婆, 奶, 阿奶 |
| Shanglin (Sanli) |
婆 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin |
Nanjing |
奶奶, 奶, 吾奶 |
| Yangzhou |
奶奶, 太太 dated |
| Nantong |
奶奶 |
| Hefei |
奶奶 |
| Huanggang |
婆婆 |
| Cantonese |
Guangzhou |
阿嫲 |
| Hong Kong |
阿嫲, 嫲嫲 |
| Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) |
阿婆, 阿嫲 |
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) |
阿嫲, 嫲 |
| Hong Kong (Ting Kok) |
阿婆 |
| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) |
阿婆 |
| Macau |
阿嫲 |
| Guangzhou (Xinjiao, Haizhu) |
阿嫲 |
| Guangzhou (Longxi, Liwan) |
阿嫲 |
| Guangzhou (Huangpu) |
阿嫲 |
| Guangzhou (Xinshi, Baiyun) |
阿嫲 |
| Guangzhou (Shijing, Baiyun) |
阿嫲 |
| Guangzhou (Jiangcun, Baiyun) |
阿嫲 |
| Guangzhou (Longgui, Baiyun) |
阿嫲 |
| Guangzhou (Renhe, Baiyun) |
阿嫲 |
| Guangzhou (Zhuliao, Baiyun) |
阿嫲 |
| Guangzhou (Zhongluotan, Baiyun) |
阿嫲 |
| Guangzhou (Jiufo, Huangpu) |
阿嫲 |
| Guangzhou (Panyu) |
阿嫲 |
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) |
阿嫲 |
| Guangzhou (Conghua) |
阿嫲 |
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng) |
阿婆, 阿嫲 |
| Foshan |
阿嫲 |
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) |
阿人 |
| Foshan (Shunde) |
阿人 |
| Foshan (Sanshui) |
阿嫲 |
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) |
阿婆 |
| Zhongshan (Shiqi) |
阿婆 |
| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) |
阿婆 |
| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) |
阿婆 |
| Zhuhai (Doumen) |
阿婆 |
| Jiangmen (Baisha) |
阿婆 |
| Jiangmen (Xinhui) |
阿婆 |
| Taishan |
阿人 |
| Kaiping (Chikan) |
阿人 |
| Enping (Niujiang) |
阿人 |
| Heshan (Yayao) |
阿嫲 |
| Dongguan |
阿嫲, 嫲嫲, 阿婆 |
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) |
阿媽, 阿嫲 |
| Shenzhen (Dapeng) |
阿婆 |
| Qingyuan |
阿婆 |
| Fogang |
阿嫲 |
| Yingde (Hanguang) |
阿嫲 |
| Yangshan |
阿婆 |
| Lianshan (Butian) |
吾妣 |
| Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) |
阿婆 |
| Shaoguan |
阿婆, 阿嫲 |
| Shaoguan (Qujiang) |
阿婆, 阿嫲 |
| Renhua |
阿婆, 阿嫲 |
| Lechang |
阿嫲 |
| Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) |
阿嫲, 阿奶 |
| Sihui |
阿婆 |
| Guangning |
阿婆 |
| Deqing |
阿婆, 阿奶 |
| Huaiji |
阿婆 |
| Fengkai (Nanfeng) |
婆 |
| Yunfu |
阿奶 |
| Xinxing |
阿娘 |
| Luoding |
阿嫲 |
| Yunan (Pingtai) |
阿嫲 |
| Yangjiang |
阿婆, 阿嫲 |
| Xinyi |
阿婆 |
| Maoming (Xinpo) |
阿婆 |
| Lianjiang |
阿嫲 |
| Wuchuan (Wuyang) |
奶, 阿奶 |
| Nanning |
阿婆, 婆, 奶奶 |
| Wuzhou |
阿嫲 |
| Yulin |
阿婆 |
| Hepu (Lianzhou) |
阿嫲 |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) |
阿嫲 |
| Singapore (Guangfu) |
阿嫲, 嫲嫲 |
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) |
阿嫲 |
| Gan |
Nanchang |
婆婆, 奶奶 |
| Lichuan |
姆媽 |
| Pingxiang |
婆婆 |
| Hakka |
Meixian |
阿婆 |
| Xingning |
阿婆 |
| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) |
阿婆, 阿嫲 |
| Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) |
阿婆 |
| Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) |
阿婆 |
| Huiyang |
阿婆 |
| Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua) |
阿嫲, 阿婆 |
