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娘娘
Mandarin · pinyin niáng niang
Meanings
- queen
- empress
- imperial concubine
- Goddess, esp. Xi Wangmu 王母娘娘 or 西王母, Queen Mother of the West
- mother
- aunt
Characters in this entry
- 娘
- niáng · mother; young girl; woman; wife
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Mandarin tones
2–5 · niang2 niang5
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noeng4 noeng4
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
noun
- (archaic) lady (a term for use when addressing an empress or a consort)
- (religion) lady (a term for use when addressing a goddess)
- (honorific, archaic) woman; lady
- (archaic) mother
- (dialectal) paternal grandmother
- (dialectal) father's sister; paternal aunt
noun
- (Jin) maternal grandmother
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