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嬤嬤

简嬷嬷 · 繁嬤嬤

Mandarin · pinyin mó mo

(dialect) elderly lady
wet nurse
Catholic nun

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嬷: mó · mother

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2–5 · mo2 mo5

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noun

(dialectal Mandarin) a form of address for an elderly woman
(dialectal Mandarin) wet nurse
(Catholicism, Orthodoxy) nun; sister

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