| Huidong (Daling) |
阿婆 |
| Dongguan (Qingxi) |
阿婆 |
| Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua) |
阿婆 |
| Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) |
阿嫲 |
| Boluo (Bendihua) |
阿婆, 阿嫲 |
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) |
阿婆 |
| Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) |
阿婆 |
| Zhongshan (Wuguishan) |
阿婆 |
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) |
阿婆 |
| Wuhua (Shuizhai) |
阿婆 |
| Wuhua (Huacheng) |
阿婆 |
| Wuhua (Changbu) |
阿婆 |
| Wuhua (Mianyang) |
阿婆 |
| Heyuan (Bendihua) |
阿婆, 祖婆 |
| Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua) |
阿嫲 |
| Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) |
阿婆 |
| Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) |
阿濟 |
| Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) |
阿濟 |
| Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua) |
阿嫲 |
| Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) |
阿嫲 |
| Wengyuan |
阿婆 |
| Shaoguan (Qujiang) |
娭姐 |
| Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) |
阿嫲 |
| Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) |
阿嫲 |
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) |
阿婆 |
| Liannan |
阿婆 |
| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) |
阿婆 |
| Jiexi |
阿婆 |
| Luhe |
阿婆 |
| Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) |
阿嬤 |
| Changting |
娭姐 |
| Wuping |
娭姐 |
| Wuping (Yanqian) |
娭姐 |
| Wuping (Pingyu) |
阿婆 |
| Liancheng |
阿姐, 媽 |
| Ninghua |
媽媽 |
| Yudu |
婆婆, 婆, 婆奶 |
| Ningdu |
婆婆 |
| Ruijin |
奶奶, 奶 |
| Shicheng |
婆 |
| Shangyou (Shexi) |
奶奶, 阿奶 |
| Tonggu (Sandu) |
姐姐 |
| Ganzhou (Panlong) |
奶奶 |
| Dayu |
奶奶 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) |
阿婆 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) |
阿婆, 阿嬤 |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) |
阿婆 |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) |
阿婆, 阿奶 |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) |
阿嬤, 阿婆 |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) |
阿媽 |
| Hong Kong |
阿婆 |
| Yangxi (Tangkou) |
阿婆 |
| Yangchun (Sanjia) |
阿婆 |
| Xinyi (Sihe) |
阿婆 |
| Xinyi (Qianpai) |
阿婆 |
| Gaozhou (Xindong) |
阿婆 |
| Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) |
阿婆 |
| Huazhou (Xin'an) |
阿婆 |
| Lianjiang (Shijiao) |
阿婆 |
| Lianjiang (Qingping) |
阿婆, 阿媽 |
| Mengshan (Xihe) |
婆 |
| Luchuan |
阿婆 |
| Luchuan (Daqiao) |
阿婆 |
| Sabah (Longchuan) |
阿婆 |
| Senai (Huiyang) |
阿婆 |
| Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) |
阿媽 |
| Singkawang |
阿婆 |
| Huizhou |
Jixi |
婦, 阿婦 |
| Shexian |
奶奶, 老姨 |
| Huangshan (Tunxi) |
老婄, 婄 |
| Xiuning |
阿婄, 婄, 奶兒, 阿奶 |
| Yixian |
老婦兒 |
| Qimen |
嫗兒, 娪娭 |
| Wuyuan |
婆婆 |
| Fuliang |
媽媽 |
| Dexing |
娘 |
| Jingde |
奶奶 |
| Shitai (Xianyu) |
奶奶 |
| Jin |
Taiyuan |
奶奶 |
| Pingyao |
娘娘 |
| Xinzhou |
娘娘啊, 呀娘, 娘娘 |
| Linhe |
娘娘 |
| Hohhot |
奶奶 |
| Dongsheng |
娘娘 |
| Northern Min |
Jian'ou |
奶奶, 媽媽 |
| Jian'ou (Dikou) |
阿媽 |
| Songxi |
嫲老 |
