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大媽
简 大妈 · 繁 大媽Mandarin · pinyin dà mā
Meanings
- father's elder brother's wife
- aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman)
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4–1 · da4 ma1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
daai6 maa1
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noun
- (colloquial) paternal aunt (father's elder brother's wife)
- An affectionate term of address for an elderly woman.
- (Northern Min, Eastern Min, Puxian Min) great-grandmother
- (Cantonese) term of address for one's father's first wife, used by children of the father's concubines
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, derogatory) (elderly) woman, especially one from Mainland China
- (derogatory) a middle-aged woman who behaves in a rude, entitled manner; a Karen
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