伴娘

Chinese

		partner; companion; associate partner; companion; associate; to accompany; comrade	mother; young lady
trad. (伴娘)		伴	娘
simp. #(伴娘)		伴	娘

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bànniáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄋㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun⁶ noeng^4-2
• Jin (Wiktionary): ban³ nion¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phōaⁿ-niû / phǒaⁿ-niû / phōaⁿ-niô͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bànniáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄋㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bànniáng
    • Wade–Giles: pan⁴-niang²
    • Yale: bàn-nyáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannniang
    • Palladius: баньнян (banʹnjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹ ni̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun⁶ noeng^4-2
    • Yale: buhn néung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun⁶ noeng^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun⁶ nêng^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn²² nœːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ban³ nion¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /pæ̃⁴⁵ niɒ̃¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phōaⁿ-niû
    • Tâi-lô: phuānn-niû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phvoaxniuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰuã²²⁻²¹ niũ²⁴/
    • IPA (Yilan): /pʰuã³³⁻²¹ niũ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phǒaⁿ-niû
    • Tâi-lô: phuǎnn-niû
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰuã²² niũ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phōaⁿ-niô͘
    • Tâi-lô: phuānn-niôo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰuã²²⁻²¹ niɔ̃¹³/

Noun

伴娘

1. bridesmaid

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		伴娘
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	伴娘
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	女儐相
Central Plains Mandarin	Xining	女儐相
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	伴媽, 伴娘
	Yangzhou	伴娘
Cantonese	Guangzhou	姊妹
	Hong Kong	伴娘, 姊妹
	Dongguan	伴娘, 陪嫁娘
Gan	Nanchang	伴娘
Jin	Taiyuan	伴娘
Northern Min	Jian'ou	伴嫁奶
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	新人伴
Southern Min	Xiamen	新娘伴, 新娘替, 伴嫁
	Quanzhou	新儂伴, 新儂替
	Zhangzhou	新娘伴
	Taipei	送嫁, 新娘牚
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	伴嫁
	Kaohsiung	伴嫁
	Yilan	伴娘
	Changhua (Lukang)	伴行
	Taichung	伴嫁
	Tainan	伴嫁
	Hsinchu	伴嫁
	Kinmen	伴嫁
	Penghu (Magong)	伴嫁
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	伴郎妹
Wu	Shanghai	伴娘, 伴姑娘, 喜娘
	Jinhua	陪堂姑娘
Xiang	Changsha	伴媽, 伴婆

Dialectal synonyms of 伴娘 (“bridesmaid”) [map]

See also

• 伴郎 (bànláng)