乾娘

See also: 干娘

Chinese

		dry; clean; male dry; clean; male; strong; one of the Eight Trigrams; surname	mother; young lady
trad. (乾娘)		乾	娘
simp. (干娘)		干	娘

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gānniáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢ ㄋㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gon¹ noeng⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gānniáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢ ㄋㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ganniáng
    • Wade–Giles: kan¹-niang²
    • Yale: gān-nyáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ganniang
    • Palladius: ганьнян (ganʹnjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵ ni̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gon¹ noeng⁴
    • Yale: gōn nèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gon¹ noeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gon¹ nêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːn⁵⁵ nœːŋ²¹/

Noun

乾娘

1. (colloquial) adoptive mother

Synonyms

• 乾媽／干妈 (gānmā)
• (Northern Min) 老奶
• (Eastern Min) 義奶／义奶, 義娘奶／义娘奶
• (Hokkien) 契母