契媽

Chinese

		contract	mother; mama
trad. (契媽)		契	媽
simp. (契妈)		契	妈

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): kai³ maa¹

  (Dongguan, Jyutping++): koi³ maa^1-0

• Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): ki³ maa³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kai³ maa¹
    • Yale: kai mā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kai³ maa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kei³ ma¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐi̯³³ maː⁵⁵/
  • (Dongguan, Guancheng)
    • Jyutping++: koi³ maa^1-0
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɔi³² ma²¹³⁻⁵⁵/
• Southern Pinghua
  • (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
    • Jyutping++: ki³ maa³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi⁵⁵ ma⁵⁵/

Noun

契媽

1. (Liuzhou Mandarin, Cantonese, Southern Pinghua) godmother; (nominally) adoptive mother

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		乾媽, 乾娘, 義母
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	乾媽, 乾娘
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	乾娘
	Wanrong	乾媽
	Xi'an	乾媽
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	乾媽
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	乾媽
	Liuzhou	乾媽, 契媽
Cantonese	Guangzhou	契媽
	Hong Kong	契媽
	Dongguan	契媽
Gan	Nanchang	乾娘
	Lichuan	契娘
	Pingxiang	乾娘
Hakka	Meixian	相認哀
	Yudu	契姐, 奶媽
Northern Min	Jian'ou	老奶
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	義奶, 義娘奶
Southern Min	Xiamen	契母
	Quanzhou	契母
	Jinjiang	契母
	Zhangzhou	契母
	Tainan	契母 GT
	Manila (Hokkien)	契母
	Shantou	契母, 契哀
	Jieyang	契哀
	Leizhou	契嬭
Puxian Min	Putian	結義的娘嬭
	Xianyou	結義的娘嬭
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	契媽, 契娘
Wu	Suzhou	乾娘
	Hangzhou	乾娘
Xiang	Hengyang	乾娘
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Dialectal synonyms of 乾媽 (“godmother; (nominally) adoptive mother”) [map]