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HSK
girl / young woman / young lady / daughter / paternal aunt (old) / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
bride
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *娘* | 娘* | *娘
mother / young lady / (coll.) effeminate
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *孃* | 孃* | *孃
variant of
HSK 7-9
(dialect) husband's mother
Cinderella / a sudden rags-to-riches celebrity
queen / empress / imperial concubine / Goddess, esp. Xi Wangmu 王母娘娘 or 西王母, Queen Mother of the West / mother / aunt
my old mother / I, this old woman / my old lady (colloquial) / maternal grandmother / midwife
empress
female proprietor / lady boss / boss's wife
bridesmaid / maid of honor / matron of honor
(dialect) parents
term of respect for a teacher's wife / sorceress
another name for Xi Wangmu 西王母, Queen Mother of the West
female cook
adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
middle-aged but still attractive woman / lady of a certain age
lit. whoever provides milk is your mother (idiom) / fig. to follow whoever is feeding you / to put one's loyalties where one's interests lie
Chinese lantern plant / winter cherry / strawberry ground-cherry / Physalis alkekengi
(coll.) father's older brother's wife / aunt (polite address)
(ACG) catgirl
old lady / Madam (polite address) / CL:
(dialect) wet nurse
matron of honor (old)
wife's mother; mother-in-law
(Tw) (vulgar) fuck you! (literally, "fuck your mother")
to curse (at sb); to call sb names
woman (derog.)
Goddess of Fertility
maternal grandmother (dialectal)
maternal aunt / father's concubine (old)
goddess of fertility
alternative name for Baidu 百度
stepmother (coll.)
bride
rose myrtle (Rhodomyrtus tomentosa)
lit. to eat meat from one's bowl, then put down one's chopsticks and scold one's mother (idiom) / fig. to complain despite being privileged / to be ungrateful for what one has been given
matchmaker
katydid / long-horned grasshopper
female dancer
maiden / virgin girl


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