| Zhenghe |
媽老 |
| Zhenghe (Zhenqian) |
阿老 |
| Jianyang |
媽媽 |
| Wuyishan |
媽媽 |
| Pucheng (Shibei) |
媽媽, 阿大 |
| Eastern Min |
Fuzhou |
依媽 |
| Fuzhou (Changle) |
依媽 |
| Fuqing |
阿媽, 媽 |
| Yongtai |
依媽 |
| Gutian |
媽 |
| Fu'an |
婆 |
| Ningde |
婆 |
| Shouning |
阿婆 |
| Zhouning |
阿婆 |
| Fuding |
阿媽 |
| Matsu |
依媽 |
| Singapore (Fuqing) |
阿媽 |
| Southern Min |
Xiamen |
阿媽, 俺媽, 內媽 |
| Xiamen (Tong'an) |
俺媽, 阿媽 |
| Quanzhou |
阿媽, 引媽, 媽仔, 內媽 |
| Jinjiang |
俺媽, 引媽 |
| Yongchun |
阿媽, 媽 |
| Zhangzhou |
阿媽, 咉媽, 內媽 |
| Zhangzhou (Changtai) |
媽 |
| Zhao'an |
媽 |
| Dongshan |
阿媽 |
| Taipei |
阿媽 |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) |
阿媽 |
| Kaohsiung |
阿媽 |
| Yilan |
阿媽 |
| Changhua (Lukang) |
阿媽, 俺媽 |
| Taichung |
阿媽 |
| Taichung (Wuqi) |
阿媽 |
| Tainan |
阿媽, 內媽 |
| Taitung |
阿媽 |
| Hsinchu |
阿媽 |
| Kinmen |
俺媽 |
| Penghu (Magong) |
阿媽 |
| Penang (Hokkien) |
阿媽, 媽 |
| Singapore (Hokkien) |
阿媽, 俺媽, 內媽 |
| Manila (Hokkien) |
阿媽, 俺媽, 引媽 |
| Longyan |
媽 |
| Zhangping |
媽 |
| Zhangping (Yongfu) |
俺媽 |
| Datian |
阿媽 |
| Pingnan (Shangdu) |
阿媽, 媽 |
| Chaozhou |
阿媽 |
| Shantou |
阿媽 |
| Shantou (Chenghai) |
阿媽 |
| Jieyang |
阿媽 |
| Haifeng |
媽, 阿媽 |
| Bangkok (Teochew) |
阿媽 |
| Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew) |
內媽 |
| Johor Bahru (Teochew) |
阿媽 |
| Singapore (Teochew) |
阿媽 |
| Leizhou |
尼奶, 尼媽, 奶, 媽 |
| Wenchang |
奶, 婆 |
| Haikou |
阿媽 face-to-face, 阿婆 face-to-face, 媽 non-face-to-face, 婆 non-face-to-face |
| Singapore (Hainanese) |
阿婆 |
| Puxian Min |
Putian |
阿媽 |
| Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) |
阿媽 |
| Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) |
阿媽 |
| Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) |
阿媽 |
| Xianyou |
阿媽 |
| Xianyou (Fengting) |
阿媽 |
| Xianyou (Youyang) |
阿媽 |
| Central Min |
Yong'an |
俺媽 |
| Sanming (Sanyuan) |
婆媽 |
| Sanming (Shaxian) |
俺媽 |
| Zhongshan Min |
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) |
婆 |
| Zhongshan (Sanxiang) |
婆, 阿婆 |
| Southern Pinghua |
Nanning (Tingzi) |
奶, 阿奶, 奶奶, 太婆 |
| Northern Pinghua |
Guilin (Dahe) |
奶奶 |
| Shehua |
Fu'an |
阿婆 |
| Fuding |
阿嫲 |
| Luoyuan |
阿嫲 |
| Sanming |
阿嫲 |
| Shunchang |
阿婆 |
| Hua'an |
阿婆 |
| Guixi (Zhangping) |
阿婆 |
| Cangnan |
嫲 |
| Jingning (Hexi) |
姐 |
| Lishui |
姐 |
| Longyou |
阿姐 |
| Chaozhou |
姐 |
| Fengshun |
姐 |
| Waxiang |
Guzhang (Gaofeng) |
婆 |
| Wu |
Shanghai |
爾奶, 阿奶, 奶奶 younger speakers, 阿孃 younger speakers, 祖母 |
| Shanghai (Chuansha, Pudong) |
爾奶 |
| Shanghai (Jinshan) |
孃孃 |
| Shanghai (Qingpu) |
親媽, 爾奶, 太婆, 老姆媽 |
| Shanghai (Jiading) |
親媽, 老姆媽, 阿婆 |
| Shanghai (Yuepu, Baoshan) |
阿婆 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) |
裡婆, 親婆, 婆, 阿婆, 婆阿 |
| Suzhou |
好婆, 好親婆, 親婆 |
| Wuxi |
親娘 |
| Danyang |
嫚嫚 |
| Hangzhou |
奶奶 |
| Ningbo |
阿娘 |
| Wenzhou |
娘娘, 祖婆, 祖婆娘, 阿娘 |
| Jinhua |
媽媽 |
| Jinhua (Tangxi) |
媽媽 |
| Xiang |
Changsha |
娭毑 |
| Xiangtan |
娭毑 |
| Loudi |
佳婆, 奶奶 |
| Shuangfeng |
奶奶 |
| Hengyang |
奶奶 |
| Quanzhou |
奶奶 |