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姑奶奶

Mandarin · pinyin gū nǎi nai

paternal great-aunt (father's father's sister)
(respectful form of address for a married woman used by members of her parents' family) married daughter
(brassy self-reference used by a woman in an altercation) I; me; this lady here
(coll.) form of address for an unmarried girl or woman, expressing affection or reproach

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姑: gū · father's sister; husband's mother
奶: nǎi · milk; woman's breasts; nurse

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1–3–5 · gu1 nai3 nai5

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gu1 naai4 naai2

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noun

(chiefly Mandarin, Jin, Huizhou) paternal grandaunt (paternal grandfather's sister)
(Cantonese) husband's paternal aunt (sister of a woman's father-in-law)
(chiefly Mandarin, colloquial, honorific) one's married daughter
(Beijing Mandarin, Catholicism) nun
(Mandarin, colloquial, derogatory or endearing) Term of address for a girl or woman who is putting on airs or seems hard to please.
(Mandarin, colloquial, women's speech) A conceited term of address for oneself when quarreling.